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# Only Treason in the Building
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/only-treason-in-the-building/
- Published: 2022-08-31T22:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:05:05.000Z
- Description: What does the star of Only Murders in the Building, Selena Gomez, have in common with Trump's stolen top secret documents?
- Author: Sarah Rose Sharp
- Tags: News, Donald Trump, Florida, Memes, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:22 (2021, 2022, part 2)

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Selena Gomez dressed as the top secret government documents seized in Mar-a-Lago? (edit by Hyperallergic)

As fans of the Hulu series *Only Murders in the Building* can attest, no one is more beguiling in unwinding a mystery than Selena Gomez. This makes her the perfect foil for the latest all-the-way-to-the-top conspiracy, as savvy Twitter user and political reporter [Marisa Kabas](https://twitter.com/MarisaKabas/status/1564830016088711168?ref=hyperallergic.com) noticed that the singer-turned-actress is a fashion double for the stolen documents seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on August 8.

"When it comes to Trump, everything is a visual experience and the release of a photo of the classified documents he stole from the White House is no different," Kabas told Hyperallergic in conversation via Twitter. "The casino-chic carpet immediately caught my eye, and like a deranged Project Runway challenge, I set out to find a dress that looked similar and stumbled upon Selena's brocade look. And from there, more inspiration followed."

Gomez’s *lewks* include “Mar-a-Lago Carpet,” which mimics a motif that political watchdog Instagrammer @[agirlhasnopresident](https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch6-FoUA3WS/?ref=hyperallergic.com) characterizes as worse than the Nashville airport. (On Trump, of course; it looks divine on Gomez, which goes to show that context matters.)

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch6-FoUA3WS/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link

There’s also “Top Secret” — a look so hot, you understand why everyone is tempted to keep looking at it, even when changes in their professional status have made it illegal to do so.

> [pic.twitter.com/usuGA23gs6](https://t.co/usuGA23gs6?ref=hyperallergic.com)
> 
> — Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) [August 31, 2022](https://twitter.com/MarisaKabas/status/1564830518641844225?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com)

There’s also “Document Stack” which is based on Gomez, and the basis for treason on Trump.

> [pic.twitter.com/fNkpAEXgH1](https://t.co/fNkpAEXgH1?ref=hyperallergic.com)
> 
> — Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) [August 31, 2022](https://twitter.com/MarisaKabas/status/1564831526411554816?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com)

What’s Gomez’s secret? It’s taking fashion inspiration from literal secret documents. The secret’s out!

> [pic.twitter.com/fejZSa1xd7](https://t.co/fejZSa1xd7?ref=hyperallergic.com)
> 
> — Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) [August 31, 2022](https://twitter.com/MarisaKabas/status/1564842508592504832?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com)

The key to being fashion-forward is to always push the envelope, a tip which Trump apparently misinterpreted as taking home envelopes full of classified information, where they could have potentially been accessed by [Russian, Chinese, and Iranian spies](https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-fbi-official-russian-spies-enter-mar-a-lago-2022-8?ref=hyperallergic.com)!

> [pic.twitter.com/sV4ZfsD7vS](https://t.co/sV4ZfsD7vS?ref=hyperallergic.com)
> 
> — Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) [August 31, 2022](https://twitter.com/MarisaKabas/status/1564966353534066690?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com)

I think we can all appreciate that Trump and Selena Gomez have one thing, and one thing only, in common: a desire to take risks. Of course, only one of them is taking risks with national security, but good luck telling which from these pictures.

> [pic.twitter.com/Y2nCYp38f5](https://t.co/Y2nCYp38f5?ref=hyperallergic.com)
> 
> — Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) [August 31, 2022](https://twitter.com/MarisaKabas/status/1564978070582337536?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com)