Conservatives are coming after Vogue for posting a “scathing” review of Melania Trump’s new White House portrait in which the magazine accuses the First Lady of “cosplaying The Apprentice .” The official image, printed in black-and-white and shot by Belgian photographer Régine Mahaux, features the 54-year-old woman standing over a reflective desk while dressed in a finely-tailored Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo jacket, an unbuttoned white undershirt, and suit pants. According to Vogue, the entire shot — clothing, set, and pose included — looked as if it were taken for her husband President Donald Trump’s former reality show, which ran from 2004 to 2017.
“Indeed, Trump looked more like she was guest starring on an episode of The Apprentice than assuming the role of first lady of the United States,” the outlet wrote before comparing her outfit to a magician’s uniform. “It’s perhaps unsurprising that a woman who lived in a gold-encrusted penthouse, whose fame is so intertwined with a reality television empire, would refuse to abandon theatrics—even when faced with 248 years of tradition,” the article continued. Vogue’ s January 28 article was met with immediate backlash from conservative commentators online.
Right-wing Newsmax host Todd Starnes wrote: “The mean girls who run Vogue published a scathing attack on First Lady Melania Trump's official White House portrait. “It's unclear why Vogue directed their poisonous venom at Mrs. Trump.
Envy, perhap.
