--- title: Melania Trump Wears 'I Really Don't Care' Jacket to Texas description: First lady Melania Trump wore a jacket that read, "I really don't care," ahead of her unannounced visit to a child detention center in Texas. canonical: https://time.com/5319150/melania-trump-jacket-texas/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-21T20:58:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:30.100Z og:title: Melania Trump Wore a Jacket That Said 'I Really Don't Care' on It Ahead of Visit to Child Detention Center og:description: "It's a jacket. 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U.S. first lady Melania Trump boards an Air Force plane before traveling to Texas to visit facilities that house and care for children taken from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border June 21, 2018 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 21, 2018 8:58 PM UTC [First Lady Melania Trump](http://time.com/5318542/first-lady-melania-trump-visit-child-detention-center/) wore a jacket that read, “I really don’t care. Do U?” ahead of her unannounced visit to a [child detention center](http://time.com/5317255/refugee-child-policy-europe-u-s-alf-dubs-amendment/) in [Texas](http://time.com/money/5317104/this-texas-nonprofit-is-set-to-receive-458-million-in-federal-money-to-detain-immigrant-children/), drawing criticism from those who saw the wardrobe choice as insensitive. The First Lady’s spokesperson Stephanie Grisham said in a statement that there was no ill intent behind the First Lady’s outerwear. “It’s a jacket. There was no hidden message,” Grisham said in a statement. “After today’s important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn’t going to choose to focus on her wardrobe.” Melania was photographed wearing the controversial coat while boarding a plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, en route to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday. She was [reportedly](https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/politics/melania-trump-jacket/index.html) not wearing the jacket when she landed in McAllen, Texas. Melania made the visit just one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would keep families from being separated while maintaining the administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy that would prosecute anyone who enters the country illegally. “Today’s visit w the children in Texas impacted @flotus greatly,” Grisham later added in a tweet. “If media would spend their time & energy on her actions & efforts to help kids – rather than speculate & focus on her wardrobe – we could get so much accomplished on behalf of children. #SheCares #ItsJustAJacket” > [](https://twitter.com/stephgrisham45/status/1009881721012150272) However, the jacket has elicited strong reactions on social media in the wake of the outcry over the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5319150/melania-trump-jacket-texas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5319150/melania-trump-jacket-texas/"},"headline":"Melania Trump Wore a Jacket That Said 'I Really Don't Care' on It Ahead of Visit to Child Detention Center","datePublished":"2018-06-21T20:58:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:30.100Z","description":"\"It's a jacket. 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