It all began with an awkward gift, when you think about it. When Donald and Melania Trump arrived at the White House on January 20, 2017, just before Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president, Melania handed Michelle Obama a blue Tiffany box, which she didn’t quite seem to know what to do with and was eventually whisked inside the White House by President Obama. Since that viral moment, both Donald and Melania have participated in all kinds of ceremonial gift-giving events—it’s part of the job, like it or not—and who could honestly expect them to keep track of all of them?

Except that, when you’re about to reunite with someone who once received a gift, you’d think someone would prepare you or remind you of the transaction. Melania, it seems, got a reminder of the pewter horse given to the Queen when the Trumps visited Windsor Castle last year. Her husband did not, or at least ignored it:

Given all the drama swirling around Trump’s first state visit to the United Kingdom, this minor faux pas will probably fade quickly. The president has already had an awkward encounter with Prince Harry, whose wife, Meghan Markle, Trump described as “nasty” in an interview over the weekend. And tomorrow Trump will meet with Theresa May, who intends to step down as prime minister on June 7 after being mired in the Brexit crisis, a decision Trump has praised. The Trump baby protest balloon will also, inevitably, be back. What’s a forgotten pewter horse amid all of that?

As of press time, the horse had no comment.

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