Overview
- Global editorial director Mark Guiducci, who took over in June, has floated a Melania Trump cover as part of a broader repositioning of the magazine.
- An unnamed mid-level editor told the Daily Mail they would quit if the cover proceeds, while other employees predicted the threats are "all talk."
- Condé Nast and the first lady's office have not announced a decision or a scheduled cover shoot, leaving the idea at the discussion stage.
- Right-leaning outlets amplified the story as Fox & Friends hosts endorsed the potential cover and urged firing the protesting staffer, with Fox's Gutfeld! later mocking the editor's stance.
- Coverage notes Melania Trump did not appear on U.S. Vanity Fair or Vogue during the previous term, though she was on Vanity Fair Mexico in 2017, and she has said she has no interest in magazine covers.