While the president goes about his usual business of calling female reporters “piggy,” Melania’s festive decor invites the idea that democracy in Trump’s America is mere child’s play. With dual portraits of George Washington and Donald Trump in the classic medium of Lego brick mosaic, and the chicken-scratch wonder that is a tree hung with ornaments devoted to the first lady’s anti-bullying Be Best campaign, elegance does not appear to be on the menu for this year’s Christmas feast.
A Be Best ornament in the Red Room.Tom Williams/Getty Images
According to a release from the White House, the first lady and designer Hervé Pierre collaborated to execute this year’s theme, “Home Is Where the Heart Is,” drawing inspiration from “the joys, challenges, and frequent motion derived from motherhood and business.”
Quoth Melania: “The constant movement has taught me that home is not merely a physical space; rather, it is the warmth and comfort I carry within, regardless of my surroundings. This Christmas, let’s celebrate the love we hold within ourselves, and share it with the world around us. After all, wherever we are, we can create a home filled with grace, radiance, and endless possibilities.”
And, as we know, nothing says grace and radiance like Lego bricks and reminding the world of a hit Netflix show (House of Cards) starring an accused sexual predator (Kevin Spacey, who has denied the accusations) playing the role of a man who crimes his way to the very top and becomes president of the United States. While this is a change from Melania’s menacing blood-red Christmas trees of the past, one must wonder if she settled for those 10,000 blue butterflies because she couldn’t get a swarm of locusts on such short notice this time of year.
