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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(130,358 posts)
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:03 PM Thursday

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

GiqueCee

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

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
Thursday

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

Attilatheblond

(7,646 posts)
35. Yeah, she put SO much thought into that
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:29 PM
Thursday

'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
Thursday



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
Thursday


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
Thursday

porch, two ladders, and some orange mobiles and call it decorative.

flvegan

(65,419 posts)
12. I hope Morticia doesn't trip on any of those pumpkins on the steps.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:43 PM
Thursday

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
Thursday

venusgirl

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

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

Marie Marie

(10,667 posts)
21. Does anybody in the family have an ounce of taste? That looks like something
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 03:27 PM
Thursday

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
Thursday

She has the grimmest taste (if you can call it that) I have ever seen.

Martin Eden

(15,083 posts)
29. To make the display complete, the hideous orange creature should be at the central doorway
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:06 PM
Thursday

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
Thursday

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
Thursday

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
Yesterday

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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