--- title: Anna Wintour Apologizes to Donald Trump description: Vogue editor Anna Wintour met with President-Elect Donald Trump just days after apologizing for criticizing him on a train. canonical: https://time.com/4602146/anna-wintour-donald-trump-apology/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-14T19:30:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:07.273Z og:title: Anna Wintour Met With Donald Trump After Apologizing for Criticism og:description: 'I hope that President-elect Trump will be a successful president for us all' og:url: https://time.com/4602146/anna-wintour-donald-trump-apology/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fcbc501173b8f6a/6988b2f7fb4eacc327890328/anna-wintour-donald-trump-meeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 2016 God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards Dinner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Anna Wintour Met With Donald Trump After Apologizing for Criticism twitter:description: 'I hope that President-elect Trump will be a successful president for us all' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fcbc501173b8f6a/6988b2f7fb4eacc327890328/anna-wintour-donald-trump-meeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Anna Wintour Met With Donald Trump After Apologizing for Criticism > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Andrew Toth/FilmMagic) NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Anna Wintour attends the 2016 God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards dinner at Spring Studios on October 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/FilmMagic) Andrew Toth—Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Dec 14, 2016 7:30 PM UTC _Vogue_ editor-in-chief Anna Wintour [met](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kanye-west-meets-donald-trump-york/story?id=44162912)[ with Donald Trump](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vogue-editor-anna-wintour-apologises-9432803) on Tuesday — just days after she apologized for making critical comments about President-Elect on a commuter train. [The _Mirror_ reported](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vogue-editor-anna-wintour-apologises-9432803) that Wintour was overheard discussing the controversy surrounding the Donald J. Trump Foundation, the President-elect charity’s which [came under scrutiny](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-boasts-of-his-philanthropy-but-his-giving-falls-short-of-his-words/2016/10/29/b3c03106-9ac7-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.fad9cd682272) during his presidential campaign. “Trump’s foundation has done nothing,” Wintour said, according to the _Mirror_. “Its board is packed with relatives, and he’s going to use his presidency to sell himself and his brand and profit personally for himself and his family.” Wintour, who [publicly supported](http://www.vogue.com/13492873/hillary-clinton-endorsement-president-united-states-democrat/) and [fundraised for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/11/04/vogues-anna-wintour-greets-huma-abedin-with-a-kiss-at-clinton-fundraiser-in-washington/?utm%5Fterm=.9eb965e10359), apologized for her comments after being contacted by the _Mirror_. “I immediately regretted my comments, and I apologise. I hope that President-elect Trump will be a successful president for us all,” Wintour told the _Mirror_. (The quote was subsequently [confirmed by a _Vogue_ spokesperson by _New York Magazine_.](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/anna-wintour-apologizes-for-criticizing-donald-trump.html)) Wintour then met with Trump on Tuesday, a Trump transition [official confirmed to ABC](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kanye-west-meets-donald-trump-york/story?id=44162912). It’s unclear what the two discussed at the meeting. Wintour and Trump have had a somewhat friendly relationship in the past. Wintour attended Trump’s [2005 wedding to Melania Trump](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/fashion/donald-trump-melania-trump-anna-wintour-fashion.html), and even put the incoming First Lady [on the cover of _Vogue_](http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2015/10/01/fashion/melania-trump/s/20151001MELANIA-slide-3O0V.html) in her wedding dress. The magazine [has also featured](https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/why-fashion-may-learn-to-love-melania-trump) Ivanka Trump and his former wives Ivana Trump and Marla Maples in the past. The meeting raises additional questions about how the fashion industry will work with the new first family. Some designers, including [Sophie Theallet](http://motto.time.com/4576378/melania-trump-sophie-theallet-designer-boycott/) and [Tom Ford](http://motto.time.com/4587216/melania-trump-tom-ford-designers/), have said they won’t dress incoming First Lady Melania Trump, while others, like [Tommy Hilfiger](http://motto.time.com/4580749/tommy-hilfiger-melania-trump-dress/?iid=sr-link1) and [Diane von Furstenberg](http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/designers-talk-about-dressing-melania-trump-10714101/), have said that they will. _Vogue_ hasn’t outright dismissed the idea of giving the new First Lady a cover, per its tradition. “While we never comment on future editorial, Vogue has a long, rich history, dating back to Mrs. Helen Taft, of covering America’s First Ladies, regardless of party affiliation,” [a spokesperson for _Vogue_](https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/why-fashion-may-learn-to-love-melania-trump) told the Business of Fashion after the election. \[[H/T the Cut](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/anna-wintour-apologizes-for-criticizing-donald-trump.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4602146/anna-wintour-donald-trump-apology/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4602146/anna-wintour-donald-trump-apology/"},"headline":"Anna Wintour Met With Donald Trump After Apologizing for Criticism","datePublished":"2016-12-14T19:30:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:07.273Z","description":"'I hope that President-elect Trump will be a successful president for us all'","url":"https://time.com/4602146/anna-wintour-donald-trump-apology/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fcbc501173b8f6a/6988b2f7fb4eacc327890328/anna-wintour-donald-trump-meeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fcbc501173b8f6a/6988b2f7fb4eacc327890328/anna-wintour-donald-trump-meeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards Dinner","caption":"2016 God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards Dinner","creditText":"Andrew Toth—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4602146/anna-wintour-donald-trump-apology/","name":"Anna Wintour Met With Donald Trump After Apologizing for Criticism"}}]}] ```