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First Lady Melania Trump is currently in Egypt, as part of a four-country tour through Africa. While there, she granted a mass interview to reporters, as per USA Today, in which she weighed in on a number of subjects, from the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation to her attempts to get her husband, who scared the bejesus out of Americans the other day by making everyone’s phones blare loud noises, to stop tweeting.
Perhaps more importantly, she did so while standing in front of the Great Sphinx of Gaza while wearing a white safari suit and a matching hat. That prompted a sizable chunk of Twitter to make the same joke: that she looks like René Belloq, the archaeologist who teams with the Nazis in Raiders of the Lost Ark and has his head (spoiler alert!) blown up by God.
Who wore it better: Melania or Belloq from Raiders of the Lost Ark? pic.twitter.com/K37gw8RRvr
— Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) October 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/1048624031610494976
https://twitter.com/seankent/status/1048634994263056392
Today's dog whistle: Melania Trump dressed as one of the Nazis from Raiders of the Lost Ark. pic.twitter.com/0r6d4Qz2Hf
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) October 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/scottm1987/status/1048630311385542657
Me: what’s that?
Melania: Antidote
Me: Antidote for what?
Melania: THE POISON YOU JUST DRANK, DOCTOR JONES!!!!! pic.twitter.com/PVSUWD0qSV— Logan McDonald (@lrmcdonald91) October 6, 2018
is it too on the nose to say that Melania looks like the other archeologist in Indiana Jones that goes and sides with the Nazis
it might be too on the nose pic.twitter.com/YpfG96fo2K
— Carter Rodriguez (@Carter_Shade) October 6, 2018
Let's hope Indiana Jones finds the Ark of the Covenant before Melania does. pic.twitter.com/FzDOD6lN8l
— AOK (@ThisisAOK) October 6, 2018
"Ha ha ha, once again, Dr. Jones, we see there is nothing you can possess that I cannot take away." pic.twitter.com/ZQHtGWX1Uh
— Rob Wesley (@eastwes) October 6, 2018
There were those who decided on other comparisons.
So Carmen Sandiego was in Egypt this whole time. pic.twitter.com/kfo249JrTY
— Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) October 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/BonusContentLoL/status/1048659904754417664
Melania asks us "to focus on what I do, not what I wear" even when dressed as Lindsey Graham playing Big Daddy in his high school production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof pic.twitter.com/TLypcjbrgr
— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) October 6, 2018
Lmao come on get with it Melania. pic.twitter.com/Ni0szW3yVM
— Chris D'Elia (@chrisdelia) October 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/lanceedmands/status/1048626581944590337
https://twitter.com/FattMernandez/status/1048686007309221888
The First Lady would not be amused by this. When asked about her instantly infamous jacket from last June which featured the words “I really don’t care, do u?” on the back, Trump said she wished people would “focus on what I do, not what I wear.” No such luck when you’re channeling the late Tom Wolfe on holiday (see, there are more jokes to be made).
The First Lady will also be visiting Ghana, Malawi, and Kenya, where she has visited poor and underfunded areas, with the message being, in her words, “We care — and we want to show the world we care.” Earlier this week, she ran into another sartorial mishap when she wore a pith helmet — a symbol of colonialist rule — during her Kenya stop.
Of Kavanaugh, who was confirmed and sworn in on the Supreme Court Saturday afternoon, amidst protests, FLOTUS said that he was “highly qualified,” but she was “glad” Dr. Christine Blaisey Ford’s allegations were heard publicly. When asked if she believed Dr. Ford’s allegations, Trump said, “I will move on that… I think we need to help all the victims .. I am against any kind of abuse or violence.” Right.