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Joanna Taylor
Jan 22, 2021
Melania Trump is so over it all. In fact, arguably, she never did quite take to the role she was expected to fulfil as First Lady.
She never really got into gardening. She couldn’t be bothered to put the White House Christmas decorations up. And she certainly didn’t like holding her husband’s hand through endless photo ops. The words on her now-infamous jacket sum up her attitude best: “I really don’t care. Do U?”.
It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, then, that Melania’s first act as a former First Lady was to march past the line of cameras waiting to photograph her and her husband as they touched down in Florida, having left the White House for the final time.
While Trump hung back and waved to the waiting press, Melania made a beeline for their car – and to her new, post-presidential life.
Like most of us, she got tired of listening to her husband’s constant complaining about the election result in his last few weeks as president. She was in such a rush to leave the White House, in fact, that she reportedly neglected to write personal thank you notes to the building’s cooks, butlers and housekeepers, as is tradition for a First Lady.
Melania being “so done with everything” at the end of Trump’s term is, naturally, already a viral meme.
If “I’m over it” were a person. https://t.co/CLA8WucyXX— The Lincoln Project (@The Lincoln Project) 1611238919
I’m hollering 🤣😂😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/rs8wzhrZBm— New Romantics (@New Romantics) 1611171569
Melania is totally done. She already quit posing. https://t.co/BRoBardBgx— Diego E. Barros (@Diego E. Barros) 1611167788
Melania when it’s 12:01 and her shift ended at 12:00 https://t.co/RZhE5MfZ2V— Michal Cohen (@Michal Cohen) 1611245226
Look at how excited Melania was to jump in the limo and get home! She loves Florida! And me! https://t.co/GrLVFw4Ccl— John Barron (@John Barron) 1611279632
I made a gif. It’s just so funny. #MelaniaTrump https://t.co/e3lGva2q9X— Better Late than Heather (@Better Late than Heather) 1611258492
melania entering the white house vs melania leaving the white house is cracking me up https://t.co/PYo0arl6LH— baby nut (@baby nut) 1611256164
Melania Trump leaves office the least popular First Lady ever, according to a CNN poll.
But we probably shouldn’t feel too sorry for her: her tone deaf and racist comments from her years in the White House speak for themselves about the kind of legacy she should have.
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