With the pandemic still rampaging across the United States as we approach one hundred and fifty thousand deaths in this country, and with civil unrest, and massive unemployment numbers, First Lady Melania Trump is springing into action by renovating the White House Rose Garden, according to the New York Times. Melania Trump “will announce a plan on Monday to renovate the White House Rose Garden” which includes “electrical upgrades for television appearances, a new walkway, and new flowers and shrubs,” the news outlet reports. Furthermore, the project is somehow meant to be an “act of expressing hope and optimism for the future.”
“Our country has seen difficult times before, but the White House and the Rose Garden have always stood as a symbol of our strength, resilience, and continuity,” Melania plans to say in her remarks.
Well, I wouldn’t call this image a show of “strength.”
While we’ve been watching Portland, Trump has been building a bigger wall around the White House. This is what it looks like now.
📸: @RebeccaARainey pic.twitter.com/a9B4y7KRar
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 26, 2020
Twitter users reacted to Melanie’s plans.
Better hurry. https://t.co/22HqsFTAr4
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 27, 2020
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Shouldn’t she be focussing on the tennis pavilion?
— Hamish Mitchell (@H_MitchellPhoto) July 27, 2020
Arranging flowers on the Titanic.
Melania Trump to Announce Plan to Revamp White House Rose Garden https://t.co/TkOG5ryJaw— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) July 27, 2020
150,000 dead and all she can do is garden? So out of touch. But that is some manure..
— RobinR. (@RobinMehler1) July 27, 2020
It is not unlike rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
— Rocky Mountain Views 864511320 (@RockyMountViews) July 27, 2020
Us: We are broke, dying of Covid, and fighting racism in the streets.@FLOTUS: I tear up Rose Garden, yes? https://t.co/RBeAvcwtuz
— KTW Social Distancia Wall of Walls (@KateBegins2Rock) July 27, 2020
With strobe lights and a stripper pole, I’d guess.
— Scott Is Ridin’ with Biden! (@bold_NORTHSTAR) July 27, 2020
Under normal circumstances, this would not be a bizarre project for the first lady to undertake, but it’s 2020, and Americans are suffering through several national crises. Melanie and Donald are on their way out, but yeah, she can go ahead and play in the garden as she prepares their exit in shame.
Featured image via White House/Flickr
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