Here’s your chance to own a piece of American history…
Melania Trump just announced she’s auctioning off the white hat she wore when the French first family visited the White House in 2018. Bidding starts at $250,000 and will only be accepted via SOL, a form of cryptocurrency.
CNN reports:
In a statement from her office, Trump said that, in addition to the hat, the auction lot will include a watercolor by Marc-Antoine Coulon — a French artist who drew her eyes for her NFT last month — as well as what the statement defines as “an exclusive digital artwork NFT with motion.” The NFT, the second Trump has sold in less than a month, features the drawing of the hat with some animation.
The hat, which is autographed by the ex-FLOTUS, was created by her personal stylist, Hervé Pierre, to go with the $2,105 white crepe Michael Kors Collection suit she wore to meet with Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron.
A portion of the proceeds from the auction will go toward Mel’s #BeBest program, though her office didn’t say how much money would be donated or how exactly it will be spent other than to “provide foster care children with access to computer science and technology education.”
Now, here’s what people are saying on Twitter about the whole thing…
Melania is know selling hats she wore as first lady, I guess Mel ‘Be Broke.’ @MELANIATRUMP
— NoelCaslerComedy (@caslernoel) January 4, 2022
This is totally normal behavior for “billionaires”. 🙄
— ṃіṢϾḥạ🌷 (@mischam0use) January 4, 2022
I hope Melania Trump sells that hat so she and Donald can keep the lights on for another 30 days.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) January 4, 2022
Melanie is selling off her clothes now. They must be in some serious financial trouble.
— STOP tRumpnado 🌊 (@Trumpnado2016) January 4, 2022
??and the grift goes on
And the grift goes on and on and on.????? #Melania— Carolyn Harber (@CarolynHarber) January 4, 2022
Will this be auctioned off?
— Honey Chile 😘 (@HoneyChile15) January 4, 2022
Melania Trump promotes selling her hat – Michelle Obama promotes registering to vote. pic.twitter.com/2B1ASiot17
— anyone_want_chips (@anyonewantchips) January 4, 2022
Wait opening bid is 250k you are married to a supposed billionaire why are not ALL the profits going to charity?
— danielle dutton (@danni1028) January 4, 2022
The white hat Melania is auctioning off makes her look like a fashionable Klansman.
— Buddy Winston (@BuddyWinston) January 4, 2022
Divorce money?
— RuralLiberal (@HiraethResists) January 4, 2022
Melania sold her soul awhile back…hats are all she has left.
— BrotherMatthew ?? (@STPFreak) January 4, 2022
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
rangerwilcox
should her Be Best program be expecting to receive at least $1 ???
Cam
Don Jr. desperately hawks t-shirts every time some new MAGA saying gets publicized and Melania is auctioning off her clothes.
This family is broke.
It’s like what Mar Cuban said years and years ago, a real billionaire wouldn’t be licensing his name out to things like Trump Steaks and Trump water which would only pull in a few hundred thousand.
cuteguy
She’s used to selling her “stuff”
Brian
I’m not going to criticize people who choose sex work as their profession, but it’s certainly not deserving of special immigration status as a “genius.”
She’s even worse. She gained her status fraudulently, then criticized other immigrants, and accused a black man from Hawaii of being a foreigner. She’s a prostitute, a liar, and a racist.
RTG
when she runs out of clothes will it be an OnlyFans page? And his personally guaranteed bank loans, all $1.3 billion of it, are coming due……and many of his hotels have been in the crapper for years…The Trump Hotel in DC? Hello?
Fahd
Who buys this shit?
Mr. Stadnick
KKK and porn fans.
Essie
Everybody knows these people are nowhere near “billionaires.” They are grifters who are getting desperate because the money is disappearing. But, I have a feeling one of their rich “friends” will buy this hat just so Dumpty and Mel won’t be embarrassed that it didn’t sell.
greekboy
If Melanoma knew hat etiquette she would never wear a hat in such a way that it covers the eyes making it impossible to see them. Take a look at the royals…the pros of hat wearing. You can always see their eyes. Melanoma wants to cover as much of her face, so that she is not recognized from the old days of @#$% in mouth flick. Wonder if her residuals are running down her chin?
demeroh
She tried to sell art work of her eyes or something to that effect. Now she is selling articles of clothing she wore to an event. What is so special about that particular event and hat, which I’m sure other celebrities have worn with better style. Why is she selling herself and personal items? She is supposedly going to give a certain percentage to some organization re: children and orphanages. It’s not clear what this organization is or what it does or how much from the sale she is giving. This is beneath the position she onced held. It’s just typical of this family. Don Jr, supposedly just used his engagement to get a free engagement ring by proposing in front of the jewelry store that is in a mall.
Brad1969
Wow lots of hate here.!.
Jack
Who the EF here loves a Trump? Braaaad.
cuteguy
@Brad69
There are a lot more haters on the Supreme Court that will soon strip us of all our basic rights like marriage. But then again I’m prob responding to a Trump loving Faux News GQP troll rather than a member of the lgbtq community. Go away GQP troll
Cam
No actually her husband who said that he would appoint judges to overturn those “Aweful LGBTQ rights rulings” and Melania publicizing a racist birther conspiracy is the hate.
But nice try.
rettam
Both are still using his presidency to make money… what a damn shame! Just makes me sick that almost half of America is still so blind to what has happened n what’s still going on
Peter
The idea that donnie douchebag is a billionaire is laughable; this clothing sale doesn’t surprise me. But what’s really funny is the idea that one penny from that sale, if it’s ever made, would go to charity. These traitorous grifters are still pulling cons; some things never change.
Jim
A grifter grifts!
Kangol2
I guess Melania hasn’t discovered OnlyFans or JustforFans yet!