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First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday dismissed those who have mocked the red Christmas trees decorating the White House for the holidays, during an event at Liberty University in Virginia. "We are in [the] 21st century and everybody has a different taste. I think they look fantastic,” she said, inviting the students to sign up for a tour to view the holiday decor. “In real life, they look even more beautiful.” Trump unveiled the decorations on Monday in a video on Twitter, showing 40 crimson topiary trees lining the eastern colonnade of the White House. Trump attended a town-hall-style event...

First there was the ‘I really don’t care’ jacket. Now there are her sinister decorations. What is she trying to convey?There is something exquisite about Melania Trump, and I am not talking about her appearance or what she (probably) smells like. She doesn’t defy interpretation so much as beguile it; you want to strip away the layers, but you know you do so at your peril; the layers might be all there is. Mystery piles on mystery: who owns a jacket sporting the words “I really don’t care”, like the one she wore to a detention centre for child migrants?...