Melania documentary poster vandalised with Hitler moustache amid ICE action–bus riders say ‘represents what's going on’

The posters for “Melania,” a documentary film about the first lady, Melania Trump, were vandalised with Hitler graffiti and more at bus stops across Los Angeles.

According to the LA Times, the Melania posters were being scribbled with devil horns, a Hitler-style moustache, expletives referring to her husband, Donald Trump's, association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and a lot more.

Some of the posters read “Melania is in the Epstein files”, while others had “Eva Braun,” Hitler's long-time lover, written on them, reported Fox 11 LA.

This “extensive and severe” vandalism spree, LA Metro officials said, occurred after federal immigration agents last weekend shot and killed US citizen Alex Pretti amid widespread tumultuous protests in Minneapolis.

The ads have run for three weeks out of a four-week ad buy. The “Melania” documentary, produced by Amazon MGM Studios, will be released in theatres on Friday.

“Given that Metro buses have had significant vandalism and damage during previous periods of heightened public activity,” Chandler told the LA Times in the emailed statement, adding that they have made the decision “in the interest of protecting our riders, employees and assets, and out of an abundance of caution,” to shift some of these buses to areas where we were not observing that vandalism.

“She represents part of what's going on,” the rider said. “If you have let's say Hitler's wife and they make a movie about her, I don't think people are going to be happy about her either, even if she didn't do anything wrong.”

“She's related to that guy so, indirectly she getting all the flack,” said another bus rider.

A rider said that they “understand people disagree with things,” but said “damaging public transport is not the best idea”. “…but I do definitely understand where they are coming from,” the rider said.