Seth Meyers has ‘a few questions’ about Melania Trump’s Vanity Fair Mexico cover, in which she’s pictured eating diamonds from a bowl, while draped in yet more. Seth wonders;”Is wearing diamonds while wearing them, the same as eating Doritos while wearing them?” Doritos are less predictable as an ornament, but more of us can relate to wearing a free-form Dorito arrangement.
If Marie Antoinette could only travel forward in time, she would find a world where ‘let them eat cake’ is as insignificant as – ‘white diamonds, my breakfast beauty secret.’ I suspect Marie would feel she had been harshly judged. The Vanity Fair photo inspired no revolution, in fact, it’s hardly raised a good-matured controversy. Odder yet, no one batted an eye over Melania’s nude photos, taken when she was a working model. You’ll recall that conservatives predicted the end of civilization when Michelle Obama wore a tasteful, sleeveless dress exposing her well toned arms.
The Trumps have changed all of the rules. If Twittler wriggled into a rubber bondage suit, and skipped down Pennsylvania Avenue, with a diamond- draped Vladimir Putin spanking him, it would hardly merit a strong ‘tsk tsk.’
Just between us, I can’t help but wonder why the First Lady is featured on the Mexican edition of Vanity Fair, and not the American? By featuring Melania draped in the trappings of profligate luxury, is it possible that Mexico is sending a message to the ‘bad hombre’-in-Chief’ to build his own wall…According to him, he can afford it!