Melania Dines with MBS, NYT Sees Fashion, Not Funds
While the NYT lavishes pixels on Melania's "Saudi green" ensemble, they conveniently gloss over who Mohammed bin Salman is and the financial entanglements of the Trump family with the Saudi regime. This isn't just a fashion review; it’s a normalization PR stunt, with the 'newspaper of record' helping thread the needle. The same MBS who oversaw the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, (as reported by
US intelligence and the UN), and who directs a war in Yemen that has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, is presented as just another dignitary to attend a glittering function. Perhaps the NYT forgot the $2 billion MBS invested in Jared Kushner's investment fund, or the $1 billion his wealth fund funneled into a Trump-affiliated real estate project. When a major US newspaper
frames a meeting with an alleged murderer of journalists and orchestrator of humanitarian disaster purely through the lens of high fashion, one might wonder if journalistic ethics themselves have become a bespoke accessory, optional for the right price. The green Melania wore might as well have been cash.