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Omaha Steve

(107,969 posts)
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 04:55 PM 21 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 21 hrs ago OP
Driven by undertakers C_U_L8R 21 hrs ago #1
Weird 3auld6phart 18 hrs ago #35
And the tree shivers! nt Hope22 21 hrs ago #2
Squinty just looks icky to me...ewww... wcmagumba 21 hrs ago #3
Compare and contrast: quaint 21 hrs ago #4
Sigh..... Bayard 20 hrs ago #14
No comparison @ all. Michelle is a gift from the Gods. 100% class. Botany 19 hrs ago #27
And not one "f*ck Christmas" not fooled 15 hrs ago #47
"Welcome, Tree!" Mike Nelson 21 hrs ago #5
"Be tree"... wcmagumba 19 hrs ago #32
She's still trying to get that cover of Vogue. badhair77 21 hrs ago #6
She looks like the White Witch of the North. LisaM 21 hrs ago #7
Tinsel everywhere...may as well continue the asbestos havoc travelingthrulife 3 hrs ago #64
"Fucking Christmas tree"? stollen 21 hrs ago #8
Or "focking." Harker 20 hrs ago #19
Is she going to decorate? SusieCreamcheese 21 hrs ago #9
It will be harder this year with her staff scattered by the destruction of their East Wing offices William Seger 20 hrs ago #16
She is the biggest phony. Ziggysmom 21 hrs ago #10
What a perfect place to present the Epstein files! truthisfreedom 21 hrs ago #11
Melaaaahiaaaah knows many languages. She talks to trees. twodogsbarking 21 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 19 hrs ago #33
And they don't call the trees Melania. kairos12 5 hrs ago #62
Our here-today-gone-tomorrow First Lady.... democrank 20 hrs ago #13
Oh how I wish the horses would have taken a huge dump on her 5" stillettos. llmart 20 hrs ago #15
"It's a beautiful tree, and I'm glad it will be dead soon." (nt) William Seger 20 hrs ago #17
Black Christmas Ckeyes 20 hrs ago #18
Did she do it on a Zoom call? n/t BaronChocula 20 hrs ago #20
It is all about her. Posing as a cover girl model. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #21
She dresses just like all BidenRocks 19 hrs ago #28
Yeah, I wear white, high heels, and fashionable Ilsa 15 hrs ago #46
At first glimpse of the crumbling White House, the Christmas tree dropped half its needles. nt pnwmom 19 hrs ago #22
B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l ! Buddyzbuddy 19 hrs ago #23
Her hair is getting blonder by the day. niyad 19 hrs ago #24
How much was she paid to appear? maxsolomon 19 hrs ago #25
Always posing, not realizing it doesn't help. Polly Hennessey 19 hrs ago #26
Good God. Morticia tries to pass as normal. Scrivener7 19 hrs ago #29
Those red gloves I_UndergroundPanther 19 hrs ago #30
Anyone remember the tape recording of her popsdenver 19 hrs ago #31
I don't care, do you? Enter stage left 18 hrs ago #34
Which one is the horses ass? AltairIV 18 hrs ago #36
Has she been field dressing a buck? QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #37
Wish that Clydesdale would have taken a steaming dump next to the Third Lady Blue Owl 18 hrs ago #38
I was thinking the same! BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #40
She always looks so angry and fake Farmer-Rick 18 hrs ago #39
Cut her some slack. She's just been not fooled 15 hrs ago #48
Just wondering........ vapor2 18 hrs ago #41
Faaahk Chreeesmus mdbl 18 hrs ago #42
Looks a little like... FeelingBlue 18 hrs ago #43
Merry Christmas Polybius 17 hrs ago #44
Donnie's DOMINATRIX ; ) Devilsun 17 hrs ago #45
It looks like she might fall off her shoes. Intractable 15 hrs ago #49
She has extra puffy, pouty lips for the holidays. Ilsa 15 hrs ago #50
Is this year's theme "I fucking HATE Creeesmas" again? Greybnk48 14 hrs ago #51
Chreeeestmas!!!???!!! Sane1 14 hrs ago #52
She was there less than two minutes. RandySF 13 hrs ago #53
She welcomes.... Nasruddin 12 hrs ago #54
So does that make 15 days she's been at the White House this term? Betty Boom 12 hrs ago #55
Only the minimum her "contract" with Diaper Don calls for and then...outta there Bengus81 6 hrs ago #61
She was there for like 2 minutes moose65 7 hrs ago #56
Look at that horse's ass. Orrex 7 hrs ago #57
We don't even get to see the tree. Just Melania eye-effing the camera. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #58
That tree is now the most intelligent resident of what remains of the White House. (nt) Paladin 6 hrs ago #59
What a sourpuss she is, so full of hate and rage. lark 6 hrs ago #60
The First Trollop and her silly spike heels. travelingthrulife 3 hrs ago #63
"Finally, some big, hard wood in the White house!" *wink* - Melania, probably flvegan 2 hrs ago #65

Botany

(75,977 posts)
27. No comparison @ all. Michelle is a gift from the Gods. 100% class.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:24 PM
19 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
21 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
21 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

(29,431 posts)
7. She looks like the White Witch of the North.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:24 PM
21 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
21 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

(12,081 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
20 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
21 hrs ago

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

truthisfreedom

(23,496 posts)
11. What a perfect place to present the Epstein files!
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:32 PM
21 hrs ago

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

twodogsbarking

(16,944 posts)
12. Melaaaahiaaaah knows many languages. She talks to trees.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:32 PM
21 hrs ago

Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree to the White House

wcmagumba

(5,280 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
19 hrs ago
that she is...

democrank

(12,001 posts)
13. Our here-today-gone-tomorrow First Lady....
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 05:38 PM
20 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

(17,157 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
20 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

(2,553 posts)
28. She dresses just like all
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:24 PM
19 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
15 hrs ago

gloves when I set up our Christmas decorations.

pnwmom

(110,162 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
19 hrs ago

Polly Hennessey

(8,386 posts)
26. Always posing, not realizing it doesn't help.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 07:23 PM
19 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
19 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
19 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
18 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.

not fooled

(6,546 posts)
48. Cut her some slack. She's just been
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 11:27 PM
15 hrs ago

widely exposed as Epstein's hand-me-down to Krasnov.

Intractable

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

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

Betty Boom

(345 posts)
55. So does that make 15 days she's been at the White House this term?
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 02:11 AM
12 hrs ago

And I wonder how much he had to pay her for the appearance. Wonder what the contract says

moose65

(3,429 posts)
56. She was there for like 2 minutes
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 07:03 AM
7 hrs ago

She posed, squinted her eyes, then fled.

If Harris had won, I wonder if Doug Emhoff would have been responsible for the Christmas decor. I’m sure the MAGAs would have roasted him for doing something that should be done by the womenfolk 🙄

lark

(25,760 posts)
60. What a sourpuss she is, so full of hate and rage.
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 08:14 AM
6 hrs ago

She's the ugliest thing in the picture with her horrid smirk. We know she's thinking "Kreeestmas Trees, how I hate them".

travelingthrulife

(3,926 posts)
63. The First Trollop and her silly spike heels.
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 11:06 AM
3 hrs ago

She must not be able to walk in normal shoes anymore. Probably why the Rose Garden had to go.

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