In her new memoir, Melania Trump “trashes” Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy when he was president and takes credit for getting her husband to end his controversial family separation policy. But the former first lady seems to undermine any good will she might receive for her compassionate intervention on behalf of migrant families by defending her decision to wear a controversial item of clothing during her 2018 visit to the U.S.
-Mexico border to meet children separated from their parents. She wore a jacket emblazoned with the slogan, “I really don’t care, do U?” that many thought “insensitive at best and callous at worst,” as The Guardian reported . In “Melania,” her new memoir, Melania Trump expressed her belief that she was sending a “discreet yet impactful” message by wearing the Zara jacket, according to The Guardian.
The publication says it obtained an advance copy of the book, which is due to be published next week. While critics continue to believe that Melania Trump’s choice of outerwear during her border trip was “unbecoming of her office,” the former first lady said she felt it was necessary to direct a message to the media over its use of anonymous-sourced reporting, The Guardian reported. Melania Trump, an immigrant herself, said that the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border led to children being housed in squalid, overcrowded detention centers.
The traumatic situation for children was “simp.