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Mexicans Are Not Happy With a ‘Vanity Fair’ Cover Featuring Melania Trump

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Kate Samuelson
Kate Samuelson
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Kate Samuelson
Kate Samuelson
January 27, 2017, 12:02 PM ET

First Lady Melania Trump can be seen twirling a diamond necklace on the cover of Vanity Fair Mexico’s February issue, just above a cover line that suggests she is “the new Jackie Kennedy.”

The photo may look familiar to you since it, as well as Trump’s interview, first appeared in the April 2016 issue of GQ. Both magazines are owned by Conde Nast, ABC reports.

https://twitter.com/VanityFairMX/status/824629022609006594

Trump’s new cover arrives as tensions between President Donald Trump and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto continue to grow. Yesterday, the two cancelled a meeting following Trump’s announcement that he was moving forward with plans to build his Mexico border wall. Trump also floated a possible plan for paying for the wall: a 20% tax imposed on importers of the stuff that is made in Mexico and shipped to the U.S.

Already, social media users are voicing their outrage over the cover on Twitter. “Melania Trump with a breakfast dish of diamonds on the cover of Vanity Fair Mexico looks like joke,” wrote one user in Spanish.

https://twitter.com/AnonBruja/status/825014586340433921

https://twitter.com/ElChefAdan/status/825014818302197760

melania trump desayunando un plato de diamantes en la portada de vanity fair MÉXICO 👎🏼 parece broma

— daniela (@daniizr) January 27, 2017

“Cancelling subscription after this laughable cover comparing Melania Trump to a noble caring woman like Jackie Kennedy,” wrote another.

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