The first lady released photos of the White House garden's completed refurbishment on Saturday. Many took issue with its sparing design.
Photos of the Rose Garden's reconstruction results prompted an outpouring of criticisms that likened her to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France whose disregard for national poverty leading up to the French Revolution is notoriously remembered, by some accounts, with the phrase,"let them eat cake."
The hashtag"Marie Antoinette" trended on Twitter shortly after photos of the Rose Garden began to circulate, as it did when Melania Trump first announced the renovation initiative last month. People pointed out that the White House isto a decorative project while millions of U.S. residents grapple with unemployment and illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The White House's recently renovated Rose Garden is pictured on August 22. First Lady Melania Trump received criticism from social media users after photos of the renovation appeared online on Saturday.Some social media users suggested the garden's renovation was"a waste of taxpayer money," but the White House previously saidreached out to Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's chief of staff, for comments but did not receive a reply in time for publication.
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