Why everyone's talking about Melania Trump's jacket

And here's what Donald Trump had to say about it...

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And here's what Donald Trump had to say about it...

When I first saw pictures of Melania Trump wearing a jacket that says 'I really don't care, do U?' to visit an immigrant children facility in Texas, I thought it was the work of a satirical site like The Poke or The Onion (hilarious time-wasters BTW).

But no, they're all real. The FLOTUS (First Lady Of The United States) wore this Zara jacket, sans irony, to visit children separated from their immigrant parents, following the White House's zero tolerance policy that has been much talked about this week.

According to Marie Claire US, whilst there, Melania said, 'I would also like to ask you how I can help these children to reunite with their families as quickly as possible', seemingly without seeing the irony of wearing a jacket that says the opposite of caring.

To put things into context, more than 2,300 children were separated from their families between mid-April and early June in the US.

Naturally, people had lots to say about this on Twitter.

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Melania and her team were quick to deny any subliminal message, with a spokesperson saying, 'It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope this isn't what the media is going to choose to focus on.'

Of course, Trump waded in on the subject, saying the jacket was more of a statement against 'fake news'.

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You'd think after a fashion faux pas like this, Melania would've ditched the jacket, however she put it back on when she returned from her visit to Texas. Sigh.

Penny Goldstone

Penny Goldstone is the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, covering everything from catwalk trends to royal fashion and the latest high street and Instagram must-haves.

Penny grew up in France and studied languages and law at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris before moving to the UK for her MA in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She moved to the UK permanently and has never looked back (though she does go back regularly to stock up on cheese and wine).

Although she's always loved fashion - she used to create scrapbooks of her favourite trends and looks, including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss' boho phase - her first job was at MoneySavingExpert.com, sourcing the best deals for everything from restaurants to designer sales.

However she quit after two years to follow her true passion, fashion journalism, and after many years of internships and freelance stints at magazines including Red, Cosmopolitan, Stylist and Good Housekeeping, landed her dream job as the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK.

Her favourite part of the job is discovering new brands and meeting designers, and travelling the world to attend events and fashion shows. Seeing her first Chanel runway IRL at Paris Fashion Week was a true pinch-me moment.