We’re sorry to do another post on the Washington Post, but we just can’t get over the paper’s obsession with that hallway of red Christmas trees in the White House. As Twitchy reported, the Post did a piece on them Tuesday, calling them “spooky” and triggering of “flashbacks to phantasmal nightmares from our shared cultural memory.”
One story on red Christmas trees should cover it, you’d think, but on Wednesday the Post published not one but two more pieces about them. The first, not so obviously meant to be humorous, called it “Melania Trump’s nightmare forest.”
You are in Melania Trump’s nightmare forest. Keep to the path.
Walk faster, says @Petridishes.
Don't be afraid. The trees would smell it. https://t.co/BJmkG8K0hp pic.twitter.com/FbcKdUbHPS
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 28, 2018
But columnist Monica Hesse even managed to work them into her piece about the first lady’s “gaffes” and how the role of first lady might need to change.
Perspective: Look, maybe this just isn’t Melania Trump’s thing. But that’s fine. https://t.co/lBL5kAtrrB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 28, 2018
Kind of ironic how they label the tweet, “Perspective.” But first, the trees:
This week, her office unveiled the White House Christmas decor, which included a roomful of blood-red trees that looked like leftover props from “The Babadook”— and let me tell you, Melania has definitely given us a useful conversation.
The trees were roundly mocked as horrifying. Obviously, she didn’t build them herself. (She didn’t even show up for the unveiling, which prompted more consternation.) But she did sign off on them, presumably. They’re technically under her purview.
“The trees were roundly mocked as horrifying” … writes the columnist who just said they looked like props from “The Babadook.”
"Mean Girls" is such a good look on you WaPo…
— Mme. PB (@MmePB) November 29, 2018
Hi, we're The Washington Post, the largest newspaper in the capital of the free world, and we have the maturity level of a gaggle of snot-nosed elitist teenage girls.
Sh!theads.
(My apologies to any snot-nosed elitist teenage girls who may be reading this.)
— Robert Workman (@RWcopter) November 29, 2018
The sad part is that the challenged folks running the WP probably believe their comment reflects poorly on someone other than themselves.
— Les Aker (@Les_Aker) November 29, 2018
The Petty Post
— Independent Thinker (@independthink) November 29, 2018
What would we do without the high-minded and principled Washington Post?
— NateyBakes (@NateyBakes) November 29, 2018
If journalism wasn't already dead, it sure as hell died with this hot take.
— Joseph Flalin ? (@Riko_de_Sama) November 29, 2018
“Democracy dies in Darkness” LOL
— Harley Kesselman (@harleykesselman) November 29, 2018
You guys are disgusting…really!
— boneca ? (@boneca_03) November 29, 2018
WTF is wrong with you people? This is disgusting and it would have been disgusting if someone wrote an article like this about Michelle Obama. The news media have lost their way.
— 8675309 (@EnoughUp) November 29, 2018
Yeah, the Mao ornaments on Michelle Obama’s trees were only a nightmare to the millions of people he murdered I guess.
— Keep Smiling (@Doji_Dragonfly) November 29, 2018
This is so sad to see. A once well respected newspaper publishes crap like this and calls it “journalism.” #FakeNewsMedia
— Christian Kulas⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@ChristianKULAS7) November 29, 2018
Y’all have lost your minds.
— Carlos Toraño (@catorano) November 29, 2018
Related:
THE TREES! Melania Trump invites everyone over to see those spooky ‘Christmas trees of death’ (video) https://t.co/6gGEkz6jZX
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 29, 2018
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