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Donald Trumps old tweets keep coming back to haunt him. This time, they followed him to Saudi Arabia, during his first trip overseasas president of the United States.

In 2015, half a year before he announced he was running for president, Trump criticized then-first ladyMichelle Obama for not wearing a headscarf over her hair during a trip to Saudi Arabia. The Saudis were insulted, Trump tweeted. We have enuf [sic] enemies.

But when Trump and his family visited the Islamic nation this weekend, people noticed that his wife,Melania,and his elder daughter,Ivanka, did the exact same thing.

Melania Trump wore loose-fitting conservative outfits to the Islamic nation, much like Obama did during her 2015 trip to Saudi Arabia. Trump was seen wearing ablack Stella McCartney jumpsuitthat covered most of her arms and legs, and she accentuated the outfit with a gold belt and chain-link necklace. Ivanka Trump wore a long-sleeved floral dress that ended above the ankles.

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MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images

Once photos of the Trumps in Saudi Arabia surfaced online, people were quick to dig up the presidents old tweet and point out his hypocrisy.

Saudi Arabia has astrict dress codethat requires Saudi women to wear long black robes, known as abayas, and to cover their hair in public. However, foreign diplomats and politicians arent required to cover their hair during visits to the country.

Middle East politics expert Christopher Davidson told NBC News that its perfectly tasteful and appropriate for prominent women, including the Trumps and Michelle Obama, to forego headscarves during their visits to the kingdom.

Weve now had a number of prominent Western women who have visited Saudi in recent months, Angela Merkel and Theresa May, Davidson said. Neither of them covered their hair and they both wore trouser suits.

Journalist Joyce Karam also pointed out that several other first ladies and female American politicians have visited the country sans headscarves in the past, including Hillary Clinton, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush. (In fact, Laura Bush briefly wore a headscarf, which was given to her as a gift, during a trip to Saudi Arabia, but she did not wear it for the entire visit, according to The Guardian.)

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