On the morning of November 27th, First Lady Melania Trump — or more likely, a surrogate — tweeted the following:
The decorations are up! @WhiteHouse is ready to celebrate! Wishing you a Merry Christmas & joyous holiday season! pic.twitter.com/d6ZuyeFvrw
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) November 27, 2017
To be fair, it’s a nice video. And to be fair…the White House Christmas decorations are lovely, though they absolutely lack much of the warmth of BestFLOTUSofAllTime Michelle Obama’s White House Christmas decorations. That said, isn’t the entire Trump Show just hella creepy, y’all? Watch this video of Melania accidentally (I think) walking in on some ballerinas dancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8vfWQUJLeY
Predictably, Melania’s demeanor is inappropriate for the occasion and just plain weird. She looks awkward, confused, and unimpressed, as noted by many Twitter users.
I've never seen anyone look as awkward and uncomfortable in their own skin as Melania does all of the time.
— Becky Black ? (@beckyblackbooks) November 27, 2017
The huge glasses, standing stiffly alone, her obvious awkwardness. That's not a criticism. The woman looks absolutely miserable all the time, even when ballerinas perform for her.
— Lisa Bonanno (@TrustissuesLisa) November 27, 2017
That looks so uncomfortable. Why didn’t they at least have her sit down so it looked like a performance? This is just odd looking.
— ☠️? Petty Crocker, Spooky Millennial ?☠️ (@shehulkjd) November 27, 2017
Kind of like when you go to Disney then all the sudden a parade shows up and closes the road. You’re like oh. This is happening. I guess I’ll be here for a bit.
— ☠️? Petty Crocker, Spooky Millennial ?☠️ (@shehulkjd) November 27, 2017
What is wrong with this woman??? For about 30 seconds last year, I felt bad for Melania Trump. Then she threatened to sue me, and THEN she admitted in court documents that she intended to whore out the role of First Lady. So, meh. I have as little respect for her as I do her husband and she is proving to be just as ignorant about how to conduct herself.
What is she thinking? pic.twitter.com/rFufrgMb
— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) August 10, 2012
This New Yorker headline nails it: “With the White House Christmas, the Image of Melania Trump Transforms from Fairy-Tale Prisoner to Wicked Queen.”
And this quote:
“Watching Melania noiselessly observe her jewelry-box ballerinas, or stride through that godless bristling hall, it is easy to imagine the White House as a site of menacing enchantment—a place that transforms to suit the rulers who pass through it, a place where hearts grow colder and stonier, where snow appears on the gleaming floors overnight at the behest of the silent woman in her white dress.”
Indeed.
Melania was looking at those ballet dancers like: pic.twitter.com/LoNPbpeIkp
— Tuxedo Jason Mask (@TheLoveBel0w) November 27, 2017
Featured image video screengrab via Twitter/JudyKurtz
