Florist who helped with Melania's red Christmas trees floored by 'horrible' reaction

They look like bloody tampons.

In this social media age you have to have a team consisting of people with different mindsets who can point out to you how your work and statements can interpreted in a different way, a way you have not thought of and never intended to be seen that way. If you have that you are less likely surprised by social media reactions.

Sorry, how your work and statement can BE interpreted in a different way,

She looks like a Beaver and a Platypus had a baby.

I like the contrast of the red tree with the Green carpet. Haters going to hate.

Personally I hate that particular shade of green and imo it doesn't match with the shade of red and it doesn't really feel very Christmas-y. I am with those who see it as more sinister looking than celebrating the Christmas spirit.

She looks like a frau who lives in her own little bubble and surprised by realizing there are different minded people out there.

The trees wouldn't be so bad if some gold or silver ornaments were added. It does look like a bloody mess.

Those trees actually look nice up close, but as a group from a distance they look ugly and sinister. FAIL!

If only she asked for my advice..

Redrum.

They need to be in a hotel, a boutique, or the lounge of a disco in a eurotrash resort. Then they would be "lux".

Melania's creativity is about trash lux hotels and very high class hooker bars.

I keep reading her name (Wensrup) as "menstrual".

It looks menstrual.. er, I mean mental.

Looks like you're walking through a major artery.

She has the appearance of the quintessential frau. Middle-aged, short bougie haircut, dumpy, white, ugly sweaters, the list goes on. I can't stop chuckling.

The trees look terrible because they're meant to be statement pieces that provide an interesting contrast to everything else, but they were used as everything. There's nothing for them to contrast with except each other, basically. They need to be used sparingly, and in the midst of more tasteful, low key decor.

They're fucking awful. Just awful. The Trumps have no taste at all - I don't know what anyone expected.

This is what happens when you don’t bring in the gay decorators

She’s bleeding out of wherever!

They do look sinister, and a bit Euro-trashy. I think the negative comments are warranted in this case. Huge fail.

Fucking Red for Russia! they may be berries, and maybe they smell good but RED for RUSSIA is all I see.

The green trees look awful and over-decorated to within an inch of their former lives. They look like dank buds coated with angel dust.

I think the real point is not the actual decor. What this shows is the profound impact a horrible administration has on public perceptions of everything they touch.

The ill will that this family has engendered is so intense that even innocuous Christmas decorations immediately summon up a collective national meme contest surrounding The Shining

They really are evil personified.

I felt they looked quite bland.

Like the first lady, the White House decor has a high-price look.

While it might not have been suitable for the White House, I liked the look of last year's decorations.

This year, not so much. While those red trees may look lovely up close, designers need to see how things look from a distance in photographs, especially how those red trees in a row look. From a distance, you can't tell they're red berries. The first thing I thought of when looking at those red trees was Cousin Itt.

So, what's the deal with the florist? She doesn't look like a big Republican money donor, so we can count out that it's some shady money laundering deal. So, did she offer to do it for free for the promotion? The whole concept looks incredibly basic and wrong. If that's her best work it wouldn't convince me to hire her.

They look like blood clots.

Headline is very misleading but the article eventually explains that the trimming of the WH decorations is done by a volunteer crew of 75 - this woman among them. They need to apply & submit a portfolio. She, and the other volunteers, did not design the red trees, or anything else - they just executed the plans that were created by the First Lady & her staff.

What R29 said is true. In all the years I've followed the Christmas decorations, and there have been a couple of missed efforts, the last two years are both in poor taste and do not reflect the spirit of the season or our country. I feel sorry for the volunteers this year who had to put up these decorations. It would be interesting to hear from a few of them. Though, if they complain, they probably won't be asked back. I would imagine that Melania had final approval, so she ultimately is to blame.

She should be floored-by a sucker punch 🤜.

Bloody terror bitch cunt Melanoma knew exactly what she was doing; distract us with superfluous awfulness again, just like the cnt's I DON CARE jacket.

Evil cunt.

Gosh, they really do look awful. And I’m the type to give someone credit, where credit is due. I can be objective, regardless of my personal feelings.

The trees, on their own, are interesting, and a few of them placed here and there, might have looked nice with all gold or silver ornaments. But the pure, deep red, amongst the white walls and green carpeting, looks like something you might run into at a high end nursing home.

Sorry, but huge FAIL.

Maybe Melania got caught up from her old days.. in the red light district.

But I thought Melania personally designed and approved all of this! Why is she throwing this poor Frau under the bus!?!?!?!

Nineteenth Century Bordellos in newly settled places like Virginia City, Nev. & San Francisco often featured red velvet wallpaper, which the Madames considered glamorous & "high-toned" because it was expensive & had to be transported from far away "fancy" places like NY & Boston. Vulgar as hell, but seemed elegant to the low class staff & clientele. The red trees remind me of that.

I thought they were red for the red states.

Anyway, I kind of like them and don't understand the reaction either. I'm sick of boring conventional Christmas trees and I'm glad to see someone try something different.

It’s a good thing she volunteered because the Trumps would have stiffed her anyway.

Red for the red states.. could be, R37.

They look like something from a high end department store or the Herald Square Macys.

I like the trees actually. But then again, I work in the theatre so I have weird taste.

The Obamas also has crap decorations. It’s been a trend for more than a decade.

R41, your reference to the "weird taste" of theatre people reminds me of Melania's remark defending her White House decor: "We are in (the) 21st century and everybody has a different taste".

English is not her native language, so she can be forgiven for inserting an article in front of "different taste", but it really does make me think she's talking about ice cream cones (or something else that can be tasted).

When are these dummies going to understand that EVERYONE hates the Trumps. I hope her career is over. How could she be so stupid?

Aside from the blood red, undecorated trees, other decor included wreaths made of pencils bearing the logo of her "cause" against bullying, "Be Best", which one critic noted was "a child's grammatical error." The wreaths look stupid, the trees look repulsive...what a disaster! But what else can you expect from such a trashy wench?

Evil Muppets

Hideous, just like the whore Melanoma.

At twilight I can just picture the trees moving slowly closer together to block the passageway.

Handmaid's Tale meme

a zillion years ago before home decor big box stores and all year round Christmas jobs, one went to the garden center to buy holiday decor. Maybe it has a luxury fruit and "gourmet" food shop as well. Some of them were pretty swanky. They had Christmas wonderlands in greenhouses and tents and what not. This feels like the entry corridor. EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE

Workin' at the Car Wash!

all year round Christmastree SHOPS

REDRUM!

Lest we forget last year's horror show:

The trees are ugly and stupid, but also the least of the Trump family's crimes.

ugly and looks cheap, perfect trumpette decor

They’re so ugly it’s not even funny. The woman who is shocked by the reaction is the Frau Mayor of Frautown. She is exactly who I picture when I picture Frau.

Is her personal assistant and consultant named Dieter? I get Sprockets when I look at her Christmas decorating, especially last year's.

The Be Best pencil wreath look's like a gaping asshole.

Walking through there, I'd kind of expect to hear Euro trance mixes instead of Christmas music.

i got a big laugh at the memes created in response to this stupidity.

The Obamas used a talented gay designer for their holiday decorations and they always looked amazing. Just saying.

It pisses me off that some of these sites require a Facebook account to comment. Fuck Facebook!

Genius. Solid red replacing solid green.

Now we can all ignore R64 for being a complete idiot and a vacuous Trump-loving whore-bag.

I think it is pretty creative using cranberries.

...which will rot sooner than you can say, "You're Indicted!"

Well... I guess Ocean Spray is happy with these trees.