The Mad Hatters at MSNBC Try (and Fail) to Psychoanalyze Melania Trump

There’s no proof that Sigmund Freud ever acknowledged that “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” but whoever coined the phrase was certainly onto something. Not everything is chockfull of hidden meanings.

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Including a hat.

With its ratings in freefall, MSNBC returned to its old-school journalistic roots, publishing today an introspective, hard-hitting, no-holds-barred psychoanalysis of the incoming first lady’s headwear: “The Message Behind Melania Trump’s Hat.”

(Well! If that doesn’t jumpstart its ratings, nothing will.)

Hannah Holland, an MSNBC producer and writer, penned this Pulitzer-worthy article. In her opinion:

Much has been made on social media likening Melania’s hat and outfit to mourning attire. I disagree. The apparently intentional obstruction of her face, all but entirely eliminating our ability to build connection with her as our

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