Melania Trump body double conspiracy theory resurfaces following recent appearance alongside the President – By Gina Salamone (New York Daily News) / March 11 2019
A Friday photo of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in Alabama have led to resurfaced conspiracy theories that there’s a First Lady body double. (NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP/Getty Images)
The faux First Lady theory is back.
Rumors that President Trump is parading around a Melania Trump look-alike to pass as his wife have resurfaced following their Friday visit to the Alabama areas affected by tornadoes that killed 23 people.
Melania stoically stood near her husband as they paused by crosses representing the victims in Beauregard — but some felt something was amiss.
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“That one does not look like her, sorry,” Joy Behar said while co-hosting “The View” Monday and looking at a photo of the visit. “I wasn’t going to go along with this, but that one in that picture doesn’t look like her. It’s a different-shaped face.”
Others claimed the height of the woman standing next to the President in Alabama didn’t match Melania’s.
“Melania is a very tall statuesque woman, and the one that we saw…she looks kind of short,” “View” co-host Sunny Hostin chimed in.
Behar pointed out that, “Trump is tall” in comparison.
The theory is far from new. Long before #FakeMelania was trending this past week, social media was exploding with conspiracies that a body double has been used to stand in for the First Lady.
Back in 2017, Trump gave a speech on the White House lawn while Melania stood by in a beige trench coat and oversized sunglasses. It was more what her husband said though, than how she looked, that set off the conspiracy theories.
“My wife, Melania, who happens to be right here,” Trump said, stressing that the woman beside him was, indeed, his spouse.
The White House, of course, has denied using a Melania clone in the past.
