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I guess the hat arrived all crushed. It looked like it had been sitting in snow drifts for about a week. Obviously, I had to scramble to redo it. It couldn’t really be repaired, because of the construction of it. It was a little bit of a cliffhanger.”
In my hands, it looks like a very sort of understated, humble hat,
With the hat that she's wearing, she almost blew away,
Traditionally, you know, a hat should be worn all day,
No other hands touched it… prior to Herve [Pierre, Melania's
And now I will never unsee it. Thank you,
one viewer commented under the tweet Today we had the honor to dress our first lady, Mrs. Melania Trump. Mrs. Trump’s outfit was created by some of America’s finest craftsmen, and I take great pride in showing such work to the world. With deep gratitude to Mrs. Trump for her trust and collaboration.”
No one out-pizzas the Hut,
a fourth commented, comparing Melania’s hat to the fast-food chain’s signature logo For her second round as first lady, the fashion game -- the tool she brandishes most often and most forcefully, even if the public sometimes struggles to divine her sartorial messages -- is likely to be one of steely, precise armor, of clothes with brash and exacting tailoring,
wrote the Post's Tashjian Was wondering why Melania is wearing what looks like a funeral outfit with a wide brimmed hat half covering her eyes, then Donald Trump leaned in to kiss her and had to air kiss because the brim got in the way,
I'm actually screaming, Melania doesn't even like being kissed by him. This is embarrassing,
wrote another, while sharing a video of the moment many are now calling "cringe". I would wear that hat too if it meant Donald Trump couldn't kiss me ... Melania Trump just stood there as Donald gave her the most awkward fake kiss of all time—air never felt so loved."
said one user, while another added Melania is 100 percent wearing that hat so that Trump can't get close enough to kiss her.
Melania Trump serving Madam First Lady Hamburglar at the #Inauguration2025.
I was saved by God to make America great again,
he said invoking his signature phrase Just a few months ago, in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin's bullet ripped through my ear, but I felt, then and believed even more so now that my life was saved for a reason,
From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world
The tradition of the presidential inauguration embodies the beauty of American democracy and today we had the honor to dress our first lady, Mrs. Melania Trump,
Lippes said in a statement As the public persona emerged, she still craved privacy,
Kate Bennett, a former CNN White House correspondent, said ahead of the inauguration (With ... With) her face half hidden by her hat, Melania remains aloof,
said professor Nichola Gutgold, author of “Electing Madam Vice President: When Women Run, Women Win,” in an email to CNN
