“Aliens are taking over the White House”: The appearance of a newly appointed US ambassador has sparked widespread discussion.

A photo of Barbara Thornhill, who joined the State Department as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, is sparking widespread discussion on US social media. The image has been viewed over 10 million times.
Users have been sharing jokes and memes about her appearance, writing with sarcasm: "They aren't doing a very good job of hiding aliens in the Trump administration" and "Aliens are taking over the White House."
Thornhill leads US efforts to combat human trafficking.