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Line 1: − '''Melania Trump''' (nee '''Melanija Knavs''') is [[First Lady]] of the [[United States]] as the wife of [[Donald Trump]]. Unlike prior First Ladies who have moved to [[D.C.]], Mrs. Trump puts raising her child first and has remained at her residence in [[New York City]] so that her son Barron Trump can finish his school year without changing schools midyear to one in Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/20/melania-barron-trump-to-remain-in-nyc-until-end-school-year.html|title=Melania, Barron Trump to remain in NYC until end of school year|date=November 20, 2016|work=Fox News|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref> On International Women's Day in March 2017, Melania Trump rejected [[feminist]] ideology by wearing black rather than the solidarity red, and by giving a speech that criticized the mindless equality of [[communism]] and instead emphasizing equal ''opportunity''. − First Lady Melania Trump made history by reciting [[The Lord's Prayer]] in front of a massive rally for her and President Trump in Melbourne, Florida, on February 18, 2017. − − Born in Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia, Trump became a permanent resident of the United States in 2001 and a citizen in 2006. She is the second foreign-born First Lady of the United States, following [[Louisa Adams]] in 1825. Trump attended college for one year in Slovenia and has worked as a fashion model. − − Melania Trump met her future husband, Donald Trump at a Fashion Week party in New York City in September 1998. After becoming engaged in 2004, Donald and Melania were married in an Anglican service on January 22, 2005, at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. − − Melania Trump is a practicing Roman Catholic and is the first Roman Catholic to live in the White House since [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>Williams, Thomas D, PhD (May 25, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/25/melania-trump-is-first-catholic-to-live-in-white-house-since-jfk/ Melania Trump Is First Catholic to Live in White House Since JFK]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 25, 2017.</ref> − − ==Controversies== − On July 18, 2016, Melania Trump gave a spectacular presentation to the 2016 Republican National Convention, which even critics of Trump widely praised. But [[liberals]] found a similarity -- unbeknownst to Melania -- in merely one paragraph of the speech to a paragraph given by [[Michelle Obama]]'s speech at the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="Plagiarism allegations">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-national-convention-scrutiny-of-melania-trumps-speech-follows-plagiarism-allegations/2016/07/19/3efc4208-4da4-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html |title=Scrutiny of Melania Trump's speech follows plagiarism allegations |first1=Karen |last1=Tumulty |authorlink1=Karen Tumulty |first2=Robert |last2=Costa |authorlink2=Robert Costa (journalist) |first3=Jose |last3=Del Real |date=July 19, 2016 |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/19/melania-trumps-speech-appears-to-have-cribbed-from-michelle-obamas-in-2008 |title=Melania Trump's speech appears to have cribbed from Michelle Obama's in 2008 |first=Philip |last=Bump |date=July 19, 2016 |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/us/politics/melania-trump-speech.html |title=Melania Trump's Speech Bears Striking Similarities to Michelle Obama's in 2008 |first1=Maggie |last1=Haberman |authorlink1=Maggie Haberman |first2=Alan |last2=Rappeport |first3=Patrick |last3=Healy |date=July 19, 2016 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref> When asked, Trump explained that she wrote the speech herself "with as little help as possible."<ref>{{cite news|last=Stump |first=Scott |title=Melania Trump On Convention Speech: 'I Wrote It with as Little Help as Possible' |date=July 19, 2016 |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |url=http://www.today.com/news/melania-trump-convention-speech-i-wrote-it-little-help-possible-t100942 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20160719230603/http://www.today.com/news/melania-trump-convention-speech-i-wrote-it-little-help-possible-t100942 |archivedate=July 19, 2016 |dead-url=no |df=mdy }}</ref> Two days later, Trump staff writer Meredith McIver took responsibility and apologized for the "confusion".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Sean |last2=Stanley-Becker |first2=Issac |title=Cruz Doesn't Endorse Trump in Convention Speech, Prompting Boos and Drama |date=July 20, 2016 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |department=Politics |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-captures-gop-nomination-former-rivals-prepare-to-take-the-stage/2016/07/20/13e5c4c0-4e23-11e6-a422-83ab49ed5e6a_story.html |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref> The public was unimpressed by the [[lamestream media]] emphasis on this story. − − The bias by the [[liberal media]] against Melania has been unfair, and sometimes harsh. For example, in February 2017, ''New York Times'' reporter Jacob Bernstein (son of Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein) referred to Trump as a "h***er" in a private conversation that the other party to the conversation then sent out in a tweet. In response, Bernstein apologized for spreading an unfounded rumor, and the New York Times reprimanded him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/02/14/nyt-reporter-jacob-bernstein-takes-ownership-stupid-melania-remark/97900138/|title='NYT' reporter Jacob Bernstein 'takes ownership' of 'stupid' Melania remark|work=USA Today|date=February 14, 2017|accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref> − − ==References== − <references/> − {{DEFAULTSORT:Trump, Melania}} − [[Category:First Ladies]] − [[Category:Donald Trump]]
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