WAS SAID BY ONE OF LOUIS XV'S DAUGHTERS
Palais-Royal revolutionaries used it to attack Marie-Antoinette, whose frivolity made her a target.
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Marie-Antoinette by Sophie Coppola, 2006 / zoom |
It has become part of American discourse:
- "Barack Antoinette," a columnist called Obama* to castigate a fête...
*Maureen Dowd commenting his 60th birthday celebration in The New York Times.
- And when Trump tore down the east wing of the White House to build "Marie-Antoinette's la-de-da ballroom'"* ....
*Democrat Congressman James Raskin on the Bryan Taylor Cohen podcast, October 24, 2025.
California's governor's press office compared Trump to her: TRUMP "MARIE-ANTOINETTE" SAYS, "NO HEALTH CARE FOR YOU PEASANTS, BUT A BALLROOM FOR THE QUEEN!"*
* His cancellation of government funds for health care makes it unaffordable for many, while he tears down a White House wing to build a ballroom.
Marie-Antoinette avec la rose by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, zoom / Facebook
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And everyday people take it up:
"No Kings" demonstration in Paris, Oct 25, 2025.
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