“Melania is fluent in 6 languages. Surely Russian is one of them. Why would she speak to Putin in German?”
Because she doesn’t speak Russian. They both speak English but perhaps for diplomatic reasons, they chose a neutral language.
She speaks Slovene, English, French, Serbian, and German.
Yeah, Resis is the go-to guy expert on the First Lady’s language skills.
Melania also speaks Italian.