Melania Trump joined her husband, President Donald Trump on Wednesday to head to their Mar-a-Lago resort for Christmas. As they boarded Air Force One, heading from the White House, the FLOTUS strutted alongside Trump wearing a knockout pair of four-inch heel Eleonor Alta thigh-high black leather boots by Christian Louboutin.
The First Lady was wearing an all-black ensemble comprising a double-breasted black wool coat dress with accentuated lapels and a flowing skirt, accessorising the look with her signature square-frame sunglasses.
Upon arrival in Florida, Melania Trump ditched the boots and coat, changing into stilettos and a black and white polka dot dress.
The boots, which retail for $2,195, left many netizens in ire, as they deplored the blatant display of wealth during a time when many people in the US were in “dire need”, struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.
This is laughable
— Boldly Blue🔹 (@BoldlyBlue) December 24, 2020
Melania leaves to FL in $3,000 Louboutin boots while many Americans in DIRE NEED of relief this Xmas! #RedBottomRelief
Fashion Notes: Melania Trump Is Sleek in Slick Black Leather Louboutin Boots https://t.co/yvQQyr0Aut via @BreitbartNews
@chrislhayes This is a shame. Trumps want Americans to get $2000, but Melania gets $2195 Louboutin boots!
— Lauren Cabot (@CabotLauren) December 24, 2020
Melania Trump Jets Off to Mar-a-Lago in Thigh-High Leather Boots For Christmas #SmartNews Who gives a flying f$$k? While people are starving and losing homes??? And this crime family who killed 320,000 Americans??? Who the F cares about boots?? https://t.co/xxfpUqnIER
— Dragonfirecarol (@dragonfirecarol) December 24, 2020
@CBSNews Trump doesn't care. Trumps want Americans to get $2000, but Melania is wearing $2195 Louboutin boots!
— Lauren Cabot (@CabotLauren) December 24, 2020
It just makes me hate her even more. All this after seeing @FLOTUS getting on Air Force One with a $7000.00 pair of Christian Louboutin boots on. These people are out of touch.
— jacqui 🏴☠️ Biden/Harris to save us all! (@JacquisBackup) December 24, 2020
Others took to social media to scorn what they believed was an inappropriate “porn star” look espoused by the First Lady.
@FLOTUS nice Hooker Boots!!!Getting ready to go back to you pathetic life?
— bilpo (@bilpo) December 24, 2020
@FLOTUS boarding the flight today looked absolutely ridiculous in those boots! Who does she think she is? An Triple X Rated Nude Porn Model Escort? Dont Hookers wear those boots? She looked Ridiculous! She needs some one to pull her aside and give her a talking to!
— Lanoka Lanikai (@MichaelFrankie6) December 24, 2020
Nothing says end-of-an-era like thigh-high nazi boots.https://t.co/Nz19oGO7Db
— Alan Cole (@timeoutofmind64) December 24, 2020
Not everyone joined the chorus of barbed comments, as some appreciated the sleek, “badass” look of Melania Trump that day.
Those badass boots with the femininity of that alaïa coat.. amazing. #MELANIATRUMP#alaïa pic.twitter.com/r6w50fU0B2
— Sue (@SuSaNhaSiaNi) December 24, 2020
Why are so many liberal feminists mad about the boots @FLOTUS is wearing? Never mind... I know why. pic.twitter.com/HDgiPstu1l
— FlameThrower (@Flamethrowaah) December 24, 2020
Our @FLOTUS is stunning, and those boots are the 💣! Here’s Jill Biden in her boots. https://t.co/akxtAGmYB7
— Debbie Flanigan (@DebFlanigan) December 24, 2020
Earlier, netizens were shook up after news emerged on the weekend that amid the raging coronavirus pandemic, congressional leaders announced that they had finally agreed on a new COVID-19 relief bill.
Touted as aiming to "crush the virus and put the money in the pockets of the American people" by Democrats, as Republicans vouched that "more help is on the way", people vented outrage over what most consider to be a paltry direct payment sum to individuals, at a mere $600.
