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This is as close to a positive article on anything-or-anyone-Trump you’ll read in this lifetime: Melania Trump is said to be focusing on her tasks amid President Donald Trump's impeachment trial What else, pray tell, would they have her do? Go out to lunch/dinner with friends (like a certain former-FLOTUS) so they can bitch about the traffic jams and otherwise mischaracterize that? The FLOTUS is, reportedly, happy with her life in the White House despite reports saying she's 'miserable' Nooooo! How dare she?! She has no business being happy after all the effort they’ve put into ruining not just her...

Melania Trump definitely got everyone’s attention when she stepped out in a gorgeous blush trench coat and chocolate boots combo at the White House. The first lady looked just as striking as ever in the jaw-dropping long-sleeve number that went down past her knees as she joined President Donald Trump and their son Barron as the three made their way to board Marine One from the South Lawn for a weekend trip to Palm Beach, Florida. She completed the great look with loose hair, a plum colored top, clutch and high heel boots. To say it was the perfect winter...

Before becoming one of the most influential women in the United States, Melania Trump enjoyed a low-key life on the streets of Slovenia with a wealth of family, friends, and dreams of a bigger future.(snip) BBC News interviewed some of her former acquaintances in her hometown, and each revealed amazing things about the fashion icon's personality. One of the 49-year-old's former playmates, Jerca Santej, explained how Melania figured she wanted to be a designer right from the age of sixteen. Jerca added: "She had a straight idea what she would be, and that's unbelievable for such a young girl, so...

First Lady Melania Trump kicked off a new year of her iconic style, carefully crafted with friend Hervé Pierre, in a timeless jumpsuit that continues to draw on the original aesthetic of 1970s Celine. Melania Trump, alongside President Trump, welcomed Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis to the White House on Tuesday, opting for a black and white checkered tweed jumpsuit by Chanel cinched with a thick leather black belt. The extra-wide leg pant legs of Mrs. Trump’s jumpsuit billowed over a pair of Christian Louboutin black suede boots and the top pockets were fastened...

A music video of the fashions worn by Melania Trump in 2019. After the intro, it's chronological. Music is Trumpet Concerto in D, I and III, by Torelli. Links to the previous 2 fashion videos will be in the first comment. The video can also be viewed, downloaded and saved from my website.

The two teens are different, the first lady noted through a spokesperson. “He is a 13-year-old who wants and deserves privacy,” Melania’s spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said of Barron in an emailed statement on Friday — the day after Trump lashed out at Thunberg because Time magazine had named her “Person of the Year.” Thunberg, meanwhile, is a public person “who travels the globe giving speeches.”

The Washington Post raised eyebrows Thursday for a column asking whether first lady Melania Trump is "sending coded messages" while serving as the presidential spouse or if "we are just talking to ourselves." Post columnist Monica Hesse opened her piece by addressing the upcoming unauthorized biography "Free, Melania" and acknowledged how much of the book relied largely upon other people's accounts as well as speculation, which Hesse described as "analysis" about things ranging from the first lady's body language to fashion choices. According to Hesse, author Kate Bennett argued that the first lady made "intentional" fashion statements, one of which...

Anti-Trump lawyer George Conway accused first lady Melania Trump of violating Barron Trump’s privacy by protesting the 13-year-old boy’s name being mentioned at Wednesday’s impeachment hearing. He also said President Trump’s supporters were using the minor teen as a political human shield to excuse what he called the president’s manifest crimes. The husband of Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to Mr. Trump, began his Wednesday evening salvo by sarcastically retweeting Mrs. Trump’s telling liberal law professor Pamela Karlan that “a minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics.” “So therefore you’re amplifying what was a nothingburger reference...

First lady Melania Trump in a rare tweet criticized a legal expert for mentioning her son, Barron, during testimony as part of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, tweeting that “a minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics.” "Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering, and using a child to do it,” she tweeted Wednesday evening. **SNIP** “Kings could do no wrong because the king’s word was law, but contrary to what President Trump says, Article II does not give him the power to do anything he wants,” Karlan said....

First Lady Melania Trump looked as though she stepped off the Italian runway while strutting down Downing Street for a reception with Queen Elizabeth II. For her first evening in London, England since last summer, Mrs. Trump went big and bold in a voluminous off-the-runway yellow Compact Drap cape by Valentino. The $3,850 cape, from the Fall 2019 Collection, is a microcosm of creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli’s codes for Valentino — striking colors, volume galore, and a childlike innocence. Mrs. Trump wore the Valentino piece over a custom knit dress by her personal couturier Hervé Pierre in a purple-pink...

The White House is slamming what it's calling the media's "annual holiday tradition" of criticizing Melania Trump. "It has become an annual holiday tradition for the media to attack all that the first lady does," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Tuesday, according to Fox News' Brian Flood. "If this was a Democratic administration, I suspect Mrs. Trump and her work would be featured positively in every mainstream news outlet," said Grisham. The spokeswoman for the first lady and President Trump didn’t specify on the record when asked by ITK if she was referring to any particular outlet's coverage....

First lady Melania Trump announced the 2019 Christmas decor on Sunday. This year’s theme will be "The Spirit of America," a theme the White House says is "a tribute to the traditions, customs, and history that make our Nation great." 'Designed by the first lady', the White House says "the decorations celebrate the courageous individuals who have shaped our country and kept the American spirit alive." One of the highlights include the Gold Star Family Tree in the East Wing which was decorated by Gold Star families with golden stars and patriotic ribbons. The East Garden Room of the White...

Melania Trump officially unveiled the White House Christmas decorations Sunday night in a festive video which showed the first lady adding the final touches to the patriotic display, dubbed 'The Spirit of America'. In a nearly one-minute-long video posted to Twitter, Melania, wearing a cream coat, matching dress and stiletto heels, enjoys the work of volunteers, who helped to decorate the residence. The first family arrived home to the White House Sunday after spending Thanksgiving in Florida and Melania, who designs the holiday decorations, appeared to be in the same outfit she had earlier teamed with tan knee high boots....

Melania Trump knows plenty about what’s trending in fashion. And today, the first lady did not disappoint as she embraced three style statements that popped up in fall 2019 collections — monochrome dressing, browns and slouch boots. Standing alongside President Donald Trump, Melania wore head-to-toe brown suede at the 72nd annual Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. For the occasion, the former model wore a double-breasted Burberry brown suede trench coat with matching knee-high brown suede slouch boots on tall block heels. Of the many footwear styles that were sent down fall ’19 catwalks, slouch boots...

On Tuesday night, outside the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, TMZ asked comedian D.L. Hughley if First Lady Melania Trump should have been booed at the Baltimore Youth Summit where she spoke about America’s opioid crisis. The reporter asked, “Do you think she deserved that type of treatment.” Hughley said, “I do. Her husband despaired Baltimore, and he sent his woman in which I think is cowardly.”

Melania Trump loves her stilettos — but she went for more casual footwear on her latest flight. The first lady boarded Air Force One yesterday en route from New York to Washington, D.C., and she sported a cold-weather ready outfit for the occasion. Trump wore a black-and-white double-breasted Red Valentino jacket over a long-sleeved black top and matching skinny jeans. She completed her monochrome look with shiny black leather combat boots featuring three straps across the upper and a pull-tab at the ankle.

Full Title: First Lady Melania Trump to Travel to Boston, MA to Highlight a Treatment Program for Babies Born with NAS Wednesday, November 6th the First Lady will visit Boston, Massachusetts to highlight a treatment program for babies born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), as part of her Be Best initiative. Mrs. Trump will visit Boston Medical Center to learn about their Cuddling Assists in Lowering Maternal and Infant Stress (CALM) Program developed to treat babies born with NAS. In addition to CALM, Boston Medical Center developed several other programs aimed to assist pregnant women with Substance Use Disorder (SUD)...

A new photo book all about Melania Trump features several never-before-seen stunning photographs of the first lady since President Donald Trump was sworn into office. The unforgettable shots can all be found in a new book titled, “Melania Trump: Elegance in the White House” by L.D. Hicks. According to the release, the book “focuses both on Melania’s accomplishments as a First Lady and on all her finest fashion moments." The first one that stood out would have to be this picture from when FLOTUS and Trump traveled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was taken when the two had arrived for...

First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Karen Pence are meeting with troops and students in South Carolina. The pair began their trip on Wednesday by touring military equipment with emergency response teams at Joint Base Charleston. The first lady praised troops for their sacrifice to the country, especially during natural disasters. Hurricane Dorian slammed the South Carolina coast earlier this year and caused billions of dollars of damage. “Our joint military teams…(demonstrate) every day how our communities can lean on each other and find the strength to step forward when called upon in times of need,” stated Melania Trump....