This summer, First Lady of the United States Melania Trump traveled to McAllen, Texas where a large number of families were greatly affected by a separation crisis sparked by the policies of her husband, President Trumps's administration. It was then that Melania was captured wearing an army green jacket emblazoned in the words, "I really don't care. Do U?" Naturally, Melania's wardrobe became the source of a media circus with many speculating about any subliminal messages the choice may have revealed. A spokesperson for Melania, Stephanie Grisham, insisted that the attention and speculation were unwarranted as it was simply just a jacket. "It's a jacket," she told media outlets. "There was no hidden message." She followed up her message with a tweet reading "If media would spend their time & energy on her actions & efforts to help kids - rather than speculate & focus on her wardrobe - we could get so much accomplished on behalf of children. #SheCares #ItsJustAJacket." In a recent interview with ABC News, Melania opted to change the narrative revealing that the jacket did, in fact, bear a message for the masses. " [The jacket] for the people and for the left-wing media who are criticizing me. And I want to show them that I don't care," she said. Though the jacket almost certainly had no bearing on Melania's interaction with the families she visited in Texas this past June, the recent revelation begs the question of why the FLOTUS chose to lie about the jacket in the first place. [via]<doc-sep>First Lady Melania Trump departs Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland June 21, 2018, wearing a jacket emblazoned with the words “I really don’t care, do you?” This week, she backtracked on a previous claim that the jacket had no hidden message, saying it was meant for the “left-wing media.” (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP) Fours months after Melania Trump caused an uproar by wearing the now-notorious “I don’t really care, do u?” jacket, the army green outwear is back in the news. This time, it’s intentional. The reveal came during an ABC News exclusive titled Being Melania, in which Tom Llamas asked Trump what “compelled” her to wear the jacket on a trip to visit migrant children in detention centers — a move the internet called “distasteful” and “unbelievable.” At the time, Trump’s communications director denied claims that the jacket had a “hidden message.” Now, the first lady is saying otherwise. “It was for the people and for the left-wing media who are criticizing me,” Trump told ABC of the Zara jacket. “And I wanna show them that I don’t care. You could criticize whatever you wanna say, but it will not stop me to do what I feel is right.” Trump was quick to clarify that she wasn’t trying to direct the sentiment toward the children she was visiting, nor toward the issue of detention. “It’s obvious I didn’t wear the jacket for the children,” she continued. “I wore the jacket to go on the plane and off the plane.” Melania Trump tells @TomLlamasABC she wore the ‘I really don’t care’ jacket “for the people and for the left-wing media who are criticizing me. And I want to show them that I don’t care.” #MelaniaTrump https://t.co/EqEyfZkJvZ pic.twitter.com/2EWeCKB0de — ABC News (@ABC) October 13, 2018 She did, however, admit to playing to the internet’s fixation on it. “After the visit I put it back on because I see how media got obsessed about it,” she said. Trump ended the segment saying she wished that the media would turn their attention to the issues. “It — it was kind of a message, yes,” she said. “I would prefer that they would focus on what I do and on my initiatives than what I wear.” Story continues While the first lady’s own spokesperson at the time denied that the jacket hid a meaning, there was one person who seemed to suggest that the jacket’s message was more than just an accident: the president himself. In a tweet from June 21, President Trump said that the jacket was a sign that she “truly no longer cares” about the “dishonest” media. “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?” written on the back of Melania’s jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2018 The first lady’s reveal — although likely not surprising to some — did draw reactions from reporters on Twitter. But if we’ve learned anything from the ABC interview it’s this: She really doesn’t care. Read more from Yahoo Lifestyle: Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day.<doc-sep>The first lady's spokesperson is firing back at T.I over the rapper's “disgusting” music video that features a character, who looks like Melania Trump, wearing nothing but that infamous "I Really Don't Care, Do U?" jacket. "Like it or not, she is the first lady and this is the White House," Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump's spokeswoman told USA TODAY in a statement Tuesday. She continued: "It’s disrespectful and disgusting to portray her this way simply because of politics." The statement comes after Atlanta rapper T.I. released a NSFW presidential-themed video teaser for his new album "Dime Trap" Friday. The message about his dislike for President Donald Trump was clear, "Dear 45, I ain't Kanye," he tweeted, with the video. The clip begins with real footage of Trump boarding Marine One solo. It then cuts to T.I. watching from a set the looks like the Oval Office, with a voice-over noting that the first lady's absence from Trump's trip, which "has a lot of people wondering." After the coast is clear, T.I. takes a seat behind the Resolute Desk and lights a cigar as a woman wearing nothing but the first lady's notorious green Zara jacket (which she told ABC News was directed at the left-wing media) and a pair of heels steps in front of him, disrobes and begins dancing suggestively on the desk. Later, T.I. watches as she sprays paint over the eyes of her husband's portrait. "These kinds of vulgar attacks only further the divisiveness and bias in our country - it needs to stop," Grisham added. More: Melania says controversial jacket was a message 'for the left-winged media' More:Here's every word of Kanye West's bizarre meeting with President Trump The president, who spent the weekend campaigning and welcoming Pastor Andrew Brunson home from captivity in Turkey, has yet to acknowledge the T.I. video on his social media channels. T.I. has been busy on social media lately. He made waves last week when he went after West following the rapper's appearance at the White House. The rapper, who collaborated with 'Ye on the 2006 track "Swagga Like Us," publicly unfriended West in an NSFW Instagram post. "At one time it was a pleasure to work alongside you... now, I’m ashamed to have ever been associated with you," he wrote. "I’ve reached my limits. This is my stop, I’m officially DONE!!!!" The rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., revealed he'd turned down West's invitation to join him at the White House and called the meeting the "most repulsive, disgraceful, embarrassing act of desperation & auctioning off of one’s soul to gain power I’ve ever seen." Contributing: Cydney Henderson Related: Chrissy Teigen says John Legend, Kanye West 'learned a lot' from political debate<doc-sep>A spokesperson for Melania Trump has called for a boycott of rapper T.I. after he released a video featuring a first lady look-alike stripping in the Oval Office. In the promotional video for his new album, a woman resembling the first lady strips in the Oval Office. She dons a jacket that reads, "I really don't care, do u?" in reference to a similar jacket Melania Trump wore earlier this year to visit migrant children in Texas. She recently explained that she wore the jacket to troll reporters. "How is this acceptable? #disgusting #boycottT.I.," the first lady's spokesperson Stephanie Grisham Saturday tweeted and Melania Trump retweeted. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, tweeted Friday "Dear 45, I ain't Kanye" before sharing the video. Those tweets follow T.I. posting on Instagram that he was done working with rapper Kanye West, who is a President Donald Trump supporter. In a statement to Fox News Grisham said: "Like it or not, she is the First Lady and this is the White House. It’s disrespectful and disgusting to portray her this way simply because of politics. These kinds of vulgar attacks only further the divisiveness and bias in our country - it needs to stop." A rep for the rapper did not immediately return Fox News' request for comment. The first lady said recently in an interview with ABC News that she feels like she is "the most bullied person in the world." “If you really see what people are saying about me," the first lady said in the interview. "It’s why my ‘Be Best’ initiative is focusing on social media and online behavior to educate the children of social-emotional behavior so when they grow up, they know how to deal with those issues." The Associated Press contributed to this report.<doc-sep>
‘That’ Jacket – Melania Trump wore a jacket that said ‘I really don’t care, do u?’ on a trip to see migrant children who had been separated from their parents (Picture: AFP/Getty) Melania Trump has explained why she wore ‘that’ jacket that said “I really don’t care, do u?” on a trip to visit migrant children who had been separated from their parents. The First Lady wore the jacket on a visit to the Upbring New Hope Children’s Centre in McAllen, Texas, in June, sparking speculation over whether it was some kind of deliberate message. At the time, a spokeswoman said there was no hidden message in Melania’s wardrobe choice, but in an interview with ABC News, Mrs Trump has now said that the jacket was indeed a statement, saying it was a message to “people and the left-wing media who are criticising me.” She said the jacket was a statement that any criticism would not stop her from doing “what I feel is right”. Noting that she wore the jacket getting on and off the plane, but not during her visits with children, she said she purposely wore it on the flight back to Washington after seeing “how the media was obsessed about it”. “It was kind of a message, yes,” she said. MORE: What is the ‘Irish backstop’ and will Theresa May’s government survive to cut a Brexit deal? MORE: Outcry after Greater Anglia rail staff take lost property fee from teen’s purse In the same interview with ABC while touring Africa last week, Mrs Trump said she loves her husband President Donald Trump and has “much more important things to think about” than allegations of his infidelity. “I know people like to speculate and media like to speculate about our marriage and circulate the gossip,” she said. Interview – Melania Trump gave the interview during her tour of Africa (Picture: AP/Carolyn Kaster) “But I understand the gossip sells newspapers, magazines … and, unfortunately, we live in this kind of world today.” Asked in the interview if she loves her husband, Mrs Trump said: “Yes, we are fine. Yes.” “It is not a concern and focus of mine,” she said. “I’m a mother and a first lady, and I have much more important things to think about and to do.”