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Melania Trump Inauguration Hat, also known as Melania Trump Hamburglar Hat or Melania Trump Inauguration Outfit, refers to photographs of the First Lady of the United States Melania Trump wearing a wide-brimmed hat at the second inauguration of her husband Donald Trump. The photographs went viral on social media amid the inauguration in late January 2025, inspiring various memes and jokes, with Melania Trump being humorously compared with various people and characters such as The Hatman, The Babadook, The Hamburglar and Mysterious Stranger, among others.

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On January 20th, 2025, the Second inauguration of Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, took place at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. At the ceremony, the First Lady of the United States Melania Trump wore a navy silk wool coat and a matching brimmed hat with a white band designed by Eric Javits (photograph shown below).^[1]

Following the swearing-in ceremony, President Donald Trump signed transitional documents in the President's Room of the Capitol Building, with Melania Trump standing behind him (video^[2] shown below).

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As images of Melania Trump were posted online, users on social media posted jokes comparing her to various characters. For example, X^[3] user @SomaKazima drew a comparison to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal," with the post (show below) garnering over 360 reposts and 3,000 likes in one day.

An image of Melania Trump standing behind her husband as he signed transitional documents achieved popularity as a caption meme format. For example, on January 20th, X^[4] user @uncledoomer posted a meme that received over 670 reposts and 20,000 likes in one day (shown below).

Also on January 20th, 2025, a post to the /r/totallylookslike^[5] subreddit comparing Melania Trump's outfit to the McDonald's mascot character the Hamburglar was posted, receiving over 2,400 upvotes and 250 comments in 20 hours (seen below).

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