All the times Melania Trump refused to shake her husband's hand
The first lady once again displaced Trump in the last debate before the elections. We review other controversial occasions in which she has not wanted to shake hands with her husband.
Melania Trump did it again. The American first lady did not want to miss the opportunity to repeat the most common and controversial gesture of her four years in the White House in what was her last electoral debate (even if Donald Trump won re-election, he could not run for a third term) . Although this occasion has been one of the most subtle, Melania once again refused to shake hands with her husband. The moment, which is already making headlines and starring in memes on Twitter, occurred just after the end of the face-to-face between Trump and Biden.
It was then that Melania, dressed in rigorous black with a matching mask, walked smiling with her husband through her living room, interrupting her apparent calm by releasing her hand and accelerating her pace. The current president just followed her by putting his hand on her back.
It is by no means the first time that Melania has rejected the hand of her husband. This has, in fact, been one of the most talked about slights of her. A constant rudeness by which she has been branded as trolling her husband (her outfits have also given rise to various theories about how the first lady is an expert in sending messages to the world opposed to Trump's policies through clothing).
We compile below all the times that Melania Trump slipped out of the hand of her husband:
Getting off the plane, a classic
The plane ladder has become one of the favorite scenes of rudeness. Last August, the first lady rejected the president's hand when he tried to help her get off the plane at Andrews Air Force Base upon her arrival at the White House. In the video, which soon went viral, the Slovenian repeatedly withdraws her husband's hand, preferring to hold her bag tightly against the skirt of her dress to prevent it from being blown away by the strong wind. . In May 2017, the situation had been repeated in the same context.
On the way to the helicopter
In February 2018, the first lady, decked out in a striking yellow coat, once again rejected her husband's hand as they walked through the White House grounds toward the presidential helicopter. It was precisely the sleeve of the coat that stopped her from joining her hands, which she made sure to avoid as she continued to walk forward.
On official trips
Also in 2018, they staged an altercation similar to their arrival at the Palm Beach (Florida) airport. According to an interview with The Washington Post by a friend of Melania, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, her allergy to walking hand in hand with her would have to do with the cold character of the first lady, heir to the detachment of old Europe.
A year earlier, in May 2017, on an official visit to Israel, Melania repeated her gesture upon her arrival in Tel Aviv with a slight slap included. A few days later, when they landed in Rome for a visit to Pope Francis, the president tried again but she hid her discomfort by brushing a lock of hair from her face.
Also at home
Melania has also advanced social distancing from her husband in the White House. It happened, for example, when they received the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife Brigitte Macron, a couple of years ago.
But not only of Melania's rudeness towards Trump does the couple's history of slights live. Another of the most talked about between the two was when, one rainy day and also in the gardens of the White House, they went out to speak with the press. The president carried an umbrella and exposed Melania Trump on more than one occasion.
The list of signs of lack of complicity began on the same day that Trump took office as president of the United States, in January 2017. Melania, who appeared serious and crestfallen, was abandoned by her husband upon his arrival at the White House , who took a few steps forward, and had to get out of the car alone, being welcomed by the outgoing Obama couple.
I genuinely can't stop thinking about this pic.twitter.com/NW7uOu96tO
— Marc (@MarcSnetiker) January 23, 2017
