Melania is Clueless in Kenya

[VMA131Marine]

I'm surprised she didn't ask to see Obama's birthplace!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/05/melania-trump-in-pith-helmet-on-kenya-safari-likened-to-colonialist

Melania Trump has prompted consternation, some anger and much derision by choosing a pith helmet – a symbol of colonial rule across Africa – as headwear for a brief safari in Kenya.

On the penultimate day of her tour of the continent – her first solo trip overseas – the first lady visited an orphanage in Nairobi before heading to a national park near the city.

Dressed in riding pants, boots and a spotless white pith helmet, the former model climbed into an open-air vehicle for the safari, taking photos on her iPhone of zebras, giraffes, impalas, rhinos and hippos.

She also stopped at a site where 105 tons of ivory was burned as part of an effort to discourage the trade.

But it was the headgear that attracted most attention. Pith helmets – so-called because they are made of the material sholapith – were worn by European explorers and imperial administrators in Africa, parts of Asia and the Middle East in the 19th century before being adopted by military officers, rapidly becoming a symbol of status – and oppression.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Not The Onion?

[Achilleaze]

36. Icy Pithy Princess (KGOP republican)

[JHan]

2. so worst first lady in recent memory then.

or maybe forever.

[BigDemVoter]

3. She's clueless in America too. And she was clueless in Europe. . .

Wait. . . She's clueless EVERYWHERE.

[TeapotInATempest]

9. I was JUST about to say that!

[Wounded Bear]

30. No shit, no reason to be so specific...

She's the epitome of arm candy.

[madaboutharry]

4. Isn't there an advance team?

I would think someone’s job is to know these things. Oh, wait...

[TlalocW]

13. If there were

Do you honestly think Trump or his wife would care?

TlalocW

[PatSeg]

17. That's what I was thinking

Presidents and their families aren't expected to know everything about different countries and cultures, but they are usually surrounded with well informed advisers. Apparently not the case with the Trumps. The whole administration is dysfunctional.

[procon]

5. She looks like a plastic manequin. Nt

[LakeArenal]

10. Ssssssh. She is a plastic mannequin. Sssh

The real Melania is long gone. They don’t want you to know.

[hatrack]

6. Did she have a riding crop and a monocle as well?

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[ProudLib72]

7. She's a little shit

Knock that helmet off her head!

[jberryhill]

11. No, pith

Pith and shit are two different things, thilly.

[ProudLib72]

15. Thanks for the pithy explanation

[jberryhill]

18. Happy to be of thervice

[underpants]

8. She probably can't wait to get back to her gardening

[dameatball]

32. Maybe she can grow some mushrooms....or toadstools

[Demit]

12. How do we know it wasn't on purpose?

[Wounded Bear]

31. Well, we know she really doesn't care...

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. Sounds like a movie comedy. "Clueless in Kenya"

[suffragette]

16. Clueless or purposeful? Choice of the pith helmet seems consistent with choice of jacket with

writing on it. In both cases, giving a nonverbal message about where and with whom she stands.

[liberaltrucker]

19. Subject line is 2 words too long

[Totally Tunsie]

20. You read my mind...

[Totally Tunsie]

21. Is there toilet paper on her boot?

Looks like "the staff" hates her as much as chubby hubby.

[Totally Tunsie]

22. She should have just recycled THIS one.

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[gratuitous]

23. At least she remembered to wear clothes

That's been a problem for her at times.

[struggle4progress]

24. Coming up next:

Melania tours holocaust sites, wearing traditional ancient Nordic costume

[kskiska]

25. Whenever she visits dirty, dusty, or muddy environments

she chooses to wear spotless white, like her brand new white sneakers she wore to view hurricane damage. She thinks she's on a Vogue photo shoot.

[SallyHemmings]

26. Reading big words...

[dembotoz]

27. she thought she was gonna meet with obama in his hometown

[lamsmy]

28. I live in Kenya

Tourists often wear the most ridiculous faux safari gear when visiting Africa. I have no idea why they think costumes are necessary. And Americans are by far the most prone to this bizarre behaviour. Do Americans put on lederhosen and dirndls when in Germany?

But this white pith helmet takes the cake. Not only is it offensive, its just plain dumb. Safari drives mean driving for hours on rough, dusty tracks. Just another grotesquely inappropriate outfit from this clueless woman.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

33. You make me think of the Griswolds...

[IluvPitties]

29. White nationalism.

[mnhtnbb]

34. Melania is clueless everywhere. Why should Kenya be different?

[greatauntoftriplets]

35. I hope that an elephant pithes on that helmet.

[spanone]

37. she watched some tarzan movies before she went.