Trump hammered for wild claim that 'Melania' was No 1 movie this year

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures after delivering remarks at Red Rock Casino Resort Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., August 5, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech in Law Vegas had no shortage of rambling and more than it’s fair share of broken chains of thought. More than enough to keep social media commenters and self-styled comedians busy when the monologue was done.

But commenters were particularly tawdry over Trump’s claim of First Lady Melania Trump’s film success.

Trump’s boast came after a tortured path through a description of “dirty” blue cities.

“I see … a lot of bad results when you have the wrong people and the wrong ideology. But one of the things I see — and you see it here — the blue states run by Democrats, everything’s filthy, dirty all the time. The cities stink, they smell, the sidewalks [are] loaded was horrible stuff. I don’t want to use the term because my wife … she hates it when I use the term,” Trump began.

“She doesn’t love it. She hates it when I imitate … no men in women’s sports. She hates it when I do the [woman] weight lifter. She said, ‘It’s not presidential.’ I said ‘Well, it may not be presidential, but I won the election in a landslide’, so I don’t know. Well, she’s very elegant. You know, Melania says hello to everybody. By the way, but she’s very, very elegant, she did a movie, I think it’s the number one movie of the year. She’s very elegant.”

He clearly thought wrong, according to the legion of critics that swarmed posts of his video on X.

“It wasn’t #1 for even a single day it was in theaters,” said author Hemant Mehta on X.

“Let's call it what it is: a lie,” said another X heckler.

“Tom Holland would like a word,” said another, referencing another Marvel movie lining up to be a smash.

“I heard it was a number two,” quipped another comedian on X.

Mediaite reports“Melania: Twenty Days to History” made $7 million in its opening weekend amid claims GOP operatives and candidates bought out entire theaters to funnel it money. But the movie cost Amazon MGM Studios $75 million to make. The documentary debuted as the third-most popular movie upon release, behind Send Help and The Iron Lung.”

In February, the movie had received a collective score of just 6 out of 100 from critics, which indicates “overwhelming dislike.” Similarly, Melaniascored a mere 6 percent on Rotten Tomatoes’ “Tomameter,” indicating that 94 percent of reviews for the movie had been negative.

Even award-winning journalist and media founder Katherine Couric whacked the First Lady’s maligned documentary, handing it a highly sarcastic “riveting” for a scene featuring Melania Trump feebly trickling out karaoke from a car’s back seat.

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