Melania Trump raised eyebrows with her choice of attire when meeting migrant children last week.
But that hasn’t stopped people around the world from flogging her controversial jacket – with ‘I really don’t care do u?’ emblazoned across the back – on eBay.
The First Lady’s $39 (£29.65) Zara military parka is being flogged for more than 20 times the original price on the auction site, in both the UK and the US.
Cashing in on the controversy, one Chicago-based seller was receiving bids of up to $895 (£680.30) earlier this week.
Controversy: Melania sparked outrage when she wore the Zara jacket while boarding the plane at Andrews Air Force Base on her way to meet migrant children in a detention centre
They listed it as ‘Melania Trump Zara authentic sold out’ jacket.
One British seller, from Wallington in south-east London, was taking bids of upwards of £314 on her jacket ‘as seen on Melania Trump’.
Others were raking in hundreds from the green jacket, even in cases where they were second-hand and pre-worn.
Melania, 48, sparked widespread outrage when she wore the Zara number while boarding the plane at Andrews Air Force Base on her way to meet migrant children in a detention centre last week.
Cashing in: The First Lady’s $39 (£29.65) Zara military parka is being flogged for more than 20 times the original price on the auction site, in both the UK and the US
Cashing in on the controversy, one Chicago-based seller was receiving bids of up to $895 (£680.30) earlier this week, while another listed it for £314 (pictured)
One of the jackets, listed at $400 (£304), was described as the ‘Melania Trump’ jacket. The US based seller is just one of many eBay users flogging the Zara coat on the auction site
President Donald Trump claimed his wife was referring to ‘the fake news media’ when she wore the extraordinary jacket to visit children separated from their families at the Mexico border
Some users were raking in hundreds from the green jacket, even in cases where they were second-hand and pre-worn
However, President Donald Trump claimed his wife was referring to ‘the fake news media’ when she wore the extraordinary jacket to visit children separated from their families at the Mexico border.
He contradicted his wife’s spokeswoman’s earlier claim that it was ‘just a jacket’ to launch the attack.
The First lady’s surprise visit to a children’s shelter – where a handful of the 55 children it houses had been taken from their parents – was intended to underline her compassion for children, and came after she lobbied Trump to end separations.
Instead it was overshadowed by the former model’s choice of jacket – which she wore as she walked to the Oval Office to see her husband on Thursday evening.