"Fake Melania": this is not the first time that there is doubt about Melania Trump
Is Melania Trump replaced by an understudy during some official outings? For three years, under the hashtag "Fake Melania", the theory has been developing that Donald Trump sometimes uses a double of his wife.
Are there several Melania Trumps? This Thursday, October 22, after an outing from Donald Trump and his wife, the Web ignited. Under the hashtag #FakeMelania, many tweeters said they were convinced that the woman holding the hand of the President of the United States with a big smile on her lips was not the first lady. Pointing that this Melania did not look like the real Melania, these Internet users hypothesized that the President of the United States had replaced his wife with a double. Again.
Because this theory is not new. It has been three years since some observers have been convinced that Donald Trump is using his wife's understudy for certain official outings. And the hashtag #FakeMelania is very regularly trending on Twitter, with supporting photos to point out the differences between the "real" and the "fake" first lady.
Real or fake Melania?
It was in 2017 that the theory of a fake Melania Trump really emerged for the first time on the Web. After a visit by Donald Trump and his wife to the secret service training site in Maryland on October 12, 2017, some Internet users claim that it was not the first lady but her double. Melania would have left Donald Trump and would have been replaced by an actress. A far-fetched hypothesis which will take and reappear regularly. The rumor was revived nine months later. In July 2018, Internet users are once again convinced that a first lady lookalike has taken over. The hashtag #FakeMelania was finally relaunched in March 2019, after a visit by the Trumps to Alabama.
Rumors of using a Melania Trump understudy to replace the real one often ignite when the first lady reappears after a long media eclipse. Since the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House, his wife has regularly disappeared from radar for long periods. Absences which obviously question and give birth to the craziest theories. Until wondering if it is Melania who returns when she finally reappears. After all, why not replace a rebellious first lady with a more docile fake Melania, internet users argue? Strong character, Melania Trump is often reluctant to support her husband or to comply with certain official outings. And when she accompanies Donald Trump well, she stands out by pushing her husband's hand away in public. So a fake Melania to overcome the rebellions of the real one?
