There’s a wild conspiracy floating around right now that Melania Trump, wife of President Trump and First Lady of the United Status, has been replaced by a body double.
Let’s dive in.
First of all, it’s no secret that she harbours, at the very least, some disdain for her husband. Videos of her swatting his hand away on multiple occasions have circulated since inauguration, and honestly, would YOU fuck this old toad?
But it’s an appearance by the Trumps last week that has some people wondering: has Melania made a break for it and a body double been brought in to replace her? Or at the very least, is a body double standing in for her on occasion?
The Trumps were addressing the media about hurricane relief for Puerto Rico. Trump inexplicably refers to Melania as being “right there”, which is an extremely bizarre way to refer to someone who is, in fact, standing right there.
This is not Melania. To think they would go this far & try & make us think its her on TV is mind blowing. Makes me wonder what else is a lie pic.twitter.com/JhPVmXdGit
— Joe Vargas (@JoeVargas) October 18, 2017
“My wife, Melania, who happens to be right here,” he says, before moving on to other matters.
https://twitter.com/MarinaHyde/status/918902221496094720
People have been zooming in on ‘Melania”s nose and lips, which they claim is different to the ~real~ Melania’s.
Let me save you some time from looking it up. It’s not her. pic.twitter.com/IJjHEzWs8p
— Joe Vargas (@JoeVargas) October 18, 2017
There’s also the bizarre moment Trump appeared to forget his wife was standing right next to him, while addressing first responders to Hurricane Irma in Florida.
“I just want to thank everybody, the first responders, on behalf of myself, our Vice President… Melania really wanted to be with us,” he said, despite the fact that she was standing literally right there.
And here, we have video of Trump saying that Melania “really wanted to be here”…while she’s standing next to him. (h/t @MaverickofKain) pic.twitter.com/rvQCUo4RYB
— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 21, 2017
It’s a fun conspiracy, and of course the internet is already going hog wild about it.
Me: conspiracy theories are stupid
Twitter: Donald Trump is going around with a fake Melania stunt double
Me: pic.twitter.com/9UdkMWWdVG— x – regina phalange (@allstarsevy) October 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/sbstryker/status/920722435283992576
This fake Melania stuff is wild. See below. Melania as she appeared today (left) and real Melania (right) pic.twitter.com/rZkOqoCzo1
— Cameron Esposito (@cameronesposito) October 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/Nicole_Cliffe/status/920727651643482113
Fake Melania Trump leaving the press conference after securing the bag pic.twitter.com/SYsYUnH2Cn
— X (@XLNB) October 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/dstfelix/status/920710369668141057
Me: Time to take a break from Twitter.
Twitter: Did you hear about fake Melania?
Me: I’M LISTENING… pic.twitter.com/MvmlMVFLwo
— Annette Christie (@MsAnnetteMC) October 18, 2017
Imagine if we keep this up. Imagine if the joke becomes so big that Melania is forced to do something to prove it’s really her… like, IDK, provide a birth certificate or something.
