‘This looks like a Suits promo photo’: Melania Trump’s new First Lady portraits sets internet alight
Melania Trump has reportedly prepared ‘intensively’ for her second term as First Lady
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Your support makes all the difference.First Lady Melania Trump’s second White House portrait has been released - and the internet has had plenty to say about it.
The 54-year-old’s second portrait as First Lady features her in grayscale, wearing a fitted black suit as she stands with her hands on a tabletop. The Washington Monument is visible in the background through a window.
Social media users were quick to react to the new portrait.
“This looks like a Suits promo photo,” one user posted on X, drawing a comparison to the legal drama that once starred Meghan Markle.
“I didn’t know House of Cards was still running,” another wrote, referencing the Netflix political drama.
Many of the First Lady’s supporters were enthused by the new portrait, however. Some hailed the portrait as “absolutely stunning,” while others noted her stern demenour, adding: “She looks like she’s got the grin of ‘Somebody is going to pay.”
The portrait, released Monday afternoon, was taken in the White House’s Yellow Oval Room by Régine Mahaux. The 58-year-old has regularly photographed members of the Trump family for nearly 20 years — and took Melania’s first portrait as First Lady in 2017.
This year’s portrait is quite different from her last.
Melania’s 2017 portrait features her in full color with a small smile on her face, standing with her arms crossed against a blue background in the White House.
Melania has reportedly been “preparing intensively” for her return to the White House, including by studying foreign affairs, CNN reported earlier this month. She also plans to split her time between Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach, Florida, she told Fox News’s Fox & Friends.
She’ll also be spending time in New York City where her son, 18-year-old Barron Trump, attends school at New York University.
The First Lady told Fox & Friends her second round in the White House will be much different from her first.
“The difference is I know where I will be going, I know the rooms where we will be living. I know the process,” she said. “The first time was challenging, we didn’t have much of the information.”
“I will be in the White House,” she continued. “And, you know, when I need to be in New York, I will be in New York. When I need to be in Palm Beach, I will be in Palm Beach. But my first priority is, you know, to be a mom, to be a first lady, to be a wife. And once we are in on January 20, you serve the country.”
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