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Greg Evans
Apr 27, 2019
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Friday, April 26, 2019, marked the occasion of first lady Melania Trump's 49 birthday and the White House celebrated the day with a special tweet.
'What was said in this tweet?' you ask. 'Was it a heartwarming message or a nice picture of her, Donald and their son Barron all together?'
Well, no. Not exactly. Take a look for yourself.
Happy Birthday, @FLOTUS! https://t.co/qwUwcod5LC— The White House 45 Archived (@The White House 45 Archived) 1556286121
What we have here is Melania, looking fairly fed up whilst surrounded by a plethora of journalists, photographers and boom mic operators, whilst her husband met with the Czech prime minister Andrej Babis.
Not only are the people surrounding Melania not actually looking at her, the photos isn't even recent. The meeting between Trump and Babis took place on March 7, well over a month ago.
Why the White House chose this picture rather than any other picture of Melania is a little beyond us and the rest of the internet agreed.
WHY WOULD YOU PICK THIS PHOTO https://t.co/fWKcBl1JPS— Geraldine (@Geraldine) 1556297689
This is rather odd. Should we get #freeMelania trending again? https://t.co/oAjrMo9dFx— Martina Navratilova (@Martina Navratilova) 1556312728
@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS To wish her a happy birthday, you posted a picture of the first lady looking miserable in a roo… https://t.co/tMo8lVeJiH— Dana Goldberg (@Dana Goldberg) 1556309684
Beyond the general bafflement, Twitter soon turned this photo into a meme and to say that it was hilarious would be an understatement.
@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS https://t.co/ORsr03QPtS— GuillaumeTC (@GuillaumeTC) 1556292143
@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS https://t.co/YWN4KPk0Hg— Lauren Werner 🇺🇸 (@Lauren Werner 🇺🇸) 1556308596
@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS https://t.co/orxSsdaYAq— Ace Hoffman got vaxxed and so should you! (@Ace Hoffman got vaxxed and so should you!) 1556301844
https://t.co/O0ZnwZwHX6— Cold War Steve (@Cold War Steve) 1556315606
@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS https://t.co/TfaKQxUAbe— Raul Rules (@Raul Rules) 1556333500
@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS @BIBIXHD V https://t.co/LP6N63ASak— Flo Flo (@Flo Flo) 1556296675
Melania also found herself alongside some pop culture icons.
@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS @FLOTUS Happy Birthday Malaria, hopefully you are enjoying the music of the Max Rebo Band 🎶 and… https://t.co/jBGGeeiktN— HoldThemAccountable (@HoldThemAccountable) 1556309405
@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS https://t.co/xiU3L0bSor— Dusty (@Dusty) 1556289469
@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS https://t.co/F3p0yK7bZq— Dusty (@Dusty) 1556290540
Incidentally, Donald Trump didn't post a single happy birthday tweet to Melania which isn't exactly terrible (we're sure he said it to her in private) but you would have thought that he could have found some time to post one message to his wife.
HT Daily Mail
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