Melania Trump Dons 'I Really Don't Care. Do U?' Jacket Before Visiting Border Facilities
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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP/CNN) - First Lady Melania Trump visited two Texas facilities housing some of the more than 2,300 migrant children, but she is getting attention for a jacket she wore.
But she is getting more attention for a jacket she wore when she boarded a plane from Andrews Air Force Base.
The back of the olive green jacket read: "I really don't care. Do U?" in white graffiti-style lettering. Trump was not wearing the jacket when she landed in McAllen, Texas.
The first lady's team insisted that there was no hidden meaning behind the sartorial choice.
"It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe," East Wing communications director Stephanie Grisham told CNN in a statement.
The first lady's visit to Upbring New Hope Children's Center on Thursday comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting the practice of separating families. However, his policy of criminally prosecuting illegal border-crossers remains.
Mrs. Trump, whose focus is on children, may have helped encourage her husband to act.
The first lady said earlier through her spokeswoman that she "hates" to see families separated at the border. A White House official followed up Wednesday, saying Mrs. Trump had been making her opinion known to the president that he needed to act to keep migrant families together.
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