Melania Trump
Melania Trump (nee Melanija Knavs) is first lady of the United States and the third wife of Donald Trump. Although first ladies traditionally reside in the White House and maintain an office in the East Wing, Mrs. Trump maintains her residence in New York City so that her son Barron Trump can finish his school year without changing schools to one in Washington, DC.[1]
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.
Controversies
On July 18, 2016, Trump addressed the 2016 Republican National Convention. The speech contained a paragraph that was nearly identical to a paragraph of Michelle Obama's speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.[2][3][4] When asked, Trump claimed she wrote the speech herself "with as little help as possible".[5] Two days later, Trump staff writer Meredith McIver took responsibility and apologized for the "confusion".[6]
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 repremanded him.[7]
References
- ↑ "Melania, Barron Trump to remain in NYC until end of school year", Fox News, November 20, 2016. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.
- ↑ "Scrutiny of Melania Trump's speech follows plagiarism allegations", The Washington Post, July 19, 2016. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.
- ↑ Bump, Philip. "Melania Trump's speech appears to have cribbed from Michelle Obama's in 2008", The Washington Post, July 19, 2016. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.
- ↑ "Melania Trump's Speech Bears Striking Similarities to Michelle Obama's in 2008", The New York Times, July 19, 2016. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.
- ↑ Stump, Scott. "Melania Trump On Convention Speech: 'I Wrote It with as Little Help as Possible'", Today, July 19, 2016. Archived from the original on July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Cruz Doesn't Endorse Trump in Convention Speech, Prompting Boos and Drama", The Washington Post, July 20, 2016. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.
- ↑ "'NYT' reporter Jacob Bernstein 'takes ownership' of 'stupid' Melania remark", USA Today, February 14, 2017. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.