TRUMP JOKES ABOUT MELANIA LEAVING HIM IN AWKWARD MOMENT DURING FIRST LADY'S RETURN TO PUBLIC EYE
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President Donald Trump seemed unsure how to handle his wife Melania’s return to the public eye, awkwardly joking that she had left him at a White House event for Gold Star families on Monday.
The event was the first time Melania has been seen in public for 25 days, and comes following speculation about her absence.
“Did she leave him?" @realDonaldTrump jokes about the rumors surrounding @FLOTUS 's lengthy absence from public view. A sort of awkward bit of humor in a room full of military families who have lost loved ones,” tweeted CNN reporter Kate Bennett of the comment from the president.
The last time Melania was seen in public was on May 10, before she underwent treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a benign kidney condition.
A spokesperson later confirmed to Newsweek in an email last Friday that Melania was “doing great,” despite the fact that she had not been seen since going into hospital, while her spokesperson confirmed she would not be joining her husband on two upcoming foreign trips, ABC News reported .
Her disappearance from the public eye prompted conspiracy theories galore, some more ridiculous than others. Some wondered whether Melania was holed up with the Obamas while others suggested she had packed her bags and returned to New York because she was fed up with life at the White House.
Although she didn’t appear in public until Monday—and even then at an event that was not teeming with press—the first lady did tweet about the rumors surrounding her absence, dismissing them and reassuring people that she would be back soon.
“I see the media is working overtime speculating where I am & what I'm doing. Rest assured, I'm here at the @WhiteHouse w my family, feeling great, & working hard on behalf of children & the American people! ” she wrote, although this message prompted questions as to whether Melania herself had really written it.
But her Monday appearance at the White House appears to have put many of those rumors to rest.
“It was a privilege to welcome Gold Star Families to the White House today to recognize our Nation’s fallen heroes and their families. To all those who have lost loved ones in service to our country, our nation grieves with you," Melania said in a statement after the event, The Hill reported.
Sensibly, she avoided making a comment on her husband’s strange joke.
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Could she have been avoiding the press and the public because of all the garbage she has taken from them? Nah, that couldn't be it.
By all rights she should be able to stay on vacation away from the press and the public for the rest of Trump's stay in the WH; even if he wins reelection. She seems a decent enough person; who cares about her son. She just happens to be married to Trump- which I guess the left finds to be an unpardonable offense.
The left is paying the right back for their treatment of the Obamas. Of course they have jumped the shark with it; and now the right will be waiting for the next Democrat in the WH to take it yet up another notch or dozen. Shouldn't be any wonder that we end up with unqualified, corrupt, self centered egomaniacs as president. Who else would want the job?
Did she look 'refreshed'?