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Billionaire Michael Dell Hits Back After Trolls Mock Wife Susan's Appearance at White House

The White House event for the Dells’ $6.25 billion pledge drew memes that revived an old conspiracy theory about hidden reptilian rulers.

  • On October 7, 2026, philanthropist Susan Dell appeared at the White House with her husband, Michael Dell, to discuss their $6.25 billion commitment to children's Trump Accounts, inadvertently sparking viral memes about her appearance.
  • The 'reptilian elite' theory, popularized nearly three decades ago by British author David Icke through his 1999 book The Biggest Secret, claims that shape-shifting lizard-like beings secretly control world leaders.
  • This incident illustrates how readily decades-old conspiracy theories resurface around prominent figures, with users often misinterpreting ordinary gestures or video artifacts as supposed signs of a disguise.
  • President Donald Trump and Eric Trump defended Susan, describing the attacks as "vicious" and urging focus on the couple's $6.25 billion contribution benefiting 25 million children across America.
  • Political scientist Michael Barkun notes these conspiracy narratives echo antisemitic myths about secret groups; there is no evidence that Dell or anyone else belongs to such a species.
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Dell founder reposted messages on social media condemning unjust attacks on 62-year-old Susan Dell – “It’s disgusting,” Eric Trump commented

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MICHAEL Dell defended his wife Susan from online insults.

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The appearance of the well-known philanthropist Susan Dell in the Oval Office next to Donald Trump and her husband triggered an unprecedented attack on social media The post Susan Dell: She donated $6.25 billion but everyone stayed in the picture – Digital cannibalism and the “reptile” appeared first on in.gr.

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Susan and Michael Dell, founder and managing director of Dell Technologies, have allocated $6.25 billion to the investment accounts for children introduced by the Trump administration: $250 million for 25 million children up to ten years old, resident in the American areas with medium-low income and excluded from the federal contribution reserved for new borns. During the intervention in the Oval Studio, Susan Dell, philanthropist and co-founder…

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IBTimes UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Monday, October 12, 2026.
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