What on Earth was Melania thinking about?

@indexer (4852)
Leicester, England
October 6, 2018 4:59am CST
This Reuters photo (copyright acknowledged) is of Melania Trump on her visit to Kenya - wearing a white pith helmet of all things! Whoever advised her to do such a stupid thing? Or maybe she is beyond taking advice and thought that this is the done thing when white people mingle with African natives? Maybe it was common practice 100 years ago when Kenya and much of the rest of East Africa was under the colonial rule of Great Britain, but these days it can only suggest that Americans see Africa in similar colonialist terms. The pith helmet was part of the uniform of the colonial overlords - no African would have been allowed to wear one. Given that other members of the Trump family have been known to shoot "big game" in Africa, perhaps they really do imagine that nothing has changed and that white people have a divine right to rule over black people wherever they might be? My suspicion is that this monumental blunder is simply a result of profound ignorance on the part of Melania Trump. It would not be the first time that a Trump has got things horribly wrong!
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
6 Oct 18
Why do you assume that she was thinking at all?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459212)
• Switzerland
6 Oct 18
@MALUSE Why did you steal my comment?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459212)
• Switzerland
6 Oct 18
@MALUSE She looks around and smiles like she had no idea what's going on and what to say.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
6 Oct 18
@LadyDuck Great minds think alike!
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maclanis
@maclanis (2357)
• Belgium
6 Oct 18
I also think she didn't intend to insult anyone, but it is a big blunder indeed... It's crazy that no one else told her it wasn't okay before she stepped out.
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anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
20 Oct 21
"I also think she didn't intend to insult anyone,.." Did she intend to insult anyone when she wore that ridiculous coat when she visited the children at the border that had "I really don't care d u" on the back? She can't really be that stupid and ignorant, can she?
John Welford
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
6 Oct 18
I'm afraid this is just typical of the ignorance shown by many Americans about the rest of the world.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
6 Oct 18
@indexer You are very courageous to make such a remark on a site which is dominated by US Americans.:-)
Anna
@LadyDuck (459212)
• Switzerland
6 Oct 18
Maluse already said what I think about here, does she ever think before doing something? I fear that, aside being a nice woman, she is not really a bright woman and she should need someone who can suggest to her a more appropriate attire. Even wearing very high heels to plant a tree was ridiculous, but she did.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459212)
• Switzerland
6 Oct 18
@indexer This is also my opinion, may be she is a nice woman, but she cannot understand that she could ask for advice when in doubt.
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John Welford
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
6 Oct 18
I take your point. Mind you, she does not appear afraid to take a stand on issues that run counter to the policies of her husband. It could be that her heart is in the right place, but sometimes her head is not quite there!
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Courage7
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
6 Oct 18
Yeah think she just did not know and if she did oh my Gawd.
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Starmaiden
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
6 Oct 18
So who are/is the "racist(s)" in this case. Melania for breaking a "dress protocol" and wearing what she felt was a cool and comfortable outfit in such a hot climate, or the East Africans and/or their government (and the rest of the world) for attaching some sort of racial/ist meaning toward it?
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John Welford
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
6 Oct 18
What matters is how things are perceived. If the Kenyans saw this as racist, then it was racist - if not, no offence was caused. It was just highly insensitive, whatever reactions were on the ground.
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Simone
@Janet357 (75656)
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6 Oct 18
Oh my, whats indeed wrong with that slovenian woman?
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John Welford
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
6 Oct 18
One could answer that by saying "Look who she married"!
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Simone
@Janet357 (75656)
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6 Oct 18
@indexer i know. But why would she behave like that? Without trump she was nothing.
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anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
20 Oct 21
@Janet357 She's still nothing, in my opinion.
anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
2 Nov 21
Let me put this as nicely as I can...lol...I've never been a "fan" of Melania. Actually, I think as FLOTUS she was a disgrace and I've never disliked any of our previous First Ladies. At first I guess I pitied her a bit for being "stuck" with the pig she's married to but I soon realized they deserve each other, she's as bad as he is in many ways. I honestly think she enjoys disrespecting whomever she's around just to show her superiority or whatever it is she thinks she has.