Michelle Obama directs a veiled criticism at Melania Trump

Former US First Lady, Michelle Obama, seemed to be directing a veiled criticism at the US First Lady, Melania Trump, in her new book titled “Look”, where she indirectly referred to the controversial jacket that Melania wore, in 2018, during her visit to a detention center for migrant children, on which was written the famous phrase: “I don’t really care, do I?”

Michelle said in her book: “The role of the First Lady is often to appear in the most difficult moments of others, and I never wanted to introduce distractions related to fashion while talking to a family that lost a child or to a community suffering from a disaster,” and she added: “In times of crisis, I would content myself with wearing a simple shirt or sweater from my closet, and direct all my energy towards communicating with those who came before me in the experience.”

In 2018, Melania was widely criticized after she wore a green military jacket with a hood while visiting a children’s detention center against the backdrop of the immigration crisis. It was a jacket she had previously worn before, and its price was only about $39. The goal of the visit, as announced at the time, was to show her sympathy for detained children, but her choice of that jacket overshadowed the entire visit and sparked a wave of controversy.

After pictures of the jacket spread on social media, US President Donald Trump (in his first term) issued a statement on Twitter, which later became known as “X,” explaining that his wife was referring to wearing the jacket to what he described as “fake news,” and not to children. However, this statement contradicted what Melania’s spokeswoman said at the time, as she confirmed that the jacket did not carry any hidden message, and said: “It is just a jacket, nothing more and nothing less.”

Elsewhere in her book, Michelle Obama touched on the enormous pressures she faced during her tenure as First Lady, noting that every choice made by the president’s wife was subject to intense scrutiny, but she was aware that her situation was different, as she was the first First Lady of African descent in the history of the United States. About “Daily Mail”