Qso what did Melania Trump mean with her boater hat created by American hatmaker Eric Javits? Matching her outfit signed by the equally American Adam Lippes, the headgear indeed masked her face and her expressions during the swearing-in of her husband’s president on January 20.
Nothing obliged him in the protocol – the White House is not the court of Saint James, and when a few First Ladys dared to do so, they opted, like Jackie Kennedy, for a so-called “pillow box” model, releasing precisely the features.
Melania wanted to stylistically paraphrase Molière by denouncing the Tartuffe who surrounded her – “cover this breast that I cannot see”. Did she want to avoid all physical contact: Donald failed to kiss her in front of the cameras, only Jill Biden succeeded by accompanying the kiss with a little pat on the back in the style of “good luck”?
Watch the awkward moment US president-elect Donald Trump leaned in for a kiss with his wife Melania Trump ahead of his inauguration
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