'Nice try': Melania Trump buried after gushing reveal of White House Christmas decor

[turbinetree]

By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published December 1, 2025 11:58 AM ET

The White House Monday revealed its holiday decor, debuting a lego-designed portrait of President Donald Trump and the nation's first president, George Washington — garnering plenty of criticism of the first lady and the administration.

Social media users had a range of responses to the new images of the designs, which were selected by First Lady Melania Trump and released in a new video posted on the White House's social media accounts.

"Home Is Where the Heart Is — AMERICA’S CHRISTMAS," wrote the first lady.

https://www.rawstory.com/melania-trump-christmas-white-house/

I just have to ask if she is selling the picture to make up for the loss on her crypto failure..........

[jls4561]

1. What's up with the portrait of fat Donnie from Queens beside the portrait of George Washington?

Is the message “Here’s our first president and here’s the president who is ruining everything the other guy stood for”?

Because that’s the message that I’m getting.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Probably meant to symbolize the first and last POTUS.

[jls4561]

5. Perhaps that's the way Fat Donnie wants it to be interpreted, but I see it differently.

George III allegedly called Washington “the greatest man in the world”. Contemporary potentates call Donnie “the easiest mark in the world”.

[sdfernando]

12. Yeah...you know

the Alpha and the Omega.

[Diamond_Dog]

26. Alpha and Omega. Perfect description.

[Lonestarblue]

3. Fat Donnie looks like Scrooge. .

[lame54]

4. From "I cannot tell a lie." to " I cannot tell the truth."

[FSogol]

6. What happened to her "Fucking Chreesst-mas" from the 1st term?

[GoCubsGo]

9. The staff who did all that stuff for her were probably fired.

Or, they quit at the end of his the previous mess. She doesn't even live in the White House now, so I doubt there's any staff this time around to do that kind of stuff for her.

[GoCubsGo]

7. Her fawking Chreesmoose decorations are fawking lazy.

It looks like somebody slapped up a few things just to make it look like they are actually doing something for the holidays. More performative crap.

[allegorical oracle]

25. I see her as inclined toward the Jackson Pollock school of Christmas decor. Ornaments

are more thrown at their destinations than dangled or draped...poured on, not brushed.

At least they're not blood red this year.

[NJCher]

8. first, you don't put pictures in windows

Second, even if you did, you don't have Washington looking one way and dump looking down at the floor.

Really bad layout.

[Sogo]

14. That was the first thing I noticed:

The direction Washington is looking requires that his portrait be on the right. Never have a composition with the subjects looking away from the center. TSF's would work on the left because he is looking forward to center from there.

In summary, the two portraits should be reversed positions.

[Retrograde]

16. Give the gal a break!

She was a top-level architect who designed in 5 gazillion languages, not a mere interior decorator. Besides, Donnie tore down the wing with her office in it, so she had to work from a table in some Starbucks or share a desk with Leavitt or something.

I like the colors, but then I'm partial to green. I think it would be OK in some private home, since it's being displayed in a smaller room, but yeah, the portraits are awkward. George looks as if he's searching for a way out, Donnie just looks petulant.

[Sogo]

20. Your comment about Washington looking "as if he's searching for a way out" proves the point

that I was making. It's a principle used in publishing photos....Don't have the subjects looking off the page....

Thanks!

[electric_blue68]

22. Heh! I was in magazine publishing - old fashion paste ups back in the day....Never heard that!

[Diamond_Dog]

28. I remember that principle from back when I did layouts for a commercial printer

And it still irks me to see portraits of someone looking off the page.

But then what should we expect from whoever threw together that mess.

[allegorical oracle]

31. Naw... George shouldn't have to spend Christmas looking at Dozy Don.

[Blue Owl]

10. Why does it sound so empty and hollow?

Almost like it came from someone who said they “fucking hate Christmas…”

[UTUSN]

11. We're innured to KRASNOV equating himself with WASHINGTON et al., now Xmas is about *him*!

But Melonie has been looking happier lately - is it because she has hopes for his deteriorating conditions? Or have the past renegotiations of the pre-nups been extra good?

[Tesha]

13. The gingerbread White House...

Does it show the destruction on the side?

[electric_blue68]

23. Oh my goodness! 😄 sigh...

[MustLoveBeagles]

15. Eh

She's done worse.

[Ritabert]

17. The hall of blood red trees comes to mind

[MustLoveBeagles]

19. Her personal worst

I'm sure if she tried she could top it.

[Ritabert]

21. I'll bet she could top it.

[PatSeg]

24. Well, certainly not as bad the blood trees Christmas

Still it is rather odd. She even has "Be Best" ornaments. I would have thought she'd have buried that one by now.

I'm not sure what to make of the presidential portraits.

Note they turned off the comments on the video.

[Deuxcents]

29. It's sterile..not festive or family friendly at all. Christmas is about the joy of giving and children..

They know nothing about the joy of giving or the laughter of children in the White House

[johnnyfins]

30. A portrait of George Washington, our first

President, next to a MUGSHOT of our current Resident. That IS the mugshot. It has been photoshopped. What a fucking disgrace.

[Ilsa]

32. Her signature is as painful as his.

Really, I think she must have come up with her signature after meeting Felon47.

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