Did Melania Trump send a body double to vote in the US election? The Internet thinks so because… | Trending

Melania Trump made increasingly rare appearances with husband Donald Trump as the couple cast their ballots in the US presidential election on Tuesday. However, netizens couldn’t help but notice that the former US first lady refused to take off her sunglasses indoors – leading to a resurgence of ‘fake Melania’ conspiracy theories.

Donald and Melania Trump cast their votes at the Mandel Recreation Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 5. Footage of Melania, 54, standing next to her husband, wearing a dress and sunglasses, quickly began to circulate on the Internet.

“Melania has been wearing sunglasses inside all day today,” reads a post on X that has gone viral with a staggering 34 million views. The post includes a video showing Trump greeting supporters at the polling station.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wore a red MAGA hat, but Melania herself gave the MAGA signature color a miss when she opted for a black dress and sunglasses.

Melania or Fake Melania?

The video sparked ‘cheater Melania’ conspiracy theories again. Melania Trump “fraudulent” conspiracy theories began circulating during Donald Trump’s presidency, suggesting that Melania Trump sometimes used a body double for public appearances.

This time too, many X users floated the possibility that Donald Trump had used a body double of his wife Melania.

“It’s double not Melania, easy to see when she smiles and that’s what the glasses are for,” wrote one X user.

“It’s fake Melania,” wrote another. Dozens of X users said “that’s not Melania” during the viral video.

Some even tried to offer photographic evidence to explain why they felt Melania Trump had sent a body double in her place.

“The Melania double looks terribly nervous,” read one post on the social media platform. “I swear I’m not into the whole body double conspiracy, but like… it’s obviously not Melania,” another person opined.

However, other videos show Melania eventually removing her sunglasses as she addressed supporters.

Melania is a Slovenia-born former model who married Donald Trump in 2005. They have a son named Barron Trump.

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