Melania Trump trolled over family separations after tweeting that she wants to 'positively impact children'
Melania Trump issued a statement Sunday saying that she “hates to see children separated from their families,” in reference to the migrant situation at the Texas border.
But while the first lady may officially oppose President Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy — in which some 2,000 children have been separated from their parents and placed in a Texas detention center — that won’t stop her from getting heat for her husband’s actions.
On Tuesday, FLOTUS hosted Spain’s Queen Letizia for a tea at the White House. She later tweeted a photo of the occasion and noted that she and the royal spent time “focusing on the ways we can positively impact children.”
A great visit with the King & Queen of Spain at the @WhiteHouse today. Queen Letizia & I enjoyed tea & time together focusing on the ways we can positively impact children. pic.twitter.com/IiaMQOil3K
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) June 19, 2018
The reference to children was all the fuel critics — including some celebrities — needed to chide the first lady for not pushing Trump to stop the family separations.
Yeah, give that a good, hard think. What could you do……? https://t.co/u5LItLvkFA
— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) June 20, 2018
You're kidding, right? You can start helping children by talking to your husband about changing his policy of separating children from their parents at the border.
— Marsha Mood (@MarshaMood) June 19, 2018
Impact children??? How's the impact of putting a young child into a concentration camp?
— Mark🌟Siegel (@marksiegelbooks) June 19, 2018
Like letting them out of cages?
— Erin Carr (@Erin_Carr) June 20, 2018
Hey Melania – either help us liberate your husband's child concentration camps, or convince him to resign.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) June 19, 2018
This has got to be one of the most tone deaf tweets I’ve ever seen.
— Gareth Abreo (@GarethAbreo) June 20, 2018
You can save the children at the border for a start!!!
— LindaLou 🌊🏁 (@LindaLou0711) June 19, 2018
Uh. The camps….. but nice dress.
— Holly Marie Combs (@H_Combs) June 20, 2018
just white kids tho, right?
— Usman Ally (@UsmanAlly) June 20, 2018
FLOTUS isn’t the only Trump family member to be confronted over the border crackdown. First daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump — who has allegedly asked her father about the policy but has remained silent publicly — has been slammed on social media. Meghan McCain also called her out during Tuesday’s The View.
TRUMP DEFIANT ON FAMILY SEPARATIONS: Outrage continues to grow over the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy and the forced separation of immigrant parents from their children — the co-hosts react to the latest. https://t.co/f8u2wc159S pic.twitter.com/q6o0t2muuE
— The View (@TheView) June 19, 2018
Meanwhile, supermodel Karlie Kloss, who is in a long-term relationship with Jared Kushner‘s brother Joshua, was encouraged to step in after she posted on Instagram about the “heartless” policy.
A post shared by Karlie Kloss (@karliekloss) on Jun 20, 2018 at 1:24am PDT
“Don’t tell us to call our representatives,” one follower wrote. “TALK TO THE PRESIDENT’S ADVISER. TALK TO JARED. TALK TO IVANKA. TAKE REAL-LIFE ACTION.”
“Have your boyfriend’s brother speak to his father-in-law,” suggested another commenter.
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Ivanka Trump’s $5,000 silver gown is being compared to thermal blankets used by immigrant kids
Oprah Winfrey slams Trump’s family separation policy: ‘Can’t stand it’
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