The first family is getting in on the holiday spirit!
The first family is getting in on the holiday spirit!
Just a day after the Trumps kicked off the new season by welcoming a 20-foot Christmas tree to the White House (with Melania donning a festive red-and-black Michael Kors cape coat), the couple once again got into the holiday spirit with the annual White House turkey pardoning.
President’s Trump cracked quite the eyebrow-raising joke about the Florida concession during the annual tradition, but it was Melania’s unusual look that had everyone talking.
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US First Lady Melania Trump listens as US President Donald Trump speaks before pardoning ‚Peas‘ the turkey during the annual ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20,2018. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump pardons „Peas“, as he and first lady Melania Trump participate in a ceremony to pardon the National Thanksgiving Turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20,2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
U. S. President Donald Trump speaks next to first lady Melania Trump during the 71st presentation of the National Thanksgiving Turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U. S., November 20,2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US First Lady Melania Trump arrives prior to the annual Turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20,2018. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump pardons the turkey ‚Peas‘ during the annual ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20,2018 as US First Lady Melania Trump looks on. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
US First Lady Melania Trump listens as US President Donald Trump speaks before pardoning ‚Peas‘ the turkey during the annual ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20,2018. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump, with First Lady Melania Trump, speaks before pardoning ‚Peas‘ the turkey during the annual ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20,2018. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump, right, gives „Peas“, on of the National Thanksgiving Turkeys, an absolute pardon during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20,2018. The pardoning ceremony marked the 71st year since it first took place in 1947. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
US President Donald Trump, with First Lady Melania Trump, speaks before pardoning ‚Peas‘ the turkey during the annual ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20,2018. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump arrives for the annual turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20,2018 as US First Lady Melania Trump(R) looks on. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
US First Lady Melania Trump arrives prior to the annual Turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20,2018. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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For the occasion, the first lady opted for a Dior color-block coat, a design which ironically reminded many of its similarities to a turkey.
“Pardon me turkey, I believe I’ll steal your wardrobe,“ joked one Twitter user. „How nice of Melania to dress up like the guest of honor,“ commented another.
Wrote one Twitter user: „Melania trying to be sneaky. “S’cuse me. I am turkey. Please pardon.”
Some were merely disappointed with FLOTUS‘ look overall.
„FFS, I hope fake @ FLOTUS kept the receipt for that hideous coat. My God, what was she thinking?,“ wrote one user.
„I checked on Wayfair, the area rug Melania is wearing is sold out,“ tweeted one commenter.
The designer get-up is a drastically different choice than last year’s look. For the 2017 event, the first lady opted for a bold, monochromatic brown look, which included a form-fitting leather skirt and busy coat.
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For more on the White House’s holiday decorations, watch the video above!
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A history of Melania Trump’s most controversial outfits
As part of her first solo international trip as first lady, Melania visited Nairobi National Park in a white pith helmet, which drew criticism for its colonial-era past.
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Melania Trump attended the General Debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations alongside her husband. Her black dress was thought to be a slight towards President Trump as many people on the internet saw her outfit as a gesture of support for sexual assault survivors.
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The Trumps welcomed Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda to the White House in September. The problem? Melania was wearing a wool coat while it was still 80 degrees outside. Furthermore, she didn’t remove her coat while dining inside with the Polish first lady, which Twitter deemed not the best hostess tactic.
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Melania Trump tried her hand at gardening for the second time to plant an Eisenhower Oak at the White House in August. The $4000 skirt and sky-high Louboutin heels she wore to dig soil sent the internet aflame.
„Melania is launching her new line of Gardening Attire, accompanied by the standard 4-inch heels,“ joked one Twitter user.
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FLOTUS stepped out on August 20th in Maryland to promote her Be Best initiative and discuss cyberbullying. To the event, she wore the once-controversial pussy-bow blouse — the same style she sported during the 2016 presidential debate after the Access Hollywood leak.
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Arguably her most controversial outfit yet, Melania sported a jacket emblazoned with the words „I Really Don’t Care Do You“ to visit migrant children separated from their parents in Texas. The Zara jacket retails for $39.
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Melania arrived at POTUS‘ State of the Union at the start of the new year in a white Dior pantsuit. Many members of Congress chose to wear black in solidarity with sexual assault survivors and in protest of the Trump administration: Melania stood out in all white.
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Following Ivana Trump’s controversial interview in October, Melania donned an emerald green shirtdress from British brand Cefinn to an official visit to Lily’s Place to visit with families affected by addiction.
