A BOGUS "Fake Melania" Trump conspiracy theory has been spread by online trolls, who bizarrely claim "she has a body-double."
The wild theories spread after a photo of a smiling Melania, 50, on Thursday went viral, prompting unproven claims that Donald Trump uses a stand-in for his wife.
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Flotus was pictured boarding Marine One on the south lawn of the White House with her husband, which triggered the #FakeMelania hashtag on Twitter.
The couple were traveling to the final presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee after they both contracted coronavirus at the beginning of October.
But some conspiracy theorists claim the "real" Melania, who is wearing dark glasses in the photo, has different teeth to the person pictured.
The outlandish speculation claims Trump hired an actress because his wife refused to accompany him on the campaign trail, which brought him to Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Maryland on Saturday alone.
Zack Bornstein, a film director, promoted the theory on Twitter.
"The only thing I’ll miss from this administration is them swapping in new Melanias and just pretending we won’t notice like a 4-year-old with a guppy," he wrote.
Bornstein was referring to a story that Melania reportedly hates having to decorate the White House for the festive season.
"I never believed the #FakeMelania conspiracies, but you can tell this 100 [percent] isn’t her, because she’s looking fondly at a Christmas tree in the distance," he quipped.
Meanwhile, other users then began to use pictures of Trump with other people who very clearly weren't his wife, like Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea, and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler.
The peculiar rumors of a "fake Melania" first emerged in 2017.
People have been analyzing her height, hair, and bone structure in photos ever since.
Trump dismissed the wild theories as "fake news."
In 2016, Hillary Clinton was also accused of using a body double when she fell ill during the presidential race.
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Melania has only started accompanying Trump again after falling ill with Covid-19 following his aide Hope Hick's diagnosis.
They were pictured together on the lawn in Washington DC before Trump battled it out with Joe Biden during the presidential debate.
Melania has been notably absent from Trump's rigorous campaign trail – but her spokesperson cited her abundance of caution after getting coronavirus.
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