Ever since Melania Trump launched her Be Best campaign in 2018, people have been pointing out the hypocrisy of her crusade against bullying.
Be Best claims to focus on three main pillars: well-being, online safety, and opioid abuse. Melania has been spreading the message to schools and young people, but as many have noticed, she’s married to one of America’s biggest bullies.
Yesterday Melania gave a speech saying that Be Best is dedicated to “helping children and ensuring that we are doing all we can to take care of the next generation”.
She believes we can achieve this through “a simple act of kindness” or “providing care”, but the backlash she received proves that people don’t think she or her family are doing enough to provide care.
But, as ever, there’s one glaring problem: Melania’s husband.
From locking children up in cages and verbally attacking people on Twitter (including calling congresswomen of color SAVAGES) to his racist “birther” theory about president Obama, president Trump is known as one of the biggest bullies in the world.
Take a look at her speech. Can you imagine if she didn’t have the teleprompter? And shouldn’t her English be a TAD better at this point??
.@FLOTUS [1] Melania Trump: "My initiative #BeBest [2] is dedicated to helping children and ensuring that we are doing all we can to take care of the next generation." pic.twitter.com/p23G3ak0T4 [3]
— The Hill (@thehill) October 7, 2019 [4]
Twitter had some thoughts:
Seriously? You are married to an obese, bullying braggart, and you have the temerity to lecture others about kindness and healthy lifestyles? Put your own house in order first, madam!
— Helen Ross (@fluffyhelen1) October 8, 2019 [5]
Oh! Like caging children indefinitely at the border? Taking away children’s healthcare? Taking away their school lunches? Does anyone believe that #BeBest [2] crap as anything more than a pretend initiative to make 1/3 of the population forget her husband’s cruelty’s to children?
— Jamie Schler (@lifesafeast) October 8, 2019 [6]
How about these Kurdish children, many of whom will die because Donnie chose to kiss up to Erdogan? Was it to save your Trump Towers? These kids are children of our ALLIES, who fought alongside our military to rid the area of ISIS. Do you think anyone trusts ConManDon now? pic.twitter.com/2fiBx6m93F [7]
— Truth is Reality (@TruthisReality1) October 7, 2019 [8]
The greatest downgrade in American history must be when we went from Michelle to Melania.
— Moderate Black Woman (@NewaHailu) October 8, 2019 [9]
Until she calls out her husband her words mean nothing! He bullied a 16 year old last week and said nothing! Kids are locked in cages and she says nothing.
— tracy warcomika (@warcomika) October 7, 2019 [10]
Really? She went to visit the children who were taken away from their parents and put in cages while wearing a coat saying “I really don’t care”! That’s not a great example of the 3rd lady’s #BeBest [2] campaign. She completely lost my respect, and hasn’t done anything to change it!
— Henny Verkyk (@VerkykHenny) October 8, 2019 [11]