Trump's Latest Lie About Melania And Her Popularity: "A Popular First Lady"
Melania Trump leaves the White House with a 47% rejection by the Americans, the highest in history for a first lady. Dressed in mourning, without a mask and by Chanel and Dolce & Gabbana.
She has ended the reign of Melania Trump, at least officially. On Wednesday morning she left the White House dressed in an elegant black dress, with a matching black bullfighter and long gloves. A mourning look to say goodbye. Very elegant and cold, as she has been the image of her in these four years, at least according to Americans.
She curiously has not chosen an American designer to send her off: she was wearing a Chanel jacket, a Dolce & Gabbana dress and Christian Louboutin heels, in addition to her Hermès Birkin bag, valued at more than $ 50,000.
Neither she nor Donald Trump wore a mask. Her husband, in his final speech at the base in Saint Andrews, Maryland, has assured that she was a first lady "so popular with the people", but it is not true. Another of Trump's lies. Melania Trump leaves the White House with the highest unpopularity rate in history, 47% of Americans reject her, according to the Gallup and CNN poll that places 42% in favor of her.
Apparently, Trump's brand has also ended up affecting his wife in a position that traditionally does not usually generate rejection since it is not usually controversial and people understand it as an occurrence, as CNN analysts recall.
The poll on the popularity of women of US presidents has been done since the Nixon era. The average popularity of the first ladies was 71% in favor, with only 21% rejection, which shows the negative charge with which Melania Trump comes out of these four years.
Before her, only Hillary Clinton left the White House with a high rejection rate: 39% unpopularity, eight points less than Melania, and when she had already run politically, she was a health reform activist and she was seen in a partisan way.
It is not the case with Melania Trump that she has never expressed her political opinion.
During these four years, Melania has had a higher popularity rating among Americans than she is now. In fact, these levels of unpopularity in her are only remembered when Donald Trump announced her candidacy and few citizens of her knew her.
Therefore, analysts do not only blame Donald Trump for this bad data because the unpopularity of the husband has not always influenced his wife. In fact, Laura Bush as Michelle Obama (69% favorable rating) ended up with popularity ratings above what they started when they walked through the White House door.
The most popular was Barbara Bush in 1993. We don't know how Jill Biden will fare, but she assumes her position as first lady with a 58% support and a 29% rejection, almost 20 points less than Melania.
