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Melania Trump’s awkward bejewelled Mexican Vanity Fair appearance

THE First Lady has appeared on a Mexican magazine cover posing with a string of diamonds, the day her husband declared Mexico would pay for his wall.

Kim StephensKim Stephens
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January 30, 2017 - 2:08PM
Melania Trump appeared dripping with diamonds on the cover of the Mexican edition of Vanity Fair.
Melania Trump appeared dripping with diamonds on the cover of the Mexican edition of Vanity Fair.

LIKE the American working classes her billionaire businessman husband continues to proclaim himself the champion of, Melania Trump has shown she too understands the struggle to put food on the table.

Especially when that “food” is a bowl of diamonds. The struggle is real.

The newly installed First Lady has appeared on the cover of the Mexican Vanity Fair posing with the multi-million dollar dinner, with a string of diamonds the way common folk would a bowl of spaghetti.

Like many of us, Melania Trump understands how hard it is to put food on the table.
Like many of us, Melania Trump understands how hard it is to put food on the table.

But in a case of unfortunate timing, the edition hit news stands on the day her husband Donald said his controversial border wall between Mexico and the US would be paid for by Mexicans.

Awks.

He also floated the idea of paying for it by charging a 20 per cent tax on Mexican imports, a move that would result in a dramatic escalation in poverty among the country’s working class.

Soon after, the president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, cancelled his first scheduled meeting with Mr Trump.

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled a scheduled meeting with Us President Donald Trump, when the latter announced Mexico would pay for his border wall. Picture: Marco Ugarte/AP
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled a scheduled meeting with Us President Donald Trump, when the latter announced Mexico would pay for his border wall. Picture: Marco Ugarte/AP

“This morning we have informed the White House that I will not attend the meeting scheduled for next Tuesday with the @POTUS,” he said on Twitter.

But no matter, because, as Mexican Vanity Fair trumpets, hey you guys, Melania wants to be the “next Jackie Kennedy”.

All hail the return of Camelot.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania at his inauguration ball on January 20. Picture: Jim Watson/AFP
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania at his inauguration ball on January 20. Picture: Jim Watson/AFP

Social media reaction to the simulated diamond degustation, as with all things Trump-related, was swift.

On the day he also signed an executive order to ban Muslims from seven countries entering the US, many were quick to attack the image.

The image used by the Conde Nast owned Vanity Fair was actually a recycled image.

It first appeared in a fellow member of the Conde Nast stable, GQ, in April 2016, a time when many thought a Donald Trump presidency impossible.

Vanity Fair deleted the tweet promoting the issue after the backlash.

The Trump family’s unabashed elitism has provided a continual supply of social media fodder, both in the lead-up to last November’s election and post-inauguration.

Originally published as Melania Trump’s awkward bejewelled Mexican Vanity Fair appearance

Original URL: https://www.themercury.com.au/entertainment/books/melania-trumps-awkward-bejewelled-mexican-vanity-fair-appearance/news-story/9e33a9b2f1f43e5ad8eb389db049821d