Trump Legitimizes ‘Fake Melania’ Conspiracy: ‘Fake News Photoshopped’ Her!

US President Donald Trump is joined by First Lady Melania Trump to board Marine One before departing from the South Lawn of the White House on March 8, 2019 in Washington, DC. - Trump is heading to Alabama to survey ... US President Donald Trump is joined by First Lady Melania Trump to board Marine One before departing from the South Lawn of the White House on March 8, 2019 in Washington, DC. - Trump is heading to Alabama to survey tornado damage before spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Trump used his Twitter platform to propel a peculiar conspiracy theory about the first lady using a body double during the couple’s visit to the Alabama town devastated by tornados earlier this month.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Trump suggested the “Fake News” tampered with photos of Melania Trump and “propelled conspiracy theories” that she has a body double.

“Fake Melania” was trending on Twitter during the President’s visit to Alabama over the weekend as users posted photos of the first lady, claiming that she looked shorter than her usual height (she had on tennis shoes instead of heels) or that her face, hidden by sunglasses, looked like a different person.

There’s been no reason to give any credence to the conspiracy theory, which Trump perpetuated by suggesting the media were behind it.

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  1. There is nothing about Melania that is not fake…

  2. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    Look at the last line of the tweet:

    “They are getting more deranged with time!”

    Exhibit a of Trump’s deflection projection. What has been written about him since his unhinged CPAC speech? Questions of his deteriorating mental health - over time. Who/where were the questions appearing? In the media.

    It’s a version of “I’m no puppet, you’re the puppet, you’re the puppet!”

  3. We don’t care about your stupid wife, you idiot — nor do we care about you. Go away and STFU.

  4. No one is more deranged than President Donald Trump.

  5. So Trump basically confirmed the Fake Melania story. That they actually sent a Melania body-double to wheel out for events like trips to Alabama is the least surprising thing in the world.

    How do you even report, or go on CNN to discuss this, without just holding up your hands and shrugging.

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