It was newsworthy to note that footwear appropriate for a state dinner or diplomatic reception is appallingly out of place for a natural disaster.  Since the perception is that people of their wealth status cannot identify with "the common folk", the image was objectively stunning.

And as for this line: "Perhaps all this attention hides a secret envy of a stately and elegant first lady who has harmed no one and performs her duties with dignity and class," I remind everyone of the horrid attacks on Michelle Obama who certainly performed HER duties with dignity and class.