'Grifter' Melania Trump Gets Blunt Reminder After Awkward New Sales Pitch
Melania Trump resurfaced over the weekend with a new sales pitch for her “passionate collectors” as she unveiled her 2024 Christmas ornament collection.
And it wasn’t long before her critics delivered some blunt reminders about what she said about the holiday when her husband, Donald Trump, was in the White House.
“I’m working like a, my ass off at Christmas stuff,” she said in leaked recordings released by former friend and aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff in 2020. “You know, who gives a fuck about Christmas stuff and decoration, but I need to do it, right?”
Trump was also known for some unusual decorative choices at the White House for the holidays.
Her new “Merry Christmas, AMERICA!” collection features four brass and enamel ornaments ranging from $75 to $90 a pop, or $315 plus tax and shipping for the whole set.
That’s a steep jump from last year’s ornaments, which were sold for $35 to $45 each.
One of the ornaments appears to be a slightly reworked version of her Mother’s Day necklace, while another looks similar to a “Vote Freedom” necklace she is also selling.
And like last year’s collection, each ornament comes with “the option of a digital collectible.”
Melania Trump, who has also been promoting her upcoming memoir, said on X, formerly Twitter, that “each unique piece captures the magic of the holiday season.”
Her critics called it yet another grift from the former first family:
Worthless NFT’s.
A coffee-table book “memoir” 🤣🤣🤣
And now, Christmas ornaments…From the lady who hated decorating White House for Christmas.
In case you had doubts, Melania is a full participant in the endless and tacky Trump Family Grift. https://t.co/pI8e4kK2T0— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) September 22, 2024
A family of grifters
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) September 22, 2024
It’s what grifter do. https://t.co/qcvnsRvjR6pic.twitter.com/dMbr2iDE24
— Larry Moore (@LarryMooreOH) September 21, 2024
Did this sick woman think we forgot what she said.
Lordy, there are tapes.
Literally, we head her. https://t.co/g77rM6KROipic.twitter.com/km8qRNJx3N— Julie B(rooklyn) BABY WOKE AF❌🇺🇸🇯🇲 (@JMeanypants) September 22, 2024
My grift-o-meter is red lined. I have never seen a reading this high! pic.twitter.com/ElYzwBhfjB
— TheRealThelmaJohnson (@TheRealThelmaJ1) September 21, 2024
Good god, it never stops https://t.co/J51wM9JugN
— Carla ‘Bluechecked’ Marinucci (@cmarinucci) September 22, 2024
Melania, would you consider selling these special facking Chreestmas decorations? pic.twitter.com/y9bh4gUq1O
— Brown Eyed Susan (@smc429) September 21, 2024
This is a joke, right?
Beyond parody. 🙄— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) September 22, 2024
Hey Mel,
We know how much you love Christmas. https://t.co/FbPI5erZVl— Tina Webb (@LaundryPrncss) September 21, 2024
The grifts keep coming.
— Bruno Amato (@BrunoAmato_1) September 21, 2024
https://t.co/v8jb7WOjh6pic.twitter.com/VG6CbL56ai
— Old Rant Dump (@TrumpinTheShark) September 21, 2024
Oh HELL YEAH!!!
I have been waiting all year for the latest…Melania Trump ornaments.
And her book.
And her coins.
The woman embodies all that is grift.— Artie Vandelay (@ArtieVandelay1) September 21, 2024
MRS. TRUMP AS FIRST LADY:
“WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS STUFF” aka How Republicans say merry Christmas pic.twitter.com/Ga0wdqcbZa— Kristine Kenyon 🪷 (@kristine_kenyon) October 15, 2021