#MelaniaLovesTrudeau

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Travis S. McClain, Dilettante and Raconteur @TravisSMcClain I feel like we're not talking enough about the look on Brigitte Macron's face. #MelaniaLovesTrudeau

Me Going to beg at a reasonable YouTube time @memebase

Brannon Solomon @Troubleman 68 Replying to@Heather Resists Ivanka got that itch too. #MelaniaLovesTrudeau

Nikita @sgtcurrypants 3h #MelaniaLovesTrudeau I guess Justin knew where to find her G7 spot Ok I'm leaving I KNOW WHERE THE DOOR IS

tar ab @tarabshah Same energy #MelaniaLovesTrudeau 7:42 AM Aug 26,2019 Twitter for iPhone

ConConGal @ConConGal1 Replying to@realDonaldTrump No, everyone was laughing at you being pushed in your little kiddy car stroller and Melanoma flirting with Trudeau right in front of you. For God's sake, grow up! #MelaniaLovesTrudeau Trump arrives at G7 in Paris today 9:21 AM Aug 26, 2019 Twitter for Android

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Category: Meme Status: submission Year: 2019 Origin: Twitter Region:

Type: Hashtag Image Macro

Tags: melania loves trudeau justin trudeau g-7 donald trump melania trump politics

About

#MelaniaLovesTrudeau is hashtag cataloging a series of jokes about First Lady of the United States Melania Trump's supposed romantic interest in Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The hashtag is frequently accompanied by a photograph of Melania about to kiss Trudeau.

Origin

On August 25th, 2019, Reuters^[1] photographer Carlos Barria published a photograph of Melania Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump and Trudeau (shown below, left). They wrote of the photograph, "First Lady Melania Trump kisses Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next to the U.S. President Donald Trump during the family photo with invited guests at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019."

That day, Twitter ^[2] user @mmpadellan tweeted the photograph with the caption, "Anybody ELSE think Spanky's current Twitter meltdown has anything to do with this picture of Melania trump puckering up for Justin Trudeau? Be TERRIBLE if @realDonaldTrump sees it, so whatever you do, don't Retweet #MelaniaLovesTrudeau. DON'T DO IT.😏" Within two days, The tweet received more than 20,000 likes and 12,000 retweets (shown below, right).

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan Anybody ELSE think Spanky's current Twitter meltdown has anything to do with this picture of Melania trump puckering up for Justin Trudeau? Be TERRIBLE if @realDonaldTrump sees it, so whatever you do, don't Retweet #MelaniaLovesTrudeau. DON'T DO IT. 4:55 PM Aug 25, 2019 Twitter for Android

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Following the post, people began sharing the photo with the hashtag #MelaniaLovesTrudeau. Twitter^[3] user @buddah_uk tweeted, "All the years of having a pensioner's button mushroom being thumbed-in. She definitely wants Trudeau like a hungry alsatian wants a steak." The tweet received more than 1,000 likes and 200 retweets in two days (shown below, left). Twitter^[4] user @LoniLove tweeted, "Melania is ready to risk it all." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 1,000 likes and 700 retweets (shown below, center).

Twitter user @DeanObeidallah tweeted,^[5] "Looks like even Melania is thinking of an escape plan to Canada." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 3,400 likes and 940 retweets (shown below, right).

Several media outlets covered the hashtag, including Someecards,^[6] The Guardian,^[7] Newsweek,^[8] The Washington Examiner ^[9] and more.