BUSH FAMILY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking forward to being with the wonderful Bush family at Blair House today. The former First Lady will be coming over to the White House this morning to be given a tour of the Christmas decorations by Melania. The elegance & precision of the last two days have been remarkable!” -Donald […]
Category: Melania
12/3/2018
BUSH FAMILY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump paid a brief visit to the U.S. Capitol on Monday [12-3-18] night to pay his respects to predecessor George H.W. Bush. Accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, the president who has had friction with the Bush family paused in silence at the ex-president’s flag-draped casket in the rotunda […]
12/2/2018
HOLIDAY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This week, Jews around the world will celebrate the miracles of Hanukkah. @FLOTUS Melania and I send our very best wishes for a blessed and Happy Hanukkah! https://t.co/LrnGcc86w4 https://t.co/Kdjeyvkzmb“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 2, 2018 3:15 pm […]
12/1/2018
BUSH FAMILY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Statement from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the Passing of Former President George H.W. B…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 1, 2018 12:50 am […]
12/1/2018
BUSH FAMILY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Statement from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the Passing of Former President George H.W. Bush https://t.co/qxPsp4Ggs7“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 1, 2018 12:49 am […]
11/29/2018
G20/MELANIA/SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just landed in Argentina with @FLOTUS Melania! #G20Summit https://t.co/Zg15gmPazF“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 29, 2018 8:41 pm […]
11/28/2018
HOLIDAY/MELANIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “On behalf of @FLOTUS Melania and the entire Trump family, I want to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! May this Christmas Season bring peace to your hearts, warmth to your homes, cheer to your spirits and JOY TO THE WORLD! #NCTL2018? https://t.co/XNMJQ5JDSU“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 28, 2018 6:32 pm […]
11/21/2018
DRUGS/MELANIA: “Liberty University has announced that first lady Melania Trump will participate in a ‘town hall’ discussion at Liberty University next week about the opioid epidemic. Also participating in the Nov. 28 event will be Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Dianna Hart, whose daughter Demi Lovato was […]
11/20/2018
HOLIDAY/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: President @realDonaldTrump, joined by @FLOTUS, has officially pardoned this year’s National Thanksgiving Turkey, Peas—and h…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 20, 2018 3:01 pm […]
11/19/2018
HOLIDAY/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: The @WhiteHouse is getting ready for the Christmas season! Thank you to the Smith Family & the National Christmas Tree Associat…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 19, 2018 9:15 pm […]
11/19/2018
HOLIDAY/MELANIA: “RT @WhiteHouse: President Trump and the First Lady Participate in the White House Christmas Tree Delivery https://t.co/O6Nr8k1mnu“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 19, 2018 3:56 pm […]
11/16/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Officials in the Donald Trump administration have now learned the lesson taught many of their predecessors. Beware the power of the first lady. Melania Trump basically forced out a top national security official this week, a reminder to many that first ladies wield a unique kind of power…The White House announced […]
11/15/2018
MELANIA: “Melania Trump says she’s OK with the criticism and ridicule she has received for tackling online bullying and remains committed to the issue because ‘it will provide a better world for our children.’ The first lady told attendees Thursday [11-15-18] at an annual online safety conference to consider using ‘negative words’ directed at them […]
11/15/2018
MELANIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “President Donald Trump visited with Marines and spoke at a White House veterans’ conference Thursday [11-15-18] amid fallout over his decision not to visit an American cemetery during his weekend trip to Paris to commemorate the end of World War I. The president and first lady Melania Trump spent about 40 minutes […]
11/15/2018
MELANIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to visit with our GREAT U.S. MARINES at the Marine Barracks here in Washington, D.C. We love you @USMC @MBWDC! https://t.co/ASWmDZrDRK https://t.co/xYrPw9zzVv“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, 2018 3:08 pm […]
11/15/2018
ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump insisted Thursday [11-15-18] that despite a recent flurry of high-level reshuffling inside his administration, with more reportedly on the way, his White House ‘is running very smoothly.’ The media, Trump said, had overhyped personnel moves, which have included the removal of Jeff Sessions as attorney general and […]
11/14/2018
MELANIA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In an extraordinary step for a first lady, Melania Trump called Tuesday [11-13-18] for the dismissal of deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel, someone who a White House official said she’d never met. ‘It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that she (Ricardel) no longer deserves the honor […]
11/14/2018
ENTERTAINMENT/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is skipping the Kennedy Center Honors, again. For the second year in a row, Trump and his wife Melania will not attend the event meant to honor contributions to American culture on Dec. 2, Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s spokeswoman said Tuesday [11-13-18]. Grisham confirmed to USA TODAY that […]
11/13/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A feud with the first lady’s office is expected to cost a senior national security adviser her job after she sparred with East Wing staff and other key members of the Trump administration. The dispute spilled into public view in extraordinary fashion on Tuesday when the first lady’s office released a statement calling […]
11/13/2018
MELANIA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump was under pressure from his wife, Melania, on Tuesday [11-13-18] to fire his deputy national security adviser over what two sources close to the White House said was the way Mrs Trump’s trip to Africa was handled. Two presidential aides said Trump was considering forcing out deputy national security […]
11/13/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In this White House, no one knows when the ax will fall or who will be swinging it. A new day of firing and fury culminating in a staggering power play by first lady Melania Trump deepened already historic dysfunction in the administration on Tuesday [11-13-18], leaving top officials blindsided and confused. […]
11/12/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA/OBAMA FAMILY: “In her new memoir, ‘Becoming,’ former first lady Michelle Obama writes a passage explaining how her predecessor, Laura Bush, had extended her help to Obama when she was an incoming first lady, telling her that if Obama needed help, she was ‘a phone call away.’ In turn, Obama writes she did the same […]
11/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/MELANIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has visited the Supreme Court for the ceremonial swearing-in of new Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The president and first lady Melania Trump also met privately with the justices before Thursday’s brief courtroom ceremony. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker took part in the ceremony for an invitation-only crowd that […]
11/6/2018
ELECTION/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: Vote Red ?? MAGA ?? https://t.co/i95OiBimxA https://t.co/ncvDcAP8LZ“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 6, 2018 1:11 pm […]
10/31/2018
MASS SHOOTING/MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania and I were treated very nicely yesterday in Pittsburgh. The Office of the President was shown great respect on a very sad & solemn day. We were treated so warmly. Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful! https://t.co/9B9HgCF1G9“ -Donald […]
10/31/2018
MASS SHOOTINGS/MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania and I were treated very nicely yesterday in Pittsburgh. The Office of the President was shown great respect on a very sad and solemn day. We were treaty so warmly. Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful!” -Donald Trump, […]
10/25/2018
FRANCE/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Spoke with French President @EmmanuelMacron this morning. Discussed many topics including the very exciting upcoming visit to Paris where @FLOTUS Melania and I will attend the Armistice Day Centennial Commemoration!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 25, 2018 1:42 pm […]
10/16/2018
DRUGS/HHS/MELANIA/PENNSYLVANIA: “First lady Melania Trump will travel to Philadelphia to meet with families of children who were affected by exposure to opioids while in the womb. Mrs. Trump is being joined on her Wednesday [10-17-18] visit to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. The hospital has provided care […]
10/15/2018
HURRICANE/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be leaving for Florida and Georgia with the First Lady to tour the hurricane damage and visit with FEMA, First Responders and Law Enforcement. Maximum effort is taking place, everyone is working very hard. Worst hit in 50 years!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 15, 2018 7:25 am […]
10/13/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “First lady Melania Trump said she was ‘blindsided’ by the administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy that led to family separations at the southern border and it prompted her unannounced visit there in June…Asked if she disagreed with the administration’s zero-tolerance policy, Trump said, ‘Yes and I let him (the President) know. ‘I didn’t […]
10/12/2018
MELANIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Melania Trump appeared to push back on claims made by her husband’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, when he said the first lady believes the President and knows that the alleged Stormy Daniels’ affair and payment was ‘untrue.’ The first lady’s spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said in a statement in response to Giuliani’s remarks, […]
10/12/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Don’t miss our GREAT @FLOTUS, Melania, on @ABC @ABC2020 tonight at 10pmE. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 12, 2018 8:17 pm […]
10/12/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA: “Don’t miss our GREAT @FLOTUS, Melania, on @ABC @ABC2020 tonight at 10pmE. Enjoy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 12, 2018 2:10 pm […]
10/11/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [10-11-18] that he will ‘weed out’ individuals inside his administration who he does not like, echoing remarks from his wife, who told ABC News that there are people working for her husband who she does not trust. During a live phone interview Thursday morning with Fox […]
10/10/2018
ME TOO/MELANIA/SEX ABUSE: “First lady Melania Trump says women who make accusations of sexual abuse ‘need to be heard’ and supported, but so do men. She says when there are accusations there needs to be ‘really hard evidence’ and accusers should ‘show the evidence.’ Mrs. Trump was interviewed on her Kenya trip by ABC, which […]
10/9/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: Thank you Egypt ?? ?? https://t.co/7i0POn29XN“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 4:59 pm […]
10/9/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: Thank you Kenya ?? ?? https://t.co/5FXP7Ki3Zw“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 4:59 pm […]
10/9/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée implored President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump ‘to help shed light on’ his disappearance in an op-ed published by The Washington Post Tuesday [10-9-18]. Khashoggi vanished on October 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. As a columnist for the Post, he […]
10/8/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “In the end the most viral moment of Melania Trump’s five-day, four-country solo trip, which came to a close Sunday [10-7-18] when she stepped off the plane at Joint Base Andrews, had to do with clothes, as it so often does. To be specific: her irritation with everyone’s interest in her attire. It happened […]
10/7/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: Thank you Kenya ?? ?? https://t.co/JrHncob8Qp“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 7, 2018 1:15 pm […]
10/5/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “Melania Trump briefly lost her footing when a baby elephant startled her with a sudden move, but the first lady was anything but out of step when children at an orphanage welcomed her to their home with African song and dance. It didn’t take long for the typically reserved U.S. first lady to dive […]
10/5/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “A half a world away from the spectacle of Washington, Melania Trump still managed to create one of her own during a Kenyan safari on Friday [10-5-18], riding out into the grassland wearing a crisp white pith helmet — a common symbol of European colonial rule. It may not have been the most glaring […]
10/5/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “U.S. first lady Melania Trump read to children at an orphanage, fed a baby elephant, and went on a short safari on Friday [10-5-18] in Kenya, the third country on her nearly week-long Africa tour. Trump, who has also visited Ghana and Malawi, kicked off her day with a stop at an elephant orphanage, […]
10/5/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: Thank you Malawi! ?? ?? https://t.co/rE03LMNzOZ“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2018 4:29 pm […]
10/5/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: Thank you Ghana! ?? ?? https://t.co/d34cqFyRdN“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2018 4:29 pm […]
10/5/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “RT @Scavino45: ?Happening Now | 2:08amE; Our great @FLOTUS, Melania Trump…visiting a Kenyan elephant orphanage…https://t.co/rW2cWXaswf“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2018 6:25 am […]
10/4/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “U.S. First Lady Melania Trump brought soccer balls and books to a school in Malawi on Thursday to highlight a USAID scheme to support African schools, on the second stop of her four-nation tour of the continent. President Donald Trump has sought to roll back the U.S. foreign aid budget, a move that has […]
10/4/2018
AFRICA/EDUCATION/MELANIA/STATE: “Melania Trump spent Thursday [10-4-18] in southern Africa promoting the work of a U.S. international development agency whose funding President Donald Trump has twice proposed slashing by nearly a third. Lawmakers essentially ignored those requests. Mrs. Trump toured classrooms at Lilongwe’s Chipala Primary School, which gets textbooks and other education assistance from the U.S. […]
10/4/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our country’s great First Lady, Melania, is doing really well in Africa. The people love her, and she loves them! It is a beautiful thing to see.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 8:34 am […]
10/4/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. First Lady Melania Trump laid a wreath at a 17th-century slave fortress in Ghana on Wednesday [10-3-18], vowing never to forget where Africans were held before being shipped away into further hardship, most across the Atlantic. Ghana is the jumping-off point for her first major solo international trip for Melania as […]
10/2/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “Proud of our great First Lady – and she loves doing this! https://t.co/VD7wlqeJoR“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 2, 2018 12:22 pm […]
10/1/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “The Latest on Melania Trump’s trip to Africa (all times local): 6:20 p.m. First lady Melania Trump has departed from Washington on her first big international trip without the president. Mrs. Trump left early Monday [10-1-8] evening on a seven-day trip that will take her to the African nations of Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and […]
9/11/2018
9/11/MELANIA/PENNSYLVANIA: “RT @WhiteHouse: .@realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS visited the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania this morning to honor the memories of…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 11, 2018 5:51 pm […]
9/11/2018
9/11/MELANIA/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Departing Washington, D.C. to attend a Flight 93 September 11th Memorial Service in Shanksville, Pennsylvania with Melania. #NeverForget https://t.co/O2sFUeRqeb“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 11, 2018 7:24 am […]
9/11/2018
9/11/MELANIA/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have visited a memorial in Pennsylvania to mark the 9/11 attacks 17 years ago. Mr Trump delivered a speech commemorating the airplane passengers who are thought to have charged the cockpit to stop the attackers. Ceremonies are also being held at New York […]
9/9/2018
HOLIDAY/MELANIA: “Melania and I wish all Jewish people Shana Tova and send our warmest greetings to those celebrating Rosh Hashanah and the start of the High Holy Days… https://t.co/uMrHHX5il0“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 9, 2018 12:28 pm […]
9/6/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA: “Melania Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] said the anonymous author of an explosive New York Times op-ed alleging her husband is unfit for office is ‘sabotaging’ the country…Though the first lady asserted that a free press ‘is important to our democracy’ and called freedom of speech ‘an important pillar of our nation’s founding principles,’ she […]
9/5/2018
MELANIA/PENNSYLVANIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will mark the solemn 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by participating in a ceremony at the 9/11 memorial in Pennsylvania on Tuesday [9-11-18], the White House said. First lady Melania Trump will accompany the president to the remembrance in Shanksville. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on Sept. […]
8/27/2018
AFRICA/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome the President of the Republic of Kenya, @UKenyatta and Mrs. Margaret Kenyatta to the @WhiteHouse today! https://t.co/ZU5MovNKt8“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 27, 2018 5:07 pm […]
8/27/2018
AFRICA/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: It was a pleasure having @FirstLadyKenya at the @WhiteHouse today. I enjoyed learning about @BeyondZeroKenya & discussing our…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 27, 2018 5:07 pm […]
8/17/2018
MELANIA: “Hours after Melania Trump moved into the White House in June of last year, she peered out a window and took in a stunning view of the Washington Monument: ‘Looking forward to the memories we’ll make in our new home!’ the first lady cheerily wrote on Twitter in a snapshot of the tableau. But […]
8/11/2018
IMMIGRATION/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The immigration lawyer representing first lady Melania Trump’s parents pushed back against President Donald Trump’s hardline stance on a category of family visa that paved the way for his in-laws’ citizenship, calling the President’s rhetoric “unconscionable’…Melania Trump’s parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, were granted US citizenship Thursday, Wildes previously had announced…The Knavses, […]
8/9/2018
IMMIGRATION/MELANIA: “Melania Trump’s parents were briskly sworn in as citizens of the United States in New York on Thursday [8-8-18]. Viktor and Amalija Knavs, formerly of Slovenia, wore suits and sunglasses as they entered 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan just before noon, flanked by their lawyer and federal police. As they left the building […]
8/4/2018
IVANKA/MELANIA/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Melania Trump’s split with her husband over NBA superstar LeBron James is the most glaring example of a growing trend: The President’s family and some top officials are adopting positions at odds with his most divisive statements. The public feud between King James and the imperious President is on one level […]
7/25/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA: “Melania Trump has freedom over her own remote control. Though the standard operating procedure on Air Force One now requires televisions on board to be tuned to Fox, the president’s preferred channel, Mrs. Trump ultimately has freedom over what she watches, the East Wing said Wednesday [7-25-18]. The statement was delivered in response to […]
7/24/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the first couple’s recent trip overseas, Melania Trump’s television aboard Air Force One was tuned to CNN. President Trump was not pleased. He raged at his staff for violating a rule that the White House entourage should begin each trip tuned to Fox — his preferred network over what he considers […]
7/15/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Scavino45: President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS Melania are wheels down in Helsinki, Finland…photo via motorcade en route to hotel.…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 15, 2018 11:28 pm […]
7/11/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Scavino45: President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in the Tri-Mission Embassy Meet and Greet Wednesday, July…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2018 4:10 pm […]
7/10/2018
EU/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The first couple departed the White House for a week in Europe early Tuesday [7-10-18] morning, walking hand in hand across the South Lawn to Marine One…And while the first lady isn’t set to give any formal remarks during the trip — which includes stops in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Scotland and […]
7/10/2018
EU/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @ShennaFoxxx: @realDonaldTrump #TrumpUKVisit?? To the 45th @POTUS Donald J Trump @FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP The British people are looking f…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 10, 2018 5:44 am […]
7/3/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @FLOTUS: I had a wonderful visit to @WRBethesda today. Thank you to the many dedicated service members & medical staff who take such go…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 3, 2018 04:35 pm […]
6/26/2018
DHS/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump will again pay a visit to immigration facilities in coming days, her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham confirmed to CNN…It is not known where exactly Trump plans to go but it is likely the first lady will see first-hand an immigration processing detention center as had been part of her plan in […]
6/21/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA/TEXAS: “Melania Trump visited immigrant children in a Texas border town on Thursday [6-21-18], and by the time the first lady left, she had made headlines for another reason. As the temperature climbed to 80 degrees at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, Mrs. Trump boarded her plane wearing an olive green coat that read, in […]
6/21/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA: “’I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?’ written on the back of Melania’s jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 21, 2018 4:51 pm […]
6/21/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA/TEXAS: “First lady Melania Trump visited a child immigrant detention center near the nation’s border in Texas on Thursday [6-21-18], amid a continuing political crisis over the handling of children and adults arriving there in pursuit of asylum. Mrs. Trump’s surprise visit was announced by President Donald Trump at a cabinet meeting with reporters. Speaking […]
6/21/2018
MELANIA: “Melania Trump, the wife of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday [6-21-18] visited children displaced by the country’s immigration crisis in Texas, only a day after Trump reversed course and ordered families to be kept intact when entering the United States illegally from Mexico. According to her spokesperson, Melania Trump decided to visit detention […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump has been working behind the scenes at the White House for the past several days encouraging President Donald Trump to keep families at the US border from being separated, a White House official told CNN Wednesday [6-20-18]. Melania Trump has had several private conversations with her husband, the official said, […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/BUSH/CHILDREN/HILLARY CLINTON/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA/OBAMA FAMILY: “In the weeks since the Trump administration instituted a zero tolerance policy that seeks to criminally prosecute anyone who crosses the border unlawfully and effectively causes children to be separated from their families, criticism has poured in from advocacy groups, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and a host of political […]
6/10/2018
MELANIA: “First Lady Melania Trump gave remarks to conclude a gala at Ford’s Theatre on Sunday [6-10-18] evening. Trump attended as honorary chair of the annual gala, where she thanked performers and congratulated this year’s winners of the Lincoln Medal, an award honoring those who have embodied President Abraham Lincoln’s legacy through their work, according […]
6/8/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “President Trump revealed new details on Friday [6-8-18] about the closely guarded medical condition of Melania Trump, the first lady, saying that she underwent a four-hour operation and that her recovery would keep her from traveling abroad with him. In the weeks since aides said she underwent a procedure to treat a benign […]
6/6/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, who has long reveled in conspiracy theories, spent at least part of Wednesday [6-6-18] morning lashing out at the news media about its coverage of the first lady, Melania Trump, while in the process repeating the kind of unfounded rumors about his wife that would normally attract legal action […]
6/6/2018
MELANIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Rudy Giuliani told an audience in Israel that he does not think first lady Melania Trump believes that President Donald Trump had an affair with Stormy Daniels. ‘She believes her husband, and she doesn’t think it’s true,’ Giuliani said at the ‘Globes’ Capital Market conference in Tel Aviv. The former GOP mayor […]
6/6/2018
FEMA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania Trump’s disappearing act is over. The first lady showed herself in public Wednesday [6-6-18] for the first time in nearly a month, seated alongside her husband, President Donald Trump, for a briefing on the federal government’s preparedness for the hurricane season that began June 1. The routine meeting at Federal Emergency […]
6/6/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Four reporters spotted Melania in the White House last week walking merrily along to a meeting. They never reported the sighting because it would hurt the sick narrative that she was living in a different part of the world, was really ill, or whatever. Fake News is really bad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/6/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News Media has been so unfair, and vicious, to my wife and our great First Lady, Melania. During her recovery from surgery they reported everything from near death, to facelift, to left the W.H. (and me) for N.Y. or Virginia, to abuse. All Fake, she is doing really well!” -Donald […]
6/5/2018
FEMA/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday [6-6-18] will make her first public appearance in front of press cameras, 26 days since she last did so on May 10, her communications director Stephanie Grisham confirmed to CNN. Trump will join President Donald Trump for a visit to Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters in Washington for […]
6/4/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, will skip this week’s G7 summit in Quebec and does not plan to attend the planned June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korea, the White House said on Sunday. Melania Trump attended the G7 meeting in Italy last year. The U.S. first lady, 48, has not […]
6/1/2018
MELANIA: “The White House says Melania Trump won’t join her husband when he heads to the Camp David presidential retreat for the weekend. President Donald Trump is scheduled to head to the Maryland retreat Friday [6-1-18] afternoon, but his wife won’t be seen boarding the presidential helicopter with him. Her absence will mark 22 straight […]
5/30/2018
MELANIA: “It’s been 20 days since the public has laid eyes on first lady Melania Trump. In the early hours of May 10, Trump welcomed home three American hostages from North Korea, accompanying President Donald Trump to greet them on arrival at Joint Base Andrews; it would be the last time public appearance by the […]
5/29/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “She’s left the White House and moved back to New York City. She’s cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller. She’s holed up with the Obamas, working on a tell-all book about her husband — unless she had a secret nip and tuck, in which case she’s just healing. During the two weeks since […]
5/25/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “RT @Scavino45: Last week after visiting FLOTUS Melania, POTUS Trump went to visit wounded HEROES at Walter Reed Medical Center. He told the…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, 2018 4:13 am […]
5/18/2018
MELANIA: “President Donald Trump provided an update Friday [5-18-18] on first lady Melania Trump, who has remained hospitalized since undergoing kidney surgery earlier this week…On Monday {5-14-18], Mrs. Trump, 48, underwent an embolization procedure to treat a benign kidney condition at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, the first lady’s communications director, […]
5/15/2018
MELANIA: “The first lady’s office has declined to offer further details about Melania Trump’s kidney surgery and resulting extended hospital stay and asked for privacy…The notoriously private first lady underwent the procedure Monday [5-14-18] with no leaks beforehand from her small, close-knit East Wing staff…Melania Trump, who turned 48 last month, had been experiencing an […]
5/15/2018
MELANIA: “Our great First Lady is doing really well. Will be leaving hospital in 2 or 3 days. Thank you for so much love and support!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 15, 2018 7:26 am […]
5/14/2018
MELANIA: “Melania Trump underwent a procedure Monday [5-14-18] morning to treat a benign kidney condition and will likely be hospitalized for the rest of the week, the White House said. President Donald Trump was expected to visit his wife at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center just outside Washington later Monday, according to a White […]
5/14/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading over to Walter Reed Medical Center to see our great First Lady, Melania. Successful procedure, she is in good spirits. Thank you to all of the well-wishers!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 14, 2018 4:09 pm […]
5/8/2018
MELANIA: “The office of first lady Melania Trump on Tuesday [5-8-18] scolded ‘opposition media’ for pointing out that Trump reused an educational booklet from the Obama-era Federal Trade Commission in unveiling her new “Be Best” campaign on childhood wellness. After Trump launched the childhood ‘well-being, social media use and opioid abuse’ initiative on Monday [5-7-18], […]
5/7/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When she unveils her official initiative as first lady on Monday [5-7-18], Melania Trump will follow in the footsteps of other modern first ladies who focused on their passions. Laura Bush championed literacy. Michelle Obama was an advocate for fitness. Mrs. Trump will focus on good behavior on social media as part of […]
4/25/2018
FRANCE/MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the end she played the part, donned the costume — and gave everyone something to chew on. Melania Trump, who orchestrated the first state dinner of the Trump administration, a.k.a. the most fancy ceremonial evening since the inauguration, stood next to her husband and welcomed President Emmanuel Macron of France and his […]
4/25/2018
FRANCE/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@FLOTUS did a spectacular job hosting the President of France @EmmanuelMacron and his wife Brigitte. Every detail was done to perfection. The State Dining Room never looked more beautiful, and Washington is abuzz over what an incredible job Melania did.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2018 9:10 am […]