- First lady Melania Trump wore a green military jacket that says, "I really don't care, do u?" on her surprise trip to Texas to visit immigrant children on Thursday.
- Her jacket is from Zara and costs $39, the Daily Mail reported.
- People are freaking out.
- "There is no hidden message," her spokeswoman said of the garment.
On Thursday, First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise trip to Texas to visit immigrant children. On the plane there, Trump was pictured wearing a green military jacket that says, "I really don't care, do u?"
According to the Daily Mail, her jacket was from Zara and costs $39. It does not seem to be for sale at this time.
The first lady was visiting Texas to see children who had been separate from their parents because of the Trump Administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy.
In the past, Trump gave a statement about the policy, which her husband's administration first implemented in April.
"Mrs. Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform," First Lady Melania Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement to CNN on Sunday. "She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart."
But it should go without saying that people are freaking out about Melania's jacket.
Some are outraged.
I don't usually give a damn about Melania but what in the actual fucking what was that.
— Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) June 21, 2018
Melania Trump really wore a Zara jacket with "I REALLY DON'T CARE. DO U?" on the back while flying to Texas to visit shelters for migrant children separated from their parents.
— alex medina (@mrmedina) June 21, 2018
That is callous and unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/y9Xkt7yxY9
This is the single most disgusting thing I have seen all day. Mistake by Melania Trump or not, this is just HORRIBLE.
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) June 21, 2018
Yes this DID really just happen!https://t.co/Dh4vQTWsyu
Thought this was photoshopped but no, this is real. While visiting children thrown into internment camps, Melania Trump actually wore a jacket saying, “I don’t really care, do U?” That’s like Marie Antoinette ripping a piece of bread from a starving baby and spitting on it. pic.twitter.com/B8njYXtNs7
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 21, 2018
Others are, of course, making jokes.
i want a girl with a short skirt and the wrooooooooooong jacket https://t.co/3Z8ADMtlUf
— lvl45 CHAOS POTUS who thinks 'the jacket is cool' (@thetomzone) June 21, 2018
the devil, picking out melania's jacket, knowing she's really about to do it to em pic.twitter.com/CCkEW2lGrQ
— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) June 21, 2018
The Devil Wears Zara pic.twitter.com/PUDy1kGDG5
— Barry Hertz (@HertzBarry) June 21, 2018
I liked Melania better when she missing.
— Stagger Lee Shot First (@elongreen) June 21, 2018
A few are suggesting other statement jackets she might own. There's even a meme generator that allows users to make their own Melania-inspired statement jacket.
Alternative jacket messages considered by Melania Trump: pic.twitter.com/GffzRhbJzO
— MeltLikeButta (@jwbutta) June 21, 2018
Melania's other outerwear. pic.twitter.com/FKBu04avTB
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) June 21, 2018
Wow Melania smdh pic.twitter.com/HGWw1LfZUR
— Ballin' Out SUPER (@BallinOutSuper) June 21, 2018
Several people think her apparel might be a distraction from the real issue: which is that 2,300 children have been separated from their parents.
I really don’t care about Melania Trump’s “I REALLY DON’T CARE” jacket. The Defense Department has been told to prepare to house 20,000 children on military bases. Up to this point we’ve only been told about 2,300 children. How many children has Donald Trump kidnapped and abused?
— Ryan Knight 🌊 (@ProudResister) June 21, 2018
Really @flotus?
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) June 21, 2018
Are we debating the meaning of a jacket?
How about 1 mission - 1 message?
WE CARE ABOUT KIDS
"It's a jacket," Stephanie Grisham, said in a statement to Business Insider. "There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe. (Much like her high heels last year.)"
And many people agree that the message was not, in fact, hidden. It was actually in plain sight.
to be fair to Melania Trump's spox: that message definitely wasn't hidden. https://t.co/J9dDyrVRDn
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) June 21, 2018
Melania Trump stays on message pic.twitter.com/D9dfsWKtFk
— The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper (@TheOpposition) June 21, 2018
Re Melania's spox saying there is no hidden message....um..she's right.
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 21, 2018
the message was in BIG WHITE LETTERS on the back of her jacket
Trump's visit to McAllen, Texas, came amid the controversy over President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy that has led to children being separated from their parents at the border between the US and Mexico.
According to a statement from Grisham, Trump made the trip "to take part in briefings and tours at a nonprofit social services center for children who have entered the United States illegally."
On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to stop the separation of families while still maintaining a "zero-tolerance"immigration policy and prosecuting people who cross the border into the US. At this time, there's no evidence that the Trump administration has reunited any families that have already been separated from each other — or that it plans to in the future.
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