Trump trolled for praising Melania as the new ‘Jackie O’ — and then calling her ‘it’
President Donald Trump came in for a heap of derision on Friday after he first referred to his wife, Melania Trump, as “it” then “Jackie O,” during an interview on Fox & Friends.
Speaking with the Fox News hosts, Trump claimed, “We have our own Jackie O, it’s called Melania, Melania T.”
Trump’s comments on his wife come as CNN prepares to broadcast a one hour special on the first lady, who the cable network has been promoting as a “woman of mystery.”
Commenters on Twitter were quick to point out, not only Trump’s use of “it” for his wife but also the comparison to the iconic Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis who had been held up as a standard of grace and poise after her husband, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963.
As one commenter noted, Melania barely beat out favored-daughter Ivanka for the honor of being compared to Jackie O.
You can see some responses below:
They’re all so thirsty for class but think it’s all flash+artifice and don’t understand the value of being sophisticated or philanthropic. She thought the US should welcome her+her parents but supports birtherism and cruelty toward immigrants in crisis.
— Loren Gomez (@RealLorenGomez) June 14, 2019
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The only unexpected thing about this quote is that melania edged out ivanka
— Brian Jones (@brjones146) June 14, 2019
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no just no, this is beyond absurd.
— maddkat (@maddkat57) June 14, 2019
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Is President Trump fully on board with the sequence of events that made Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis “Jackie O”, rather than ‘Jackie K’?
— Ayo Obe (@naijama) June 14, 2019
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Comparing Jackie O to Melania T is like comparing a good mother to Casey Anthony.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) June 14, 2019
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Jackie O visiting suffering children
vs.
ADVERTISEMENTMelania visiting suffering children pic.twitter.com/eFhuBjcCJE
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) June 14, 2019
Jackie didn’t become Jackie O until long after her President husband was assassinated. pic.twitter.com/vGoPS0v56O
— Phil (@andeavorable) June 14, 2019
Oh, please. Jackie Kennedy had more style that 3 Melanie’s put together. She was also extremely smart and well educated. Michelle O was this generation’s Jackie O, but nobody on Fox would admit that.
— Morris Lewis (@Datawrangler32) June 14, 2019
I can’t remember Jackie O being a birther. Also, ‘It’s called’
— Supreme emperor of Whales (@ava414) June 14, 2019
You, ma’am, are no Jackie O
— onthefritz (@Onthefritzie) June 14, 2019
Give me a break there is one “Jackie O”. With all due respect to Melania, not even a close second. Dream on toxic Trump.
— terrie ness (@jerseyshore713) June 14, 2019
When you check the days trends and click on Jackie O… pic.twitter.com/8cUWA3rtYF
— MenaBelle (@Menabelle) June 14, 2019
Yes remember when Jackie O questioned the citizenship of Martin Luther King. Oh that’s right only Melania did to President Obama. She’s is bad as he is.
— phil (@sheriff40) June 14, 2019
Did he call his wife ‘it’?
— AL (@RedGunner420) June 14, 2019
Interesting that he called her “it” and not “she” but not surprising.
— Pam Heumphreus (@pheumph) June 14, 2019
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Former Fox & Friends co-host Clayton Morris flees the US as he faces two dozen lawsuits
Facing more than two-dozen lawsuits alleging he committed real estate fraud, former "Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Clayton Morris has reportedly fled the United States, according to the Indianapolis Star.
Morris, who previously resided in a $1.4 million home in New Jersey, moved his family to a coastal resort town in Portugal, the newspaper reported, citing a Facebook post from his wife.
Morris's wife and business partner, former MSNBC anchor Natali Morris, told the IndyStar that she and her husband plan to continue fighting the lawsuits from abroad.
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Trump defenders argued his latest tweets weren’t really racist — but he just completely undercut their arguments
If you try to defend President Donald Trump, you will always end up having the rug pulled out from underneath you. It's a law of nature.
And yet, so many of the president's allies have failed to learn this simple lesson. So when Trump launched a new attack at progressive Democratic lawmakers that was one of his most obviously racist smears, inevitably, some of his defenders tried to deny the obvious truth.
His screed attacked a group of women who have come to define the left wing of the Democratic caucus, which includes Reps. Ilhan Omar (MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Rashida Talib (MI), and Ayanna Pressley (MA). Though only Omar is an immigrant (she was a refugee from Somalia as a child), Trump seemed to assume all four women of color weren't born in the United States, and most egregiously, he suggested they should "go back" to other countries:
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Trump is facing massive criticism for his attacks on young women of color in Congress
US President Donald Trump came under fire from Democrats and even some members of his own Republican Party on Monday after launching an extraordinary xenophobic attack on four progressive Democratic congresswomen.
"All they do is complain," Trump told reporters at a White House event featuring products "Made in America."
"These are people that hate our country," he said of the four lawmakers. "If you're not happy here, you can leave."
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