It has only been two days since the election but soon-to-be First Lady Melania Trump has already sent social media into meltdown.
Melania, 46, has changed her name on Instagram to “firstladymelaniatrump” with still 10 weeks to go until Donald Trump is officially sworn in and given the keys to the White House.
Trump currently holds the title of “President-Elect” and will do so until the inauguration ceremony on January 20.
Barack and Michelle Obama will officially hold the status and duties of President of the United States and The First Lady until then.
Users have begun furiously flooding Melania's account with messages that call the premature change "disrespectful".
"I can't, no disrespect to another woman but it's not classy to update your status to "firstlady" when there is still another OFFICIAL First Lady currently in the White House," one user wrote.
"Barack and Michelle are our President and First Lady, please have some respect," wrote another.
"Gees, can you just wait till Inauguration Day to take the title First Lady," wrote a third.
All we can say is, guys, this had to happen someday. And she probably had to just save the handle to make sure nobody else snapped it up.
The majority of the hate is on the image Melania uploaded only hours ago of her and Donald Trump touring the White House.
Melania captioned the image with an explicit recognition of First Lady Michelle Obama.
"Such a Honor today to visit the White House. Thank You President Obama and The First Lady for being so gracious. God Bless our beautiful Country, (sic)" she wrote.
The comment section continues to grow as users attack Melania and each other over the electoral results.
Hear Mia Freedman, Rosie Waterland, Jessie Stephens and others debriefing about the US election on a special Mamamia Out Loud bonus episode, here:
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The Electoral College hasn't voted yet. He may not even get to be president.
I smell a fake account. Someone in Melania's position would surely have hired a publicist/social media manager to look after her online presence. But regardless, the name-calling and vitriol in the comments on those Instagram posts are totally uncalled for.
You mean, the same handlers who 'wrote' Melania's speech that plagarised Michelle Obama's speech? They were really on top of things weren't they?