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Zorro

(17,845 posts) Fri Aug 29, 2025, 11:26 AM Friday

Newsom Trolls Melania Trump With Mock Vanity Fair Cover

The meme-happy governor targeted the president’s wife with his own pretend cover shot.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom couldn’t resist trolling first lady and former model Melania Trump after Vanity Fair’s reported plans for a first lady cover magazine.

A fake cover of Melania wearing a crown circulated online—headlined “The American Queen” and teasing “Fashion, power & the art of saying nothing”—as part of the social media storm surrounding the idea.

Newsom posted his own parody, crowning himself “The American King.” He promoted his “vocal revolution,” a nod to his scorched-earth social media war with the Trump administration. The spoof also teased, “Hair, Gel and the Art of Being So Handsome.”

“AN HONOR! THANK YOU!!!” his press office joked on X, using President Donald Trump’s all-caps style.

The gag came after Semafor reported that Vanity Fair’s new editor, Mark Guiducci, who Condé Nast kingmaker Anna Wintour handpicked, was weighing a Melania cover to broaden the magazine’s reach to conservatives.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsom-trolls-melania-trump-with-mock-vanity-fair-cover/

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Newsom Trolls Melania Trump With Mock Vanity Fair Cover (Original Post) Zorro Friday OP

Good for Newsom! He trolls like no other. CaliforniaPeggy Friday #1

Love it malaise Friday #12

Most laughable quote of the year... Totally Tunsie Friday #2

Guess it ain't easy to 'be best.' Xavier Breath Friday #3

...or really not care. lastlib Friday #10

"The art of saying nothing"....mostly in a thick, Slovenian accent. sop Friday #4

They do that Jilly_in_VA Friday #5

I canceled my VF subscription cuz it turned poli-junkie Friday #6

The mobster's moll - all pouty and vindictive: erronis Friday #7

GAWD...... lastlib Friday #11

Lordy does the fake Melania VF cover look "hard?" or what? Definitely consistent with that hlthe2b Friday #8

The "art of saying nothing" in five languages. twodogsbarking Friday #9

... Drum Friday #13

The new VF editor must be a moron mainer Friday #14

to broaden the magazine's reach to conservatives jfz9580m Friday #15

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,979 posts)

1. Good for Newsom! He trolls like no other.

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 11:31 AM

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malaise

(288,557 posts)

12. Love it

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:16 PM

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Rec 😀

Totally Tunsie

(11,136 posts)

2. Most laughable quote of the year...

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 11:45 AM

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“Her priorities as first lady are far more important... "

WTH??

Xavier Breath

(6,085 posts)

3. Guess it ain't easy to 'be best.'

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 11:47 AM

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lastlib

(26,617 posts)

10. ...or really not care.

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:14 PM

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Well, maybe that's not so hard for her, or for GOPhers/MAGAts.

sop

(15,807 posts)

4. "The art of saying nothing"....mostly in a thick, Slovenian accent.

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 11:52 AM

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Jilly_in_VA

(12,889 posts)

5. They do that

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 12:43 PM

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and I will cancel my subscription! I've kept it up because they have run some really good stories, but Melanoma on the cover would be the end for me.

poli-junkie

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6. I canceled my VF subscription cuz it turned

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 01:04 PM

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into mostly celebrity worship.

erronis

(21,176 posts)

7. The mobster's moll - all pouty and vindictive:

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 01:13 PM

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lastlib

(26,617 posts)

11. GAWD......

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:15 PM

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...help us. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

No Kings----NO F*CKING QUEENS, EITHER!!! - - - -

That pic just REEKS of anger and unhappiness.

hlthe2b

(111,190 posts)

8. Lordy does the fake Melania VF cover look "hard?" or what? Definitely consistent with that

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 01:24 PM

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term for a severe and unpleasant person we try not to use (and I would agree) because it is so often used against women... But, the term came to mind, sorry...
Scroll down at the link:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsom-trolls-melania-trump-with-mock-vanity-fair-cover/

On edit: see the post abov this one.

twodogsbarking

(15,467 posts)

9. The "art of saying nothing" in five languages.

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:02 PM

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Drum

(10,408 posts)

13. ...

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:20 PM

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mainer

(12,410 posts)

14. The new VF editor must be a moron

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:26 PM

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If he thinks conservatives would ever read VANITY FAIR. All he'd do is piss off VF's entirely liberal readership.

Grayson Carter, VF's longtime former editor, hates Trump with a white-hot passion.Isn't he the one who first described Trump as a short-fingered vulgarian?

jfz9580m

(15,926 posts)

15. to broaden the magazine's reach to conservatives

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Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:27 PM

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who Condé Nast kingmaker Anna Wintour handpicked, was weighing a Melania cover to broaden the magazine’s reach to conservatives.

Figures..that horrible Wintour person was a big booster of the fur industry.
Shame on VF. Makes me appreciate Salon Mag even more for their staunchly anti Trump editorial crew. Chauncey DeVega, Amanda Marcotte, Andrew O’Hehir have really been pulling their weight instead of test-driving lame shit like this.

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