Vanity Fair staff have threatened to walk out if First Lady Melania Trump is featured on the magazine’s U.S. cover, with one editor telling the Daily Mail, “I will walk out the motherf***ing door, and half my staff will follow me.” (thedailybeast.com) Semafor reported that the magazine’s new global editorial director, Mark Guiducci, floated the idea as he reshapes the title. (thewrap.com) Conservative outlets amplified the dispute and a fake Vanity Fair–style Melania cover spread online; PolitiFact says that image was inauthentic. (politifact.com) Some employees called the quit threats performative, while others said the final decision rests with Condé Nast leadership and editors.