United States: the mysteries of Melania Trump
White House communication coup or rebellion against her husband? It is difficult to decipher the attitude of this atypical First Lady, who played a leading role in the thorny issue of migrants.
#JacketGate. The hashtag went viral within hours on the web. At the heart of the "jacket affair", Melania Trump. Visiting a center for migrant children in Texas, after several days of controversy over minors separated from their parents at the Mexican border, the first lady of the United States wore a cheap Zara jacket. With flocked on the back, this cryptic inscription: “I really don't care, do you? "
Immediately, social networks and media were lost in conjectures: what did she mean? Send an acid message to the press, which regularly comments on her clothing, some said. Tackle the "fake news", assured Donald Trump in a tweet.
Many see it above all as a warning addressed to the latter, to criticize her migration policy (she is Slovenian by birth) and her behavior as a husband, while the press often gives up on her supposed relationship with a porn actress in 2006.
She was the one who made Donald Trump give in
If his jacket has caused much ink to flow, it is because it refers to a “Melania mystery” that intrigues America. Since the election of Donald Trump, we used to see her discreet, her face impassive, almost closed. She had even disappeared from screens for almost a month.
While the former model had to undergo surgery in mid-May for a "benign" kidney problem, but the rumor of a marital estrangement had gradually germinated in people's minds. Especially since she had refused - for the umpteenth time - in April to take her husband's hand in front of the cameras, and has since accompanied him neither to the Canadian G7, nor to Singapore for his historic meeting with Kim Jong- a.
For the past few days, she seems to have ... turned over her jacket. According to CNN, it was the First Lady who achieved the feat of making Trump reverse his policy of separating children and migrant parents. "She thinks that the country must respect the law but also be governed with heart", explained her director of communication on the air.
"She is imposing her voice"
Would his traditional discretion have left room for freedom of speech and movement, as suggested by his surprise visit to a camp in Texas? Unless she and her great popularity are a communication tool to regain public opinion after the storm caused by the images of children in tears.
The White House was careful to point out that the trip to Texas was "100%" its idea, but it is doubtful. This visit was judged by Guy Benson, contributor on Fox News, as the "first mark of competence and not stupid thing" tried by the administration to manage the crisis on the separation of the families of illegals.
