Amal Clooney sprak deze week op The Texas Conference for Women in Austin, en liet daar weten dat ook zij zich zorgen maakt om Trumps plannen, en vooral om zijn idee om moslims uit Amerika te weren. Clooney:
'That there should be a religious test imposed on entering the U.S. or the fact that there should be state-sponsored torture or that families of suspected terrorists should all be killed, all of those things are violations of international human rights law and the values that underlie that.'
Naast haar bezorgdheid, deelde ze ook haar hoop over sommige agendapunten van Trump. Zo prees ze zijn plan om van het bestrijden van ISIS een prioriteit te maken:
'We have to hope for the best. The President-Elect has said that fighting ISIS is actually a priority … so it may be that there can be progress, and obviously everyone has to respect the outcome of the democratic process here, and we have to hope for the best.'
Duidelijk.
EN DAN MELANIA
Ondertussen weigert ontwerper Sophie Theallet de First Lady Melania Trump te kleden, zo meldt WWD, die in een open brief andere ontwerpers oproept om hetzelfde te doen. Theallet:
'As one who celebrates and strives for diversity, individual freedom and respect for all lifestyles, I will not participate in dressing or associating in any way with the next First Lady. The rhetoric of racism, sexism and xenophobia unleashed by her husband's presidential campaign are incompatible with the shared values we live by.'
Theallet kleedde jarenlang Michelle Obama toen ze First Lady was. Dat het commercieel gezien geen verstandige keuze is, begrijpt ze. Theallet vervolgt haar open brief dan ook met:
'I am well aware it is not wise to get involved in politics. That said, as a family-owned company, our bottom line is not just about money. We value our artistic freedom and always humbly seek to contribute to a more humane, conscious and ethical way to create in this world.'
Afsluitend:
'Integrity is our only true currency.'
Poe..
