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Omaha Steve

(107,954 posts)
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 04:55 PM 7 hrs ago

Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree to the White House

Source: AP

Updated 1:15 PM CST, November 24, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump on Monday welcomed this year’s official White House Christmas tree, a white fir from a farm in Michigan that arrived by horse-drawn carriage.

The tree, which came from Korson’s Tree Farms, arrived on the North Portico. It was delivered by a pair of Clydesdales named Logan and Ben in a carriage driven by one of three men, all wearing top hats, who were on board.

“It’s a beautiful tree,” the first lady said as she circled the carriage and posed for pictures.

Wearing a cream-colored overcoat and dark red gloves, she shook hands with one of the drivers and a woman who was standing with the horses.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/white-house-christmas-tree-3249c03bec94e4ac99cc6002733a971c

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Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree to the White House (Original Post) Omaha Steve 7 hrs ago OP
Driven by undertakers C_U_L8R 7 hrs ago #1
Weird 3auld6phart 5 hrs ago #35
And the tree shivers! nt Hope22 7 hrs ago #2
Squinty just looks icky to me...ewww... wcmagumba 7 hrs ago #3
Compare and contrast: quaint 7 hrs ago #4
Sigh..... Bayard 7 hrs ago #14
No comparison @ all. Michelle is a gift from the Gods. 100% class. Botany 5 hrs ago #27
And not one "f*ck Christmas" not fooled 1 hr ago #47
"Welcome, Tree!" Mike Nelson 7 hrs ago #5
"Be tree"... wcmagumba 5 hrs ago #32
She's still trying to get that cover of Vogue. badhair77 7 hrs ago #6
She looks like the White Witch of the North. LisaM 7 hrs ago #7
"Fucking Christmas tree"? stollen 7 hrs ago #8
Or "focking." Harker 6 hrs ago #19
Is she going to decorate? SusieCreamcheese 7 hrs ago #9
It will be harder this year with her staff scattered by the destruction of their East Wing offices William Seger 6 hrs ago #16
She is the biggest phony. Ziggysmom 7 hrs ago #10
What a perfect place to present the Epstein files! truthisfreedom 7 hrs ago #11
Melaaaahiaaaah knows many languages. She talks to trees. twodogsbarking 7 hrs ago #12
Like Clint Eastwood sang in "Paint Your Wagon", "I talk to the trees, but they don't listen to me"...har har... wcmagumba 5 hrs ago #33
Our here-today-gone-tomorrow First Lady.... democrank 7 hrs ago #13
Oh how I wish the horses would have taken a huge dump on her 5" stillettos. llmart 7 hrs ago #15
"It's a beautiful tree, and I'm glad it will be dead soon." (nt) William Seger 6 hrs ago #17
Black Christmas Ckeyes 6 hrs ago #18
Did she do it on a Zoom call? n/t BaronChocula 6 hrs ago #20
It is all about her. Posing as a cover girl model. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #21
She dresses just like all BidenRocks 5 hrs ago #28
Yeah, I wear white, high heels, and fashionable Ilsa 1 hr ago #46
At first glimpse of the crumbling White House, the Christmas tree dropped half its needles. nt pnwmom 5 hrs ago #22
B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l ! Buddyzbuddy 5 hrs ago #23
Her hair is getting blonder by the day. niyad 5 hrs ago #24
How much was she paid to appear? maxsolomon 5 hrs ago #25
Always posing, not realizing it doesn't help. Polly Hennessey 5 hrs ago #26
Good God. Morticia tries to pass as normal. Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #29
Those red gloves I_UndergroundPanther 5 hrs ago #30
Anyone remember the tape recording of her popsdenver 5 hrs ago #31
I don't care, do you? Enter stage left 5 hrs ago #34
Which one is the horses ass? AltairIV 4 hrs ago #36
Has she been field dressing a buck? QueerDuck 4 hrs ago #37
Wish that Clydesdale would have taken a steaming dump next to the Third Lady Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #38
I was thinking the same! BidenRocks 4 hrs ago #40
She always looks so angry and fake Farmer-Rick 4 hrs ago #39
Cut her some slack. She's just been not fooled 1 hr ago #48
Just wondering........ vapor2 4 hrs ago #41
Faaahk Chreeesmus mdbl 4 hrs ago #42
Looks a little like... FeelingBlue 4 hrs ago #43
Merry Christmas Polybius 3 hrs ago #44
Donnie's DOMINATRIX ; ) Devilsun 3 hrs ago #45
It looks like she might fall off her shoes. Intractable 1 hr ago #49
She has extra puffy, pouty lips for the holidays. Ilsa 1 hr ago #50
Is this year's theme "I fucking HATE Creeesmas" again? Greybnk48 1 hr ago #51
Chreeeestmas!!!???!!! Sane1 16 min ago #52

Botany

(75,967 posts)
27. No comparison @ all. Michelle is a gift from the Gods. 100% class.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:24 PM
5 hrs ago

And she made sure the child felt warmth and love, the man and woman were shown kindness,
and the dogs were there too.

Mike Nelson

(10,852 posts)
5. "Welcome, Tree!"
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:11 PM
7 hrs ago

... "Thank you, Meliana! I did not know Tree was one of your languages - never heard you speak any of them! Good to know Tree is one!"

badhair77

(5,062 posts)
6. She's still trying to get that cover of Vogue.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:22 PM
7 hrs ago

Always posing. So unnatural. As my Uncle Ray would say, “ Does she have a branch of that tree up her . . ..”

Yeah, Merry Christmas. Michelle looks more human.

LisaM

(29,429 posts)
7. She looks like the White Witch of the North.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:24 PM
7 hrs ago

It's also weird how she's looking at the camera, not the tree or those lovely horses.

I can't wait to see how she decorates the wrecked East Wing.

SusieCreamcheese

(18 posts)
9. Is she going to decorate?
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:27 PM
7 hrs ago

Is she going to decorate the White House? We all know what she is capable of and how she feels about "focking Creesmas". She makes me ill.

William Seger

(12,077 posts)
16. It will be harder this year with her staff scattered by the destruction of their East Wing offices
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:49 PM
6 hrs ago

She'll likely have to deal with a lot more of the focking Creesmas stuff herself.

Ziggysmom

(3,973 posts)
10. She is the biggest phony.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:29 PM
7 hrs ago

Illegal immigrant! Go back to SLOVENIA. Or does Cheeto consider prostitution a professional degree?

truthisfreedom

(23,495 posts)
11. What a perfect place to present the Epstein files!
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:32 PM
7 hrs ago

All wrapped up with a bow, just in time for Xmas!

twodogsbarking

(16,936 posts)
12. Melaaaahiaaaah knows many languages. She talks to trees.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:32 PM
7 hrs ago

Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree to the White House

wcmagumba

(5,279 posts)
33. Like Clint Eastwood sang in "Paint Your Wagon", "I talk to the trees, but they don't listen to me"...har har...
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:33 PM
5 hrs ago
that she is...

democrank

(11,997 posts)
13. Our here-today-gone-tomorrow First Lady....
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:38 PM
7 hrs ago

Red MAGA gloves, but no matching MAGA hat. Sad. Nice pose, though. So natural, so Christmas-y.

Where’s the love of her life….the criminal who just tore off the East Wing? Oh, right. Busy at work finding ways to decrease food aid to hungry children. They deserve each other.

llmart

(17,152 posts)
15. Oh how I wish the horses would have taken a huge dump on her 5" stillettos.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:42 PM
7 hrs ago

Or maybe even better would be if they had loose ones and it got all over her white coat.

She is as phony as a three dollar bill. The only time she smiles is when she sees Putin or Trudeau.

BidenRocks

(2,550 posts)
28. She dresses just like all
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:24 PM
5 hrs ago

middle class women dress. /s/ High heels?
She is the ultimate of 'fuck you America'!



Ilsa

(63,640 posts)
46. Yeah, I wear white, high heels, and fashionable
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 11:23 PM
1 hr ago

gloves when I set up our Christmas decorations.

pnwmom

(110,161 posts)
22. At first glimpse of the crumbling White House, the Christmas tree dropped half its needles. nt
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:01 PM
5 hrs ago

Polly Hennessey

(8,383 posts)
26. Always posing, not realizing it doesn't help.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:23 PM
5 hrs ago

What’s with the blood 🩸 red gloves and plaid shoes. Mercy me!

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,323 posts)
30. Those red gloves
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:26 PM
5 hrs ago

Look like she has been up to her elbows in blood. The white coat reminds me of a mad scientist

popsdenver

(1,110 posts)
31. Anyone remember the tape recording of her
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:27 PM
5 hrs ago

going off about Christmas during Trump's first term, and how she didn't give a shit about her job of decorating the white house for christmas/?????????

And, check out her god awful shoes in this picture????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Farmer-Rick

(12,321 posts)
39. She always looks so angry and fake
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:54 PM
4 hrs ago

When she smiles she looks so surprised. Like she didn't know her lips could move that way. Now she's doing that weird thing with her lips. She's trying to look pouty but only manages to look stupid.

God how awful is she going to make the Christmas decorations? All her blood red and black decor will be so stark and chilling like in a horror movie.

Intractable

(1,424 posts)
49. It looks like she might fall off her shoes.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 11:28 PM
1 hr ago

If those heels were any higher, she'd be standing like a ballerina.

Ilsa

(63,640 posts)
50. She has extra puffy, pouty lips for the holidays.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 11:28 PM
1 hr ago

And her eyes are extra squinty. Maybe she had her cheekbones pumped up.

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