THE PHRASE WAS OF LOUIS XVI'S AUNTS, BUT PALAIS-ROYAL REVOLUTIONARIES USED IT TO ATTACK MARIE-ANTOINETTE
The phrase and the queen's outsized love of luxury have entered American culture: "Barack Antoinette," a columnist called Obama* to castigate a fête.
*Maureen Dowd commenting his 60th birthday celebration in The New York Times (in 2021).
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Marie-Antoinette by Sophie Coppola, 2006 / zoom |
In Trump's second term his favoritism and destroying part of the White House to build a giant ballroom while cancelling programs that help the poor, have made the allusion continuous. A few of the almost daily examples:
"Trump 'Marie-Antoinette' says, 'No health care for you peasants, but a ballroom for the queen!'
Marie-Antoinette avec la rose by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, zoom / Facebook
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"No Kings" demonstration in Paris, Oct 25, 2025.
"At least Marie-Antoinette had Style!"
"Versailles at discount"
is said of his gold decor.
-- The Meidas Touch podcast
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