politics, throwing shade 

Throwback to the day Queen Elizabeth II met Trump and wore the brooch Obama had given her as a gift

Because she (and her staff) are very, very conscious of and take pains with the symbolism of pretty much everything she does

So either she wore the brooch specifically to remind Trump (and everyone else present) of his predecessor

or she and her staff decided to half-ass it and just pull a random brooch out that /one/ day because it was Just Trump

politics, throwing shade 

@noelle there was a long tweet thread by a brooch watcher about it, which seems to be gone now that I loved! Here’s an article: vox.com/platform/amp/2018/7/19

Tl;dr all three of the brooches she wore over the 3 day visit were shade throwing.

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