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Donald Trump angry at US fashion magazines for not featuring Melania on a single cover
- The president retweeted a post that said ‘elitist snobs in the fashion press’ were snubbing the ‘most elegant first lady in American history’
- Trump fans have accused the US press of revealing their liberal bias by granting Michelle Obama 12 magazine covers in her two terms as first lady
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President Donald Trump has bashed leading US lifestyle magazines for not giving his wife, Melania Trump, a single front-page cover while he has been in office.
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In a tweet on Friday, Trump called the first lady “the greatest of all time,” while retweeting a Breitbart post that said “elitist snobs in the fashion press” were ostracising the “most elegant first lady in American history.”
“Fake News!,” Trump added.
Trump fans have long noticed and lamented the absence of the first lady from US news stands, and often accused the American press of revealing their liberal bias by granting Michelle Obama, the wife of former president Barack Obama, 12 magazine covers in her two terms as first lady, including three Vogue covers.
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“If you need any further proof of the shameless bias of the liberal mainstream media, the most stunning first lady in American history has never graced our nation’s major style magazine covers,” US actor and Trump supporter James Woods tweeted in February 2020.
Several leading fashion magazines have taken a political stance on the president, most notably Vogue.
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