Kim Kardashian Critics Slam Reality Star for Bold Political Message
- Kim Kardashian faced backlash for posting a photo of Melania Trump's inauguration outfit on Instagram during Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration.
On Monday, Jan 20, Kim Kardashiansent a bold political message—and critics quickly slammed the reality TV star for her post amid Donald Trump 's 2025 inauguration .
The SKIMS founder took to her Instagram Story during the early afternoon hours on Inauguration Day 2025. Although she shared no words, Kardashian posted a photo of Melania Trump wearing her inauguration outfit .
Soon afterward, social media users called out the mom of four on X.
One person wrote , "Kim kardashian posted a photo of melania trump? Yeah its clear who she voted for."
Another X user shared , "idk why i still followed kim kardashian honestly but her posting a pic of melania at the inauguration on her story was like immediate unfollow bye you out of touch psychopath."
Someone else pointed out, "Kim K posting Melanie [sic] is not surprising lmfao. The silence was very telling during the election."
Meanwhile, a different user commented on a different X post , "It's time we realize their whole family are republicans and we shouldn't support any of them."
However, some folks on X pointed out that Kim's message may have been more about fashion than politics, as President Trump was not included in the photo.
One X user wrote , "Just as usual Kim Kardashian on the news again. When she vividly cropped that felon out to admire only Melania's fashion Well y'all will be okay!"
Another agreed , sharing, "kim kardashian posting melania doesn't make her a trump supporter.. we all can recognize melania looked kvnt idc."
Yet another X user speculated , "I think @KimKardashian was trying to give Melania fashion cred cause she's not exactly a favourite of the industry…"
It's worth noting that Kardashian did not publicly endorse a candidate during the 2024 election. She did, however, post three blue heart emojis on X after President Joe Bidenand Vice President Kamala Harris' 2020 win over Trump—despite her (now ex) husband, Kanye West, voicing support for Trump .
Parade has reached out to Kardashian's reps, but did not immediately hear back.
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