***DISCLAIMER: This story was originally published in March 2024***
A resurfaced photo of former First Lady Melania Trump with her only son Barron has the internet cringing in collective disgust and discomfort, as the photo appears to have rather heavy… Sexually inappropriate undertones that have left people to question why CPS was never called and Snopes running a good old-fashioned fact check to make sure it’s even real.
Spoiler Alert: It unfortunately is as real as they come.
It seems the photo was first re-published to social media by X (formerly known as Twitter) user Sundae_Divine and quickly went pretty viral.
The picture shows a young Barron sitting in his mother’s lap on a sofa, aiming a camera down at her face and bust as Melania holds onto Barron’s thighs, with what appears to be a few Polaroid shots of Melania scattered across the sofa.
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You can see it for yourself here:
“Hang on, Mom, I’ll take this picture of you and then Dad and I are going to the park to toss the football around and bond.” pic.twitter.com/qrz3EAmYT5
— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕖 (@SundaeDivine) March 20, 2024
With Artificial Intelligence so prominent these days that it’s hard to really trust anything, people immediately began to question the validity of the photo and wonder if it was just some sort of deeply inappropriate AI concoction.
The questions started to swirl so much so that Snopes picked it up and, unfortunately, verified that the photo is, in fact, very real.
According to Snopes, “the photo was real and was found in the Getty Images library, which is why we labeled this claim ‘True.'”
The fact-checking publication did note that the photograph was taken on Jan. 6, 2016 — when now 18-year-old Barron was only 9 —during a photo shoot at Trump Tower in New York City. The image credit belongs to Regine Mahaux.
Apparently, there is an entire album of Melania, Donald, and Barron from the same photo shoot, in a similar photo style.
Frankly, it seems the validity of the image only made it worse for people who had the misfortunate displeasure of seeing it:
This is the creepiest pic of a mom and son I think I’ve ever seen. Just weird.😜😜😜
— Missy makeamessy (@cudastuff2001) March 20, 2024
The whole family is incestual degenerates https://t.co/fv8H7wIkyb
— OnlyBidenWillSaveWomensRights💙 🟦 🌈 ❤️ 🇺🇦 (@Chicagomattp1g1) March 22, 2024
That sounds great. Now you just run along and say hello to your dad, Oedipus.
— Michael Ruland (@Spotlight_4U) March 20, 2024
Why am I not surprised at this creepy AF picture of Barron and Melania. There is nothing normal about this family. pic.twitter.com/OK8Plin8zB
— Carolyn from Maryland (@carolyn_from) March 21, 2022
JESUS CHRIST WHY CAN’T THE TRUMPS TAKE FAMILY PHOTOS THAT DON’T MAKE ME WANT TO CALL CPS pic.twitter.com/XpxneHML7e
— shauna (@goldengateblond) December 6, 2016
Are we not going to talk about how creepy this pose is? The way he’s sitting on her thighs, her hands resting on his thighs. pic.twitter.com/MEBFiQgggk
— Simon Dubosq (@SDubosq) March 20, 2024
Holy shit, this is the weirdest thing I’ve seen all day. 👀😳
— 🥀𝕃𝕒𝕟𝕖🥀 (@lanechanged) March 21, 2024
Yeah, that’s what every growing boy needs. Taking glamour shots of his mother. “Ok mom, now do sexy”.
— The Haight (@GDHaight) March 20, 2024
Personally, I will be spending the remainder of my day trying to scrub the existence of this image from my brain.
Featured image via Political Tribune Gallery
