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After all the vitriol this woman has endured for four years and more, it is a wonder that Melania Trump can speak positively of her adopted country. When she was the First Lady, she was insulted, ridiculed and discounted in her role.
In spite of all the nastiness sent her way, she always acted and spoke with dignity and intelligence. And she was a shining example of an immigrant who graciously served and sacrificed for this country.
Let’s face it: being Donald Trump’s wife was not the easiest assignment. We’ve heard that he has a softer side, which Melania would have witnessed, so the attacks he suffered from the media had to be impossible for her to ignore. Especially because there was nothing she could do about them.
But she soldiered on.
She launched her “Be Best” campaign in 2018, meant to raise awareness of cyberbullying and drug use. She stayed primarily in New York while her son Barron finished his schooling.
Assuming Trump wins in November, will anything be different in terms of the media’s treatment of his wife? Will she live in the White House, or stay out of the camera’s eye in Florida or New York? We don’t know how Trump’s assassination attempt will affect her activities.
Most recently, in response to the assassination attempt on her husband, she sent a letter to the public. Some excerpts from her letter reflect her graciousness and love of the country:
We have always been a unique union. America, the fabric of our gentle nation is tattered, but our courage and common sense must ascend and bring us back together as one. . .
A monster who recognized my husband as an inhuman political machine attempted to ring out Donald’s passion - his laughter, ingenuity, love of music, and inspiration. The core facets of my husband’s life - his human side - were buried below the political machine. Donald, the generous and caring man who I have been with through the best of times and the worst of times. . .
And let us remember that when the time comes to look beyond the left and the right, beyond the red and the blue, we all come from families with the passion to fight for a better life together, while we are here, in this earthly realm. . .
We all want a world where respect is paramount, family is first, and love transcends. We can realize this world again. Each of us must demand to get it back. We must insist that respect fills the cornerstone of our relationships again.
I am thinking of you, my fellow Americans.
We do know that she is a woman who represents her family and this country with dignity and grace.
Let’s hope the media will turn down their hostility to her, given recent events.
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If you wanted to know who was a false person, just look to those who hate and disrespect Melania. Whatever anyone thought about Trump, her grace was always there.
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The letter she wrote is beautiful. The legacy media will continue to bash her or ignore her. They don’t have an ounce of the class that she has.
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I would love to see her more often, but I'd understand if she decided to be less public--for safety reasons and to avoid all the abuse.
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She has been a fount of grace through it all. And I suspect she holds him to account in ways that we don't see.
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She's a strong woman. For the first campaign, she made it clear that she would decide which events she would go to, and when she would speak. I think since she's partnering with him in the WH, she should have that choice. I suspect she will do the same this time around.
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