'Don’t care jacket was a message'
It was a mystery which sparked countless think pieces: Why did US First Lady Melania Trump wear a $39 jacket emblazoned with "I really don't care, do you?" during a trip to a migrant child detention centre? At the time of the June trip, Donald Trump said it was a message to the "Fake News Media".
Her communications chief, however, had insisted it was "just a jacket". Trump visited the New Hope Children's Shelter in McAllen, Texas, on 21 June. The centre housed 55 children, including some separated from their parents as part of the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy towards illegal immigration.
However, she was criticized for wearing the controversial jacket on her way to the centre and during her return trip, although she took off the jacket before arriving at the centre itself.
There was widespread speculation and criticism over what message Trump intended to send by wearing the jacket on that particular trip - although her spokeswoman said "there was no hidden message".
However, in an interview with ABC news that was released on Saturday, the former model acknowledged the jacket "was a kind of message, yes".
