A wild conspiracy theory has emerged on social media after Donald Trump stepped out with wife Melania amid Election Day.
The 78-year-old Republican presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris have entered the final hours of Tuesday’s presidential election day.
The two candidates will need at least 270 electoral votes to win and be named the next President of the United States.
The former president and the former First Lady, Melania Trump, were spotted casting their votes at a polling station in Palm Beach, Florida, on Election Day.
A video of Trump and the 54-year-old supermodel – who has kept a low profile throughout the final weeks of the campaign but did introduce her husband during his rally at Madison Square Garden – has circulated online and sparked bizarre conspiracy theories on social media.
Ron Filipkowski, the editor-in-chief of the website MeidasTouch, captioned the 15-second clip: “Melania’s been wearing sunglasses inside all day today.”
In the somewhat low-quality video, the Republican presidential nominee is seen donning his red Make America Great Again hat while his wife is spotted wearing a pair of sunglasses and a dark dress.
The clip has been viewed over 24.6 million times on X (formerly Twitter) and was met with online skeptics claiming that the former first lady is wearing shades indoors to hide that she’s not actually Melania.
“Ya’ll, that’s NOT Melania!!!” one person alleged, while a second chimed in: “Melania has furrows that run from her cheeks to underneath her chin. The other woman does not. Also, notice the hazy filter on the camera that makes it hard to see detail.”
Melania’s been wearing sunglasses inside all day today. pic.twitter.com/4Wv3PwyA2h
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 5, 2024
“Is that supposed to be Melania? Her eyes are her most distinctive feature so of course a body double would have to cover those narrow Slovenian cat’s eyes,” a third claimed. “I swear I’m not into the whole body double conspiracy thing but like…that obviously isn’t Melania,” a fourth interjected.
However, these wild conspiracy theories were quickly shut down thanks to Melania taking off her huge shades eventually and letting photographers snap a photo of her full face – as seen in the photo below.
However, the jokes didn’t stop as one social media commentator quipped under a video of Trump speaking to reporters: “I’m glad they brought back Fake Melania for the season finale.”
Trump is looking to become president once again, four years after he lost to Joe Biden in 2020.
He maintained his confidence after casting his vote on Tuesday, saying: “I feel very confident, we went in with a very big lead today, we Republicans have shown up in force so we will see how it turns out,” cited by The Mirror.
“I have been very honored to find out the lines are long, the conservative lines, the Republican lines are very long,” he added.
The first polls have closed as Harris and Trump conclude their campaigns. Now, we can only wait and see…
