{"id":29923,"date":"2017-10-20T09:08:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29923"},"modified":"2017-10-20T09:08:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:08:33","slug":"friday-fun-will-the-real-melania-trump-please-stand-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/friday-fun-will-the-real-melania-trump-please-stand-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Will the Real Melania Trump Please Stand Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us of a certain age, the <em>\u201cPlease Stand Up\u201d<\/em> catchphrase brings back memories of that old TV show <em>\u201cTo Tell the Truth\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0 But it appears applicable to the latest meme coursing through the intertubes: <strong>Melania Trump<\/strong> uses a body double.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_Zoom-In.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_Zoom-In.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently it all started a week ago when an <strong>Andrea Wagner<\/strong> posted on her Facebook page:<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10';  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Andreawagnerbarton\/posts\/10214853731877308\" data-width=\"695\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Andreawagnerbarton\/posts\/10214853731877308\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Will the real Melania please stand up? Is it me or during his speech today a decoy &#x201c;stood in&#x201d; for Melania??&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Andreawagnerbarton\">Andrea Wagner Barton<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Andreawagnerbarton\/posts\/10214853731877308\">Friday, October 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The video clip she included zooms in on the Melania stand-in, who\u2019s wearing a trench coat and huge sunglasses, nodding along to <em>Twitler\u2019s<\/em> gibberish defending his latest antics.\u00a0 <em>(There\u2019s no CC \u2013 so I have no idea what he\u2019s yammering about.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the photos Wagner included, the \u201ctell\u201d was the nose.\u00a0 Apparently it reminded folks of the one found on those fake <strong>Groucho Marx<\/strong> glasses (well, minus his trademark bushy eyebrows and mustache).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho-36x36.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho-64x64.jpeg 64w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_02_Groucho.jpeg 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_01_Nose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_01_Nose-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_01_Nose-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_01_Nose-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Melania_Body-Double_01_Nose.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That combined with the weird comment by Trump when he said: <strong><em>\u201cI\u2019m joined here by my wife Melania \u2026 who also happens to be here today.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 (But then again, what comment by Trump <em><u>ISN\u2019T<\/u><\/em> weird?)<\/p>\n<p>Wagner\u2019s post garnered over 130,000 \u201cShares\u201d \u2013 which, I guess, by Facebook standards, gives it the credibility imprimatur of the Bible \u2013 with some folks agreeing and others not.<\/p>\n<p>But I don\u2019t see why people would be surprised Twitler kept a fake Melania around.\u00a0 After all, he\u2019s got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2017\/10\/donald-trumps-fake-renoir\">fake <strong>Renoir<\/strong> painting<\/a> hanging in his private jet.\u00a0 He\u2019s got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/a-time-magazine-with-trump-on-the-cover-hangs-in-his-golf-clubs-its-fake\/2017\/06\/27\/0adf96de-5850-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html?utm_term=.835b6de3f914\">fake <em>Time<\/em> magazine covers of him<\/a> hanging in his golf club resorts. \u00a0He even put up a plaque at his golf club on Lowes Island, VA commemorating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/25\/us\/politics\/in-renovation-of-golf-club-donald-trump-also-dressed-up-history.html?mcubz=1&amp;_r=0\">fake Civil War battle <em>(\u201cThe River of Blood\u201d)<\/em><\/a> that never happened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can&#39;t make this stuff up: Trump commemorated at his Virginia golf course a Civil War battle that never happened <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wzfz7REjK8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wzfz7REjK8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KelWs1Q71t\">pic.twitter.com\/KelWs1Q71t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Miller (@justinjm1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinjm1\/status\/859433521097711617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And sure enough, a few days later the <em><strong>Melania Doppelganger Meme<\/strong><\/em> segued over to Twitter, where it had a field day, led off by a <strong>Joe Vargas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is not Melania. To think they would go this far &amp; try &amp; make us think its her on TV is mind blowing. Makes me wonder what else is a lie <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JhPVmXdGit\">pic.twitter.com\/JhPVmXdGit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BuyLegalMeds.com (@JoeVargas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeVargas\/status\/920507354403233793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of the subsequent Tweets are plausible, with a number of them cracking me up with their versions of the Melania stand-in \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rhyse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rhyse<\/a> Is it me or does Melania appear to be a man in drag here with a wig and large sunglasses on. Can only assume she left trump weeks ago and he hasn\u2019t yet found a way of saying he\u2019s done a great job on the divorce &#8230;I have the best divorce lawyers THE BEST .<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rhydian Williams (@Rhyddler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rhyddler\/status\/919321298748272645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">hello it&#39;s me, FLOTUS Melania <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VK5OQprFev\">pic.twitter.com\/VK5OQprFev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ashley (@ashcech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashcech\/status\/920701469992587266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is Melania&#39;s body double! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5idgwO2T5M\">pic.twitter.com\/5idgwO2T5M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ScooterBelle ?? (@LPiper64) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LPiper64\/status\/920762150901174277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LPiper64\/status\/920762150901174277\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Others not so plausible &#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m joined here by my wife Melania\u2026who also happens to be here today\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ItsNotMelania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ItsNotMelania<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FKU9IB38tn\">pic.twitter.com\/FKU9IB38tn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Jones (@WelshGasDoc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WelshGasDoc\/status\/920731626748940289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>But some were cute &#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is not Melania. To think they would go this far &amp; try &amp; make us think its her on TV is mind blowing. Makes me wonder what else is a lie <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NCYIJfeVhx\">pic.twitter.com\/NCYIJfeVhx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pattymo\/status\/920730181647716355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Some were just plain unnerving<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FakeNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rzkq7TxK1W\">pic.twitter.com\/rzkq7TxK1W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GuillaumeTC (@GuillaumeTC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuillaumeTC\/status\/920744705117343745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Don&#8217;t know why, but I got a kick out of this goofy one &#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;My wife Melania, who happens to be right here&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lhnHd3uV9S\">pic.twitter.com\/lhnHd3uV9S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sailor pellegrino? (@ashleyayer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashleyayer\/status\/920707313438257152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Some took a bit of effort for me to figure out \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here in the briefing room, POTUS says the Melania body double claims are &quot;completely fabricated&quot; and &quot;total fake news.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y1Lm9EnIls\">pic.twitter.com\/y1Lm9EnIls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scarin&#39; Chewning (@AaronChewning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronChewning\/status\/920744215444885504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That one is NOT Melania!\u00a0 It\u2019s Donald with the orange skin and weird yellow hair!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>But for a closing observation, I think we have to go with this one<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know, I want to say &quot;of course that&#39;s Melania, not a body double&quot; but things are generally too weird in 2017 to rule anything out<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BOOisa ????? (@LouisatheLast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouisatheLast\/status\/920495008712679424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have to agree &#8211; in 2017 things have gotten so weird we simply cannot rule anything out these days<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us of a certain age, the \u201cPlease Stand Up\u201d catchphrase brings back memories of that old TV show \u201cTo Tell the Truth\u201d.\u00a0 But it appears applicable to the latest meme coursing through the intertubes: Melania Trump uses a body double. 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