L.A. Metro relocates buses with 'Melania' ads after 'extensive and severe' vandalism
In January, promotional posters for “Melania,” a documentary film about the first lady, were installed at bus stops across Los Angeles.
But soon, the posters began to accumulate graffiti, photos show: devil horns scribbled atop her head, a Hitler-style mustache and scrawled expletives referring to her husband’s association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
L.A. Metro officials said the vandalism was “extensive and severe,” and occurred after federal immigration agents last weekend shot and killed U.S. citizen Alex Pretti amid widespread tumultuous protests in Minneapolis.
The agency, worried that vandals would also target actual buses sporting ads for Melania Trump’s namesake documentary, decided to move the vehicles to other locations where there are fewer such concerns, Metro spokesperson Patrick Chandler said Thursday.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-29/la-metro-relocates-buses-with-melania-ads-after-vandalism
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