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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(130,357 posts)
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:03 PM Yesterday

Melania Trump's Halloween Display Gives Critics The Creeps As Millions Face Real-Life Horror

The Trump White House appears to be almost ready for Halloween.

And critics are calling it chilling.

Not because of the decidedly non-spooky, pumpkin-heavy decor, but because, as was pointed out on social media, millions of Americans are set to lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as they won’t be issued Nov. 1 due to the ongoing government shutdown.

The office of first lady Melania Trump shared a photo of the decorations on X, formerly Twitter





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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/melania-trump-halloween-display-gives-072523002.html
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Melania Trump's Halloween Display Gives Critics The Creeps As Millions Face Real-Life Horror (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP
She is tone deaf. sheshe2 Yesterday #1
She knows what she is doing. AloeVera Yesterday #8
Like the car washer in Cool Hand Luke BOSSHOG Yesterday #16
Mah Luciiiiiiiiiille! 11 Bravo Yesterday #40
If she's still with us she's gotta be 80 by now BOSSHOG Yesterday #45
She is, and she's 85 ornotna Yesterday #47
Decorating with food leftstreet Yesterday #2
Let them eat pie. C_U_L8R Yesterday #3
Gaslighting as usual. They are very angry, petty people. Blues Heron Yesterday #4
Nothing says Halloween like 10,000 pumpkins frosted with asbestos fibers from the east wing Blues Heron Yesterday #44
Let them eat squash. Sogo Yesterday #5
Let them eat pumpkin Wicked Blue Yesterday #22
As Marie Antoinette said... GiqueCee Yesterday #6
Looks like it was just quickly thrown together, not creative at all, junk...haunted ladders? wcmagumba Yesterday #7
Yeah, she put SO much thought into that Attilatheblond Yesterday #35
"Be orange." John1956PA Yesterday #37
I'm sorry, but the Office of the 1st lady, doesn't exist anymore MagickMuffin Yesterday #9
And we don't have a First Lady anyway, we have a First Escort. 11 Bravo Yesterday #41
I denied her the official title since I didn't use a capital MagickMuffin Yesterday #46
Looks trashy. Throw a bunch of pumpkins 🎃 on the Polly Hennessey Yesterday #10
Tripping hazard BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #11
I hope Morticia doesn't trip on any of those pumpkins on the steps. flvegan Yesterday #12
Love those attractive nuisences lame54 Yesterday #13
It's AI , right? Srkdqltr Yesterday #14
Why waste the money and time? Just drag them over to the East Wing demolition site. chowder66 Yesterday #15
She's always so TACKY!! Everything she does is gauche and in poor taste. QueerDuck Yesterday #17
Perhaps when hubby returns,he will gild the pumpkins BattleRow Yesterday #18
When hubby returns, he won't be able to use the railings to get down the stairs -- intentional? fierywoman Yesterday #36
kinda looks like dollar tree stuff, doesn't it? mwmisses4289 Yesterday #19
It's Dollar-fifty Tree now, thanks to the VTderry Yesterday #34
Melania Trump's Halloween Display venusgirl Yesterday #20
Does anybody in the family have an ounce of taste? That looks like something Marie Marie Yesterday #21
It probably took 2 minutes to come up with such creativity..isn't she just great? 🙃 Deuxcents Yesterday #26
First Lady? I'm under the impression trump is single. Luz Yesterday #23
Hideous and tasteless Grim Chieftain Yesterday #24
A seedy display at the very least. A bit of Orange Karma come home to roost. Ford_Prefect Yesterday #25
It needs more pumpkins... Fil1957 Yesterday #27
... Marie Marie 23 hrs ago #48
How does she contrive to make everything look like a haunted house? LisaM Yesterday #28
To make the display complete, the hideous orange creature should be at the central doorway Martin Eden Yesterday #29
Make pie SWinter Yesterday #30
I really HATE the color orange FakeNoose Yesterday #31
The poor can learn to make pumpkin pie COL Mustard Yesterday #32
Ooh, just imagine some disgruntled folk smashing all those pumpkins... BattleRow Yesterday #33
Sadly, the pumpkins will end up in the waste-hauling trucks along with the East Wing debris. John1956PA Yesterday #38
Maybe some Dem politician could request they be donated to local food banks? BattleRow Yesterday #42
Those big jack- o'lantern pumpkins Retrograde 22 hrs ago #49
This is her jacket back, part 2 angrychair Yesterday #39
I see about 600 pies. Ms. Toad Yesterday #43

Blues Heron

(7,949 posts)
44. Nothing says Halloween like 10,000 pumpkins frosted with asbestos fibers from the east wing
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 06:51 PM
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GiqueCee

(2,965 posts)
6. As Marie Antoinette said...
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:12 PM
Yesterday

when told that the people were starving and had no bread, "Let them eat pumpkins!"

wcmagumba

(5,031 posts)
7. Looks like it was just quickly thrown together, not creative at all, junk...haunted ladders?
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:13 PM
Yesterday

Hell, Mel baby, just put the red Christmas trees out there and call it a day...

Attilatheblond

(7,644 posts)
35. Yeah, she put SO much thought into that
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:29 PM
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'Jus go buy a lot of many orange things and put them around stairs! I von't be handing candy to begger children!'

MagickMuffin

(17,976 posts)
9. I'm sorry, but the Office of the 1st lady, doesn't exist anymore
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:33 PM
Yesterday



It got bulldozed because the 1st lady wasn’t using it.


MagickMuffin

(17,976 posts)
46. I denied her the official title since I didn't use a capital
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:33 PM
Yesterday


She’s no 1st Lady, however, 1st lady is a personal dig of mine.

I believe she helps traffic young children for the elite millionaires & billionaires to abuse for their pleasures.

Eyes Wide Shut is the perfect movie for the well to do.


Polly Hennessey

(8,307 posts)
10. Looks trashy. Throw a bunch of pumpkins 🎃 on the
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:39 PM
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porch, two ladders, and some orange mobiles and call it decorative.

flvegan

(65,418 posts)
12. I hope Morticia doesn't trip on any of those pumpkins on the steps.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:43 PM
Yesterday

That would make wife #2 to suffer such a tragedy.

fierywoman

(8,456 posts)
36. When hubby returns, he won't be able to use the railings to get down the stairs -- intentional?
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:43 PM
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venusgirl

(7 posts)
20. Melania Trump's Halloween Display
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 03:25 PM
Yesterday

Typical thoughtlessness…putting pumpkins along the handrail ..making it more difficult to walk down the stairs.

Marie Marie

(10,665 posts)
21. Does anybody in the family have an ounce of taste? That looks like something
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 03:27 PM
Yesterday

a third grade class would come up with. If that is the best she had in her, why even bother? Maybe she was trying to use all that orange to distract from the gaping void where the East Wing used to be.

LisaM

(29,392 posts)
28. How does she contrive to make everything look like a haunted house?
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:05 PM
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She has the grimmest taste (if you can call it that) I have ever seen.

Martin Eden

(15,080 posts)
29. To make the display complete, the hideous orange creature should be at the central doorway
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:06 PM
Yesterday

He could be held in place with a flagpole up his ass.

SWinter

(20 posts)
30. Make pie
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:09 PM
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If I was taking my kids trick or treating at the WH, I’d grab a pumpkin on the way out. Food is food, and they’ll probably just get rid of them Nov 1.

COL Mustard

(7,754 posts)
32. The poor can learn to make pumpkin pie
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:25 PM
Yesterday

I’m sure that’s the underlying message from Her Majesty.

Retrograde

(11,329 posts)
49. Those big jack- o'lantern pumpkins
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 12:11 AM
22 hrs ago

aren’t really good for eating ( bland and stringy) but it’s the thought that counts- wasting foodstuffs while SNAP is being cut and food banks are emptying sends an FU message to the 99%

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