2018 White House Christmas Portrait of Trump and Melania released

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The U.S President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump disclosed their 2018 official White House Christmas portrait in a hall full with green Christmas trees hampered with red accessories. The photograph was taken by official Trump White House photographer Andrea Hanks. The photo shows both Trump and Melania holding hands, standing surrounded by conventionally green trees, not the blood-red conical trees designed by the first lady that inspired a Twitter kerfuffle a few weeks ago. The first lady’s sleek white turtleneck gown by Celine was taken in the Cross Hall during the annual Congressional Ball at the White House Saturday night.

Both Twitter accounts of Trump featured the picture.

Merry Christmas from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. @POTUS & @FLOTUS are seen Saturday, December 15, in their official 2018 Christmas portrait, in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks) pic.twitter.com/nIuplZSDBe

— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) December 18, 2018

A full shot of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump in their official Christmas portrait in the Cross Hall of the White House on Dec. 15, 2018. The White House holiday decorations were designed by the first lady. It has been a target of mocking on Twitter for the second year in a row. The critics on Twitter have indicated a line of fiery red cone trees in the East Colonnade evoked reminders of costumes in “The Handmaid’s Tale”.

Trump defended them and said that they “looked fantastic” and mocked the media for reporting what the critics said about them. Her design featured an icy white theme with Balsam fir trees hung with “icicles” and trimmed with glass ornaments, last year. The first lady posed in a white dress in the Grand Foyer surrounded by huge white pots of towering fir branches sprayed white and arching over her head.