# Who is Melania Trump's graffiti jacket aimed at? "I really don't care. Do U" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545 "2018-06-21T23:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/1 "2018-06-21T23:43:13Z")
Mrs Trump, when boarding her plane heading to visit Texas to visit to a children’s detention center, wore a jacket that said “[I really don’t care. Do U?](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/politics/melania-trump-jacket.html)” across the back. She didn’t wear it while visiting the kids, but she was wearing it again when she returned to DC. So who was she talking to? She’s not a dumb lady. She knows that people pay attention to what she wears. I’m having a hard time believing that she is commenting on the immigrant child separation issue. I can only hope she’s commenting on her relationship with her husband. So what are your feelings? What doesn’t the first lady care about, enough to make a public statement about it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/2 "2018-06-21T23:53:03Z")
I’m guessing she wore it to provoke reactions — some profane, some wishing harm on her, and so on — in hopes of sparking reactions to the reactions, so people can talk all about (a) how mean all those folks saying that stuff are; and (b) how the family of the President should be off-limits, that’s _way_ out of line; and © here we are trying to actually solve the problem, and haters are talking about what she wore? Figure that’s the plan. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/3 "2018-06-21T23:53:12Z")
If her jacket was commenting about her relationship with her husband, why the “Do U”? Is she asking whether _we_ have romantic feelings for her Trump? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/4 "2018-06-21T23:59:59Z")
All I can say is, thank God she was wearing [sleeves](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6986019&page=1)!! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/5 "2018-06-22T00:14:54Z")
DJT says it’s for the fake news people. How stupid. This just galls me. Will this nightmare ever end? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/6 "2018-06-22T00:35:08Z")
**Who is Melania Trump’s graffiti jacket aimed at? "I really don’t care. Do U"** No, I don’t really care either. About you that is. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/7 "2018-06-22T01:07:57Z")
As an experienced model, she just didn’t throw this on. My theory is her husband insisted she wear it. The other theory is that she’s as horrible as he is. Really, those are the only two options as to why a billionaires wife and international model decided to wear a $40 jacket. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/8 "2018-06-22T01:11:06Z")
When I saw this on a clickbait, I wondered if it was a false-flag operation – a Trump detractor photoshopping such sentiments on his wife’s photos, fighting fake news with fake news. It was a relief to learn that it was _authentic_ fake news from the Trump camp. God’s in his heaven… ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/9 "2018-06-22T01:15:26Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > As an experienced model, she just didn’t throw this on. > > My theory is her husband insisted she wear it. The other theory is that she’s as horrible as he is. Really, those are the only two options as to why a billionaires wife and international model decided to wear a $40 jacket. A Birther doesn’t care about brown people? SAY IT AIN’T SO! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/10 "2018-06-22T01:20:38Z")
It clearly means covfefe. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/11 "2018-06-22T01:22:34Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > Mrs Trump, when boarding her plane heading to visit Texas to visit to a children’s detention center, wore a jacket that said “[I really don’t care. Do U?](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/politics/melania-trump-jacket.html)” across the back. She didn’t wear it while visiting the kids, but she was wearing it again when she returned to DC. So who was she talking to? > > She’s not a dumb lady. She knows that people pay attention to what she wears. I’m having a hard time believing that she is commenting on the immigrant child separation issue. I can only hope she’s commenting on her relationship with her husband. > > So what are your feelings? What doesn’t the first lady care about, enough to make a public statement about it? She was probably directing a comment at the lame stream media types who rabidly report on everything, and anything, Trump. She doesn’t care what the LSM has to say. She’s still going to live her life according to her standards, and not theirs. SSDD. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/12 "2018-06-22T01:28:40Z")
Yes, how dare the media think that the President of the United States is newsworthy. They should just stick to real news, like killer pandas. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/13 "2018-06-22T01:32:03Z")
You know, even if she didn’t mean anything by the message- which seems unlikely- can I just say that it’s kind of a low-class jacket for the First Lady of the United States to wear? I mean, I’m sure it was really expensive, but so were the outfits on The Jersey Shore. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/14 "2018-06-22T01:42:09Z")
But Obama wore a _tan_ suit once! It was _tan!!!1!_ ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/15 "2018-06-22T01:45:58Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > She was probably directing a comment at the lame stream media types who rabidly report on everything, and anything, Trump. She doesn’t care what the LSM has to say. She’s still going to live her life according to her standards, and not theirs. SSDD. I’m no fan of Mrs Trump, but let me defend her here. There’s no way she’s stupid enough to use the term “lame stream media.” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/16 "2018-06-22T01:53:40Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > …I mean, I’m sure it was really expensive… I read somewhere that it cost $40. I’m sure we’ll see lots of them at the next thump rally. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/17 "2018-06-22T02:10:48Z")
The excuse that it was aimed at the media was contrived AFTER the jacket raised eyebrows. From [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/politics/melania-trump-jacket/index.html): > [@](#): > > Later, President Donald Trump said the jacket’s message was a shot at the media. > “‘I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?’ written on the back of Melania’s jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!” he tweeted. > But a Republican close to the White House sent along a note to say that this explanation of the coat is “revisionist history.” > This Republican, who is supportive of Trump, but skeptical of some of what they consider to be the administration’s ham-handedness, says there was an urgent meeting among communications staff about how to fix this after it was becoming a story. > It’s unclear who, exactly, first had the idea to say her coat’s message was directed at the media. But it quickly won approval in the West Wing and by the President. I realize Melania Trump isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, but it doesn’t take much intelligence to see how this was, at best, in very poor taste. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/18 "2018-06-22T02:15:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > As an experienced model, she just didn’t throw this on. > > My theory is her husband insisted she wear it. The other theory is that she’s as horrible as he is. Really, those are the only two options as to why a billionaires wife and international model decided to wear a $40 jacket. Option #3 The Jacket maker paid her big bucks and she is too clueless/greedy to care otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/19 "2018-06-22T02:19:45Z")
She wore the jacket knowing the press would take pictures of her. In context, she’s saying that she doesn’t care about the people she just visited (or the related issues). The message is more for Trump’s base than anyone else, IMO, but I’d wager no one minds that the detainees get the message too. Oh, and it’s a nice, quiet _deniable_ way to give a middle finger to the people who do care. These jackasses have passive/aggressive in their DNA. ---
**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545/20 "2018-06-22T02:19:50Z")
The office of the First Lady says that the jacket was not intended to convey a message; it was just a jacket. But now the President tells us that there _was_ a message. So is the President telling us that what comes out of the office of the First Lady is not to be believed? Is, in fact, fake news? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-melania-trumps-graffiti-jacket-aimed-at-i-really-dont-care-do-u/816545.md?page=2)