June 21, 2018 🟡 Significant

Melania wears 'I really don't care, do u?' jacket to visit separated children

First Lady Melania Trump wore a green Zara jacket emblazoned with the words 'I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?' in white graffiti-style lettering on the back as she boarded a plane to visit detained migrant children in Texas - one day after her husband signed the executive order supposedly ending family separations. Photos of the $39 jacket sparked immediate outrage and disbelief. Her spokesperson claimed 'it's a jacket. There was no hidden message,' but Trump himself contradicted that, tweeting the message 'refers to the Fake News Media.' The jacket became an enduring symbol of the administration's callousness toward separated children. Whether the message was intentional cruelty, stunning tone-deafness, or trolling the media, it demonstrated extraordinary insensitivity at a moment of national moral crisis over children traumatized by government policy.

"I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?" — Text on back of Melania Trump's jacket worn to visit detained migrant children, June 21, 2018

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