First Lady Melania and the rest of the Trump clan have been mercilessly trolled on social media for their Martin Luther King Day posts just days after the President’s ‘s**thole’ comments about immigrants.
Melania and her husband’s three eldest children – Ivanka, Don Jr and Eric – all took to Twitter Monday to post tributes in honor of the late civil rights leader.
But those left reeling after Trump’s comments last week have since questioned the family members’ posts, including the First Lady’s which said the US continually strives for ‘equality and justice’ nearly 50 years after King’s assassination.
First Lady Melania and the rest of the Trump clan have been mercilessly trolled on social media for their posts in honor of the late Martin Luther King Jr
‘Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & his service to this great country. I am honored to be First Lady of a nation that continually strives for equality & justice for all,’ Mrs Trump wrote.
The response was instant as Twitter users questioned whether Melania had spoken to Trump about her views.
‘You might want to talk to your husband about equality and justice for all,’ one person tweeted.
Another wrote: ‘Surely you can understand how empty your words appear when the current President acts with such blatant disregard toward people of colour and diversity.’
Eric Trump tweeted: ‘Happy #MartinLutherKingJrDay! Hope you all have a wonderful day’. His post accompanied a photo of King with a transcript of his famous speech with the words: ‘If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward…’
Melania and her husband’s three eldest children – Ivanka, Don Jr and Eric – all took to Twitter Monday to post tributes in honor of the late civil rights leader
But those left reeling after President Trump’s comments last week have since questioned the posts from the rest of the family
One Twitter user wrote an extra line for King’s speech, saying: ‘…In order to eradicate the world of people like Eric Trump.’
Another person responded: ‘I don’t know. It really doesn’t have the same meaning coming from you. Huh? Kinda like an atheist wishing me Merry Christmas.’
‘You too son of a monster. This is probably your first time mentioning his name,’ someone else hit back.
Donald Jr. posted a photo of himself with MLK’s niece Alveda King.
He was called out for his choice of wording, which suggested that the late King himself was a Trump supporter.
‘This picture bring back fond memories of when I had the honor of campaigning with Alveda King, niece of the great and amazing Trump supporter,’ he wrote.
One person hit back: ‘The weird way he wrote this suggests he thinks #Martinlutherking was an ‘amazing Trump supporter’.’
‘When MLK said ‘I have a dream’, it wasn’t your father he envisioned,’ another wrote.
Those responding to Ivanka’s tweet, simply said: ‘He would have HAAAAATED your family.’
The trolling comes after Trump made headlines last Thursday when he lashed out in a meeting with lawmakers about immigration reform, demanding to know why the US should accept citizens from what he called ‘s**thole’ countries.
He was speaking about people from Haiti, El Salvador and various African nations, people briefed on the meeting told the Washington Post.
‘Why are we having all these people from s**thole countries come here?’ Trump said.
‘Why do we need more Haitians?… Take them out.’
Trump spent the weekend denying he made the comments and clearing his name.
The eldest son of Martin Luther King Jr called out Trump over the comments on Monday in Washington DC.
‘When a president insists that our nation needs more citizens from white states like Norway, I don’t even think we need to spend any time even talking about what it says and what it is,’ Martin Luther King III said.
‘We got to find a way to work on this man’s heart.’
