Vogue launched a vicious review of Melania Trump’s newly-revealed White House portrait, comparing the first lady’s look to that of a magician. 

The magazine spent four years praising the previous White House leadership, with multiple covers featuring Jill Biden and Kamala Harris. In its recent article about Melania, Vogue continues to show its favoritism towards the Democratic party.

Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is identified as a Democrat and was even rumored to be a potential ambassador under President Barack Obama.

‘Trump looked more like a freelance magician than a public servant,’ wrote Hannah Jackson about the white-and-black portrait by Régine Mahaux.

Jackson criticized Melania’s choice of a ‘situationally inappropriate tuxedo’ in the historic portrait where the first lady strikes a powerful pose.

‘Trump’s clothing certainly didn’t help the boardroom pastiche,’ Jackson continued. 

‘Trump looked more like she was guest starring on an episode of The Apprentice than assuming the role of first lady of the United States.’

Jackson concluded: ‘It’s perhaps unsurprising that a woman who lived in a gold-encrusted penthouse, whose fame is so intertwined with a reality television empire, would refuse to abandon theatrics—even when faced with 248 years of tradition.’

Melania Trump surprised her devoted Instagram followers with her new official White House portrait, which was unveiled on Monday.

Vogue magazine said Melania Trump’s first lady portrait made her look like a magician and a participant on The Apprentice

The magazine featured both Jill Biden and Kamala Harris on the cover several times each during the Biden years. Melania was never put on the cover during Trump’s first term

The black and white image was a big departure from former First Ladies, who have traditionally chosen much more colorful images.

Instead, Melania, whose stylist Hervé Pierre has revealed in the past that it’s difficult to dress her because many American designers refuse, showed off a black Dolce & Gabbana pantsuit with a white shirt.

‘Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant,’ wrote Hannah Jackson

The Washington Monument was visible in the background.

The photo was taken on January 21, the day after the inauguration, in the Yellow Oval Room of the residence by Belgian photographer Mahaux.

Vogue famously excluded Melania from its pages while she was first lady, breaking its tradition of putting the presidents’ wives on its coveted cover.

Melania was secretly recorded in 2018 expressing rage that Vogue had not asked to feature her on its cover.

‘Vogue said like, oh, we want to do a profile. Profile? F*** you, profile. I don’t need no profile. Yeah, what I need another profile? It might be a cover. I’m like, might be a cover? I don’t give a f*** about Vogue and any magazine.’

While Democratic first ladies such as Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton were put on the Vogue cover, Republicans such as Laura and Barbara Bush were not. 

Melania, 54, shared the photo on the official FLOTUS Instagram account, which has four million followers.

Unfortunately, many of the followers were left over from when they followed Jill Biden’s account and were shocked to realize they were suddenly following Melania.

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Anna Wintour famously excluded Melania from Vogue while she was first lady. The editor – famed for her icy demeanor – is a staunch Democrat

But Melania’s followers adored the intense snap – and some even thought it looked like a Vogue cover – although some social media critics thought it appeared to be heavily Photoshopped.

Some thought the picture looked strange, with one person saying, ‘That’s not an official photo. That’s a heavily Photoshopped official photo.’

On X (previously Twitter), some people accused her of heavily editing the image.

‘Looks like she’s made of plastic. It’s so over-processed, heavy softening and blurring filtering. There’s nothing warm or real about this image,’ a commenter wrote disparagingly.

Some of Melania’s fans were recently left up in arms over the fact that she wasn’t given the same respect in the fashion community that previous first ladies received despite the glamorous portrait.

‘Jill Biden was given three Vogue covers. Zero for Melania. What a joke,’ Link Lauren, the former senior advisor to RFK Jr., tweeted.

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