In case you couldn’t stomach tuning into the coverage of Donald Trump‘s inauguration (and we don’t blame you), here’s something slightly amusing that happened…
Each Inauguration Day, the outgoing President and his wife welcome the incoming President and his wife to the White House. There are lots of cameras. Everyone smiles and waves and shakes hands and acts happy. It’s just tradition.
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Well, this morning, upon walking up the White House steps, Melania Trump immediately thrust what appears to be a very large Tiffany’s box into Michelle Obama’s hands. Here is the beloved former first lady’s face when she received the parting gift:
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Not sure what to do with the giant object that took two hands to hold, Michelle searched for some place to put it. She looked around for several seconds, before President Obama, ever the gentleman, finally retrieved it from her and set it somewhere off screen, then returned so the four of them could pose for the stupid photo none of them wanted to take in the first place.
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Maybe it’s a “Hey, I’m really sorry I stole your speech” gift?
Watch the slightly depressing while simultaneously delightfully awkward incident:
Future First Lady Melania Trump gives a gift to First Lady Michelle Obama as the Obamas welcome the Trumps to the White House. pic.twitter.com/05TzjXBeDf
— ABC News (@ABC) January 20, 2017
dustashed
I feel bad, but I can’t stop laughing.
Awkwuuurd…
Sluggo2007
I love the expression on Michelle’s face! So funny! It’s almost like she’s saying “Good luck, America!”
jcoberkrom
Lay off Melania!!! It was a kind gesture toward the BEST first lady in my lifetime. We’ll miss you Michelle!
ErikO
Photo op? It just shows how awkward, without class, and uncomfortable Obama’s “wife” is in social situations.
Cloud
Photo op? She has more class than what you’ll ever have in your life time. Who do you think she is exactly? Give the woman respect! Have you seen what Melania’s White House bio is saying? They are pimping her tacky jewellery. Now who has the class??
Matt Achine
No, it shows how unqualified Trump and his Tramp are for this situation. Michelle should’ve slapped the shit out of both of them for both open disrespect and speech theft alike. Maybe throw one in for @Clark and too.
Clark
Sounds like little Matt here needs an enema. Butthurt much?
deeedeee
You only say such silly things because you know Michelle Obama will forever be known as one of the most graceful, lovely, and active First Ladies this country has ever know. Keep saying it, but you’ll never be right. Thank you, Michelle for the 8 years you gave our country!
Jack Meoff
Melania should have been advised by White House staff or someone on Trumps team that presenting a gift at that moment was ill advised. Having said that I don’t think either she or Donald take direction well from others.
As for Michelle being awkward and without class, nothing could be further from the truth.
HalcyonDays
I’m no fan of Trump, but I do feel slightly bad for Melania. Girl needs a protocol adviser. Someone should have made it clear to her to send the gift in advance or after.
Ironically, it is a box from Tiffany. A business, that Trump has impacted very negatively. Sales dropped drastically the day he was elected due to the difficulty of getting through security and into the store. The problem continues,
Chris
You can always take a picture that looks awkward. Unless the entire encounter is awkward, the classy thing to do would be to ignore such moments. This looks like one such moment. ….. Or as Hook would have said to the photographer and media: “Bad form.”
He BGB
Did Mr Trump know Melania was going to do this? I blame him because Melania is just a gold digger from a communist country who doesn’t know better. In that respect I feel sorry for her.
Matt Achine
Aren’t you late for a Breitbart bake sale? Get off the internet already.
Xzamilloh
It was her screw up, but it wasn’t a bad one. Melania just seems to be super uncomfortable with the whole thing. I believe she was just as surprised as the rest of us when he won the election. Now she realizes what her life is going to be like for the next few year.
James Hart
It was a very thoughtful gesture of Mrs. Trump’s.
Finally, we’ll have a beautiful and polished first lady, Melania Trump, to be proud of rather than the cow, MOOchelle Obama, that’s been there for the past 8 years.
Yes, I’m a very happy gay Republican.
Republicans control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, 2/3 of governorships, and 60% of all state legislatures.
You, liberals, better not come looking for trouble because 90% of the military and cops are with us, too.
deeedeee
Was that a threat? Gross.
Jack Meoff
Wow James do you feel better for posting that puerile and slightly delusional comment. Just because Melania is beautiful does not make her elegant or polished.
“Yes, I’m a very happy gay Republican.
Republicans control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, 2/3 of governorships, and 60% of all state legislatures.”
Let’s hear you sing that happy song when your rights slowly start getting stripped away……..that is if you even really are a gay man and not just a troll.
dwes09
Were you actually gay, and possessed of any sort of intelligence , you would look askance at Trump given the rabidly anti-gay people he has appointed to his administration thus far. You would also have recognized Michelle Obama’s warmth, intellect and sense of style. The infantile “MOOchelle” marks you as the childish, hetero, troll you are, as does your thinly veiled threat. When your hero (whose butthole you clearly lick with relish) tries to take our rights away we will make trouble for him, and will have the ethical high ground.
He has no mandate as a “bigly” percentage of voters chose Hillary. Look at how few came to see his piss poor inaugural!
Trolls like you have no place here, go crawl back under your bridge, or rock or whatever.
Cloud
Wonder if you are racist too under that uncalled for criticism of Michelle. Do you have a short term memory if I may ask because where were you when she plagiarised Michelle’s speech? Was that beautiful and polished too? Michelle is a wonderful woman and does not deserve your disgusting digs
Bob LaBlah
No doubt YOUR ignorant ass believes that Dah Ahnold is a perfect fit for that useless, idiotic show that will SOON be history thanks to him and knucklehead butting heads over its falling ratings. Be patient. Once before the rethuglicans were the majority and did nothing but blow opportunity after opportunity to stand for something other than the word no. They’ll do it again. Karma is a bitch.
johnjob
Appears as stiff as Donald probably rarely gets
deeedeee
Golf clap.
RIGay
I didn’t know that Tiffany’s had polished crystal turds?
DuMaurier
Okay, now we’re getting a bit petty.
caped212
The idea that Michelle was surprised by the gift is ludicrous, unless her memory from eight years ago is completely gone: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/01/20/obama-trump-unexpected-gift/
OzJosh
She’s giving back Michelle’s speech.
Mandrake
This was Melania’s botch?? I think Queerty is searching for opportunities to trash Melania. Be honest! Be fair!
DMRX
Yep
Mandrake
Still waiting for your article on how stunning melania looked. Or did you think she was unstylish and her clothes were blah? So she gives Michelle a gift and she “TOTALLY BOTCHED HER PHOTO OP.” No wonder the media of all kinds is considered dishonest and unfair, including Queerty.
mhoffman953
This seems like a smear article about Melania Trump. It is very common for incoming first ladies to do this for each other, just as Michelle Obama did the same for Laura Bush. It seems more like Michelle Obama botched this by making an unappreciative expression on her face when presented with the gift.
DMRX
Talk about “much ado about nothing.”
Good grief, Graham.
I’m no trump fan, but you REALLY had to stretch to make this a story.
Keebler ILF
I have to admit that I think outgoing first lady Laura Bush handled the situation better back in 2009 when Michelle Obama handed her a gift. Video: goo.gl/kO8GLH
Jabu
I don’t know what the big deal is about Marlania Trump giving Michelle Obama a gift. Michelle Obama brought a gift to Mrs Bush on inauguration day 8 years ago. Michelle doesn’t like the Trump’s and she was very rude to her. The Bush family was very gracious to the Obamas. I don’t think the Obamas extended that much graciousness. I just hope the Obamas don’t interfere with the administration.
dvlaries
What makes me the most uncomfortable is that Trump hurries out of the car, rather than let his wife his exit first and start up the steps together. Regardless of whether the gift timing was awkward, that sure seems a lonely walk around the car alone for Melania to be the last in the foursome.
DMRX
Please tell me that you’re not surprised at trump’s rudeness to a woman. Such a jerk.
DMRX
Such a made-up story.
No mention on the OBVIOUS slight of Michelle not reciprocating Melania’s outstretched hand for a cordial handshake?
Bob LaBlah
Am I the only one who noticed just how pained Melania looked that entire day? I feel sorry for her. I think now she realizes just what that asshole husband of hers has gotten her into. No doubt the poor girl got sick and tired of hearing him ranting over and over about the Obamas and that was her way of making peace with them (or showing the world she realizes she should have gotten out of that marriage long ago).
Neonegro
The losers are grasping at any straw to help with that post-election trauma.
I am just loving it…lol
1EqualityUSA
I try not to be too hard on her. She didn’t sign up for this circus.
Jack Meoff
No but she is bought and paid for.