Melania Trump's $3,000 pink dress reveals a key difference between her and Michelle Obama

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Melania Trump's address to the spouses of world leaders of the United Nations on Wednesday resulted in an unexpected strain of backlash.

While the first lady addressed issues of bullying, much of the discussion following the speech was about Trump's dress: a $2,950 bright-pink Delpozo, with voluminous sleeves that billowed out behind the podium.

Trump covered serious issues that need to be addressed. For the speech to be derailed by discussion of the dress reveals a crucial misstep by the first lady.

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What I learned today from Melania Trump: Never dress like a bright pink hot air balloon. Tweet Embed:
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The dress Melania Trump wore during her anti-bullying speech was puffy because it was stuffed with irony. pic.twitter.com/S9rwlJlva8 Tweet Embed:
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Just watched Melania Trump speech.

For some reason it made me think of the blueberry girl from Willy Wonka. ]]>🤔