We need to talk about Melania Trump’s Out of Africa wardrobe

The colonial pith helmet, the movie-Nazi fedora and whites … and the first lady wants us to take her seriously?

Are we allowed to talk about Melania Trump’s outfits, or is it too belittling? I can’t keep up any more.
Daniel, by email

Ooh, it’s a tricky one, isn’t it, Daniel? On the one hand, seriously, is that woman actually wearing a PITH HELMET in Nairobi? And, on the other, are we being unfeminist talking about it? Where is Andrea Dworkin when you need her, or maybe just Emily Post? Let’s hear from Trump herself, as she gave a marvellously huffy TV interview about this very subject when she was in Egypt last week:

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