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Melania Trump Faces Vogue’s Wrath Over White House Portrait, Sparks Debate

Edited by: Fern Sidman

First Lady Melania Trump has once again found herself at the center of a media firestorm after Vogue magazine published a scathing fashion op-ed dissecting her official White House portrait. As Page Six of The New York Post reported on Wednesday, the piece, written by fashion critic Hannah Jackson, took direct aim at the First Lady’s choice of attire and overall presentation, sparking heated reactions from both critics and supporters alike.

According to the information provided in Page Six of The New York Post, the newly released portrait, shot by renowned Belgian photographer Régine Mahaux, featured Melania Trump in a sharply tailored black Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo jacket, a crisp white button-up, and a Ralph Lauren cummerbund. Rather than celebrating her polished look, Jackson lambasted the ensemble, snidely remarking that Trump appeared as though she was “guest starring on an episode of The Apprentice rather than assuming the role of First Lady of the United States.”

Page Six of The New York Post reported that Jackson went on to deride the tuxedo styling as overly theatrical, stating, “The choice to wear a tuxedo—as opposed to a blazer or blouse—made Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant.” The biting critique did not stop there, as Jackson ventured into personal territory, implying that Trump’s aesthetic choices were inextricably linked to her affluent lifestyle. “Perhaps Trump, 54, refused to abandon theatrics for the portrait since she lived in a ‘gold-encrusted penthouse’ and her fame is ‘so intertwined with a reality-television empire,’” Jackson wrote, as cited by Page Six of The New York Post.

The piece did not even spare Trump’s previous official portrait, which was released in 2017. According to the information contained in the report on Page Six of The New York Post, Jackson mockingly suggested that, compared to the past image where Trump’s face was “airbrushed into oblivion,” the new portrait was at least an improvement. However, she went on to suggest that the Trumps’ influence was still being flaunted, not through jewelry or fashion, but rather through their elite political circle. “This time, while the portrait remains more subdued, the Trumps are displaying wealth not through diamond rings but through the coterie of tech CEOs who sat in the front row at the 2025 inauguration, whose combined net worth was over a trillion dollars,” Jackson wrote, according to the information on Page Six of The New York Post.

As expected, the harsh critique ignited a wave of backlash. The Page Six of The New York Post report indicated that Trump’s supporters swiftly took to social media to defend her, strongly condemning Vogue for their ruthless attack on the nation’s First Lady which was clearly politically motivated. Responding to Vogue’s post on X (formerly Twitter), one commenter wrote, “She’s stunning and rarely misses when it comes to fashion … your opinions are trash and based purely on politics. Pathetic.” Another user echoed this sentiment, stating, “Vogue, you are pathetic. Melania is beautiful and elegant.” A third user accused Vogue of blatant bias, writing, “@voguemagazine are haters and prove their positions are purely political. You all worshipped Jill Biden! LOL,” a reference to the former First Lady’s August 2024 Vogue cover. Page Six of The New York Post reported that, despite the criticism, Vogue has not issued any edits or retractions, indicating that the publication stands by its editorial stance.

As the report on Page Six of The New York Post detailed, Melania Trump has not been on the best terms with Vogue in recent years. Editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, a known critic of the Trumps, has seemingly shunned the former First Lady, a stark contrast to her treatment of other presidential spouses. Trump, for her part, has shown little interest in mending the relationship. The Page Six of The New York Post report recalled her December interview on Fox & Friends, where she responded to a question about Vogue’s continued snub: “We have so many other important things to do than to be on the cover of any magazine. I think that life would not change for anybody if I’m on the cover.”

Despite the ongoing tensions, Page Six of The New York Post reminded readers that Melania Trump was once a Vogue cover star, gracing the magazine ahead of her February 2005 wedding to Donald Trump. At the time, she was photographed in a custom Dior gown, chosen with the assistance of the late fashion journalist André Leon Talley and Anna Wintour herself. However, that brief moment of admiration has since given way to a frosty relationship, with Vogue repeatedly snubbing Melania throughout her tenure as First Lady for no good reason other than one that is driven by loathing of her husband’s political agenda of make “America Great Again.”

With Vogue standing firm in its critique and Trump’s supporters fiercely defending her, the report on Page Six of The New York Post highlighted how this latest controversy shines a spotlight of sorts on the ongoing culture wars surrounding the former First Lady. Whether one sees her as a fashion icon or a political lightning rod, there is no denying that Melania Trump remains a figure of enduring fascination—and contention—in American public life.

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