Bizarre Picture Reignites Melania Trump Body Double Debate On Social Media
While Trump is seen waving his hands from the stairs of the aircraft, Melania stands in the doorway with a large grin on her face. Much of her face is masked with a large pair of black sunglasses.
The 'Fake Melania' online conspiracy theory has resurfaced again, with a recent photograph leaving many convinced that a body double was standing in for the US First Lady.
The photograph from October 22 shows the First Lady boarding a Marine One with her husband Donald Trump, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
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While Trump is seen waving his hands from the stairs of the aircraft, Melania stands in the doorway with a large grin on her face. Much of her face is masked with a large pair of black sunglasses.
Yeah ok, but um, why the Melania double?
¡ª Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 25, 2020
Paging @SWWCreative ... https://t.co/nqbA0LOWaH pic.twitter.com/2dadMjXxEV
Many claimed that Melania's smile in the photo did not match her smile in other photos.
Trump's spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said "Once again we find ourselves consumed with a ridiculous non-story when we could be talking about the work the first lady is doing on behalf of children, including the opioid crisis that is gripping our nation."
#1
Good luck finding any photos of Melania smiling like that. https://t.co/6pwZTUObDR pic.twitter.com/5dgQKW2S84
— The Ghost of George Conway (@gtconway3dg) October 25, 2020
#2
The only thing I'll miss from this administration is them swapping in new Melanias and just pretending we won't notice like a 4-year-old with a guppy pic.twitter.com/8J0A4E9z5H
¡ª Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) October 25, 2020
#3
OMG...THAT'S. NOT. MELANIA.
¡ª BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) October 25, 2020
??????????? https://t.co/1KDat3xYJa
#4
Which Melania body double was most convincing? #FakeMelania pic.twitter.com/oOCCRKsbdQ
¡ª Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) October 25, 2020
The 'FakeMelania' hashtag has been around since at least 2017 - Trump¡¯s first year in office - with Twitter, searches producing numerous photos supposedly carrying evidence of the same.
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The conspiracy theory that FLOTUS has a body double has emerged so many times that even Donald Trump tweeted about it last year.
#5
The Fake News photoshopped pictures of Melania, then propelled conspiracy theories that it¡¯s actually not her by my side in Alabama and other places. They are only getting more deranged with time!
¡ª Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2019
In 2016, there were claims Hillary Clinton had been replaced by a body double after she collapsed at a 9/11 memorial service in New York after a battle with pneumonia.
Back in May there were speculations of the North Korean leader using a body double. Kim had been mysteriously missing from the public eye amid the coronavirus pandemic, only to resurface later.
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