"Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Mrs. Betty Bowers
‪@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social‬

I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."

September 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM

I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-09-19T23:48:03.351Z

[Rhiannon12866]

1. LOL!

[joshdawg]

2. This got a chuckle and a snort from me.

Lucky I wasn't taking a drink of coffee then.
LOL!

[Doodles]

3. Hilarious!

Love it.

[NJCher]

4. This is seriously weird

The line from someone in England shows that it’s not just me.

I have seen other pictures and while they are not as bad as this one, they do not show her face.

There are other photos of her on this trip, wearing other clothing, and she appears to be normal – – whatever normal is for her – – so it’s not like this is some psychological breaking point. If it wasn’t for the other photos showing her smiling, I would say this is some kind of psychological issue.

It is embarrassing for everyone.


She wore a grossly inappropriate yellow gown ( off the shoulders). It had a pink belt, horrible choice. But she has a long history of horrible fashion choice from the “don’t care” jacket to the $1400 lumberjack shirt she wore to play with the kiddies in Michelle‘s vegetable garden.

Let’s not forget the colonialism outfit she wore to Kenya in the first stolen term. A white hat and suit with a tie. The most tone deaf costume one could ever dream up.

This woman is living in her own fantasy world, just like her seriously disturbed husband.

[BoRaGard]

5. Melania found another revealing outfit

that gives a true picture of what she represents

[calimary]

6. He married a hat.

[tblue37]

29. One of the hilarious responses to that post:

May I introduce the IKEA Strumpenlampen?

— Fifthcolumnblue (@fifthcolumnblue.bsky.social) 2025-09-20T00:19:13.154Z

[calimary]

33. OMG! I LOVE this!

The whole idea has kept me laughing for a whole day! Absolutely HILARIOUS!!!

[Buddyzbuddy]

7. Honestly, would you want to show your face while accompanying that embarrassment.

[Attilatheblond]

12. Maybe she's worried about someone from her early life recognizing her

Did she operate under a different name, back in the day? Does she owe someone money?

Can't sleep so might as well get silly.

[niyad]

13. She is also an embarrassment.

[Emile]

8. Here is another picture, but close up.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. LOL! Thanks for the laugh, looks like she came from my Dad's MAD Magazine!

[Just Jerome]

14. Now we know

that krasnov’s “state visit” is an intelligence op!

[Dr. T]

32. Spy vs. Spy from Mad Magazine.

Awesome! The outfit looked familiar, I just couldn't put my finger on it. You nailed it.

[Native]

9. and that look on the orange turd's face...

as one X poster said, he's wondering where he saw the guy standing next to him before.

[niyad]

11. What gets me is the absolutely gormless (thank you, bluesky poster) look on

krasnov's face. Somthing seriously wrong there. The comments were hilarious! (ne from ikea: the strumpfenlampfen)

And WHAT is that weird tape on the table? It looks like a card of edging tape for a sewing project.

[littlemissmartypants]

18. Vacuous. Psychopathic stare...

https://mindpsychiatrist.com/what-is-a-psychopathic-stare/
What is a Psychopathic Stare and How to Recognize Its Disturbing Signs

[niyad]

19. Thank you for that most informative link.

[littlemissmartypants]

21. My pleasure. ❤️

[Donkees]

22. Re: And WHAT is that weird tape on the table?

The original tickertape recording of Queen Victoria's message to the President of the United States, James Buchanan, transmitted by submarine cable from Ireland to Newfoundland on 16 August 1858. This message was the first official transatlantic cable ever sent. The text of the tickertape reads:

" TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON

The Queen desires to congratulate the President upon the successful completion of this great international work, in which The Queen has taken the deepest interest.

The Queen is convinced that the President will join her in fervently hoping that the electric cable, which now connects great Britain with the United States, will prove an additional link between the nations, whose friendship is founded upon their common interest and reciprocal esteem.

The Queen has much pleasure in thus communicating with the President, and renewing to him her wishes for the prosperity of the United States."

https://www.rct.uk/collection/84450/tickertape

[niyad]

24. Thank you. I figured it was probably something like that.

completely wasted on krasnov and the lamp.

[Trueblue Texan]

15. I'd be hiding my face every chance too if I was married to that bloated, demented thug. nt

[FakeNoose]

28. Maybe it's the fake Melania? Hmmm...

The press is never allowed to point it out, but fake Melania sometimes accompanies him on trips when the real Melania refuses to go. Usually the telltale sign of fake Melania is that she's wearing sunglasses and she's smiling. (The real Melania almost never smiles.)

[twodogsbarking]

16. Duplicate post from me. Guess I will be deported.

https://imgur.com/t/spy_vs_spy

[Celerity]

23. No deportation if you learn how to post images on DU.

[twodogsbarking]

25. I promise to learn. I have grown tired of learning new computer shit.

April 5, 1982 I started using computers and have never stopped.

[markie]

17. now we know how

Oliver Sacks got his title "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" or is it the other way around "The Man Who Mistook His Hat for a Wife" ?????

[RVN VET71]

27. Maybe "The man who bought a hat and found an old lady under it"?

Look, I got nuttin' against Melanie. No, wait, yeah. I got a shitload against her. I remember when Christmas at the WH used to be super-festive instead of spooky and ugly, and the "First Lady" didn't say "Fuck Christmas". I also remember a beautiful Rose Garden. I also remember the "I really don't care. Do you?" jacket. And there's plenty of "Et Ceterases" I could add.*

So, yeah, I called her an old lady on accounts that what she is. She married money and discovered she'd been short changed by a corpulent, bankrupt idiot who was as phony as she was "for sale". She had a baby even as her old man was setting up a tryst with Stephanie Clifford. And then, the fat bastard decided to run for President so she couldn't venture out of the marriage bonds for her own trysts because the paparazzi wouldn't leave her alone. HA HA HA!!

So I will call her "Melanie Floorlamp from now on.

*My attempt at Classical Latin, which explains why Brother Lawrence used his rubber strap on my hand more than occasionally in his Latin class. Now I think of it, how can you pluralize a plural noun (cetera - other things, I am pretty sure) anyway? (Oh, and he gave me a C and told me I should have failed but I'd suffered enough -- the rubber strap hurt like hell. Used to make me hold out my left hand and recite the 5th declension paradigm while he "WHAM!" . . . and I'm left-handed! He'd grin. My high school years was filled with shit like that.

But Melania Floorlamp has the same effect on my tattered and bruised soul, on America's tattered and bruised soul.

[Hekate]

44. Good catch. Oliver Sacks could have written a shelf of books about Trump Women.

[hatrack]

20. God bless the Brits - I can't stop laughing!!

[some_of_us_are_sane]

26. The BEST!

[llmart]

30. That vacuous look on the demented Dump's face!

Where is our media to go on and on about how he is old and confused? Where???

The two of them are the worst representatives you could possibly think of. I'd think even Cheech and Chong would be a better pair than these two repulsive people.

[democrank]

31. This photo makes me proud to be an American.

Here we have our warm, loving First Couple exhibiting pure joy at the honor of representing the United States.

[Xavier Breath]

34. Biggest, if not the only, laugh I've had all week.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

35. If he clicks on that lamp, it will still be very dim. nt

[Norrrm]

36. When wearing a similar hat in earlier times, folks said it was so he could not kiss her.

[Iris]

37. Gives Handmaiden's tale vibes

[SheltieLover]

38. How about cart that hideous thing to the storage room and shove it in a corner?

[chia]

39. Video:

Also at the 2:42 mark

[Iggo]

40. Ha! The Reaper's coming for someone!

[peggysue2]

41. Good grief!

Melania looks as is she's dressed for a funeral. And perhaps she is.

[John1956PA]

42. "We hung a dress on a broom in a corner. No one will notice for a few hours."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

43. LOL

[Emile]

45. Oh no, I found the original picture.

[live love laugh]

46. It's apparent they're performing .... scene stealing...

Because nobody is talking about the barely-speaks-English after 20 years/immigrant/zero accomplishments Melania …. the conversation is about her wardrobe. Just like “I really don’t care …” and her Handmaids Tale decor last time.

*snicker*

Everyone talked about Trump walking in front of Charles … it knocked everything else off the headlines …

*snicker*

Then Trump (barely) read something in the manner of an elementary school kid …

*snicker*

Before this Trump took a soccer trophy 🏆 …

*snicker*


They’re not dumb when it comes to using the propaganda playbook.