Donald Trump is catching flak for carrying a blue swimsuit to Pope Francis’ funeral, and social media customers aren’t holding again their opinions.
The president and first girl Melania Trump attended the non secular chief’s funeral Saturday. After photographs and photographs from the ceremony hit the web, the Republican confronted criticism on-line for his apparel.
Males reportedly had been anticipated to put on a proper black swimsuit, black tie and a black lapel pin, whereas Trump clearly opted for a noticeably completely different hue.
In the course of the funeral at Vatican Metropolis’s St. Peter’s Sq., by which Trump was seated within the entrance row, he wore a darkish blue swimsuit paired with an identical tie and American flag pin.
Social media customers on X, previously Twitter, sounded off over Trump’s ensemble, with some accusing him of eager to be “the focus.”
“After all Trump is the one jackass carrying a blue swimsuit and blue tie to a funeral….such a humiliation,” one consumer wrote.
One other commented, “A blue swimsuit? Donald Trump couldn’t even be respectful and put on a black swimsuit to Pope Francis’ funeral like the remainder of world leaders. He all the time has to stay out and attempt to be the focus.”
“Trump’s massive journey to Europe for the popes funeral included a disrespectful blue swimsuit as an alternative of black, texting in the course of the ceremony, after which falling asleep,” another person added.
Trump was not the one world chief whose apparel was questioned.
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Whereas the Vatican doesn’t word any specific funeral costume code on its web site, a supply instructed People that apparel for Saturday’s ceremony was unrestricted.
“Attendees wore what they thought of to be acceptable apparel for such a solemn event,” the insider stated.
A separate consumer argued that the pictures circulating the web had been altered, writing, “They simply upped the saturation. There are others carrying what appears to be like like darkish blue fits, they had been simply had been a darker shade of blue than Trump’s. They could even be a darkish grey.”
One other referred to as Trump’s selection of shade not “the tip of the world,” however famous it was “distinct” sufficient for others to note.
“You’ll be able to see how sure shades of blue nearly look black. That is apparent when the material is surrounded by true black materials,” the consumer wrote alongside side-by-side pictures of Trump and Biden on the funeral. “Is it the tip of the world? No. However it’s distinct.”
HuffPost has reached out to the White Home for remark.
Whereas Trump hasn’t publicly commented on the swimsuit backlash, he wrote in an April 21 Truth Social post that he and the primary girl had been “wanting ahead to” attending Francis’ funeral. The pontiff died April 21 at age 88.
In a separate post, he added, “Relaxation in Peace Pope Francis! Could God Bless him and all who beloved him!”
