Posted on 04/23/2018 7:57:57 AM PDT by simpson96
When French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, arrive Tuesday at the White House, they will be greeted by a military band playing strains of brassy notes and a 21-gun salute in a pomp-filled ceremony that will be followed by a state dinner.
The first official state visit of the Trump administration will be the biggest moment yet for first lady Melania Trump to play hostess-in-chief, an element of her role she enjoys more than some of the other duties that have come with her position.(snip)
Remember, she has a design background, Grisham said, referencing Trumps career as a fashion model and as owner of her namesake jewelry line.
She has amazing taste, which makes things very, very easy, added social secretary Rickie Niceta.
For her first state dinner, Trump did not engage the services of an outside event planneras most modern administrations have doneto supplement the White House staff, preferring to rely on her own choices and those of Niceta, who before coming to the White House worked for more than two decades at catering and design firm Design Cuisine.
Aides are keeping details under wraps until the dinner, but guests Tuesday night will see the first ladys hand in details big and small, including the floral arrangements and the menu.
Trump chose to hold the dinner for the French dignitaries in the State Room, the smallest of the White House venues used for such events. The guest list is a modest 130 to 150, making for a more intimate soiree than many state dinners in previous administrations. (For example, the Obamas last state dinner, for Italy, packed nearly 400 guests into a tent on the South Lawn.)
Its a reflection of one of the first ladys principles for entertaining, aides said. Trump believes it should never be
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Our Melanias degree is in architecture and design, if I recall correctly.
I so agree. I could not be more proud of our lovely FLOTUS.
Which is a real change of pace after being ashamed of the last whatever-that-was for eight long years.
Ooooh, I didn’t know Melania Trump has her own line of jewelry. I’ll have to look into that.
One of Trump’s early campaign promises was to build a new, larger State Dining room, or Ballroom, because he was appalled that the Obamas kept renting tents to entertain foreign dignitaries. I haven’t heard him mention that since, but he did say it early on.
See reply #25. Trump agrees with you (and me.)
I couldn’t agree more. Whenever Michele was to meet some foreign dignitary I always wondered how she will embarrass us, either by what she would be wearing or by her surly nasty face.
Our FLOTUS is a real treat and her beauty was not lost on BO.
There they are again...holding hands....but just for the cameras, of course! Their marriage is in SHAMBLES!
*SMIRK* :)
“I also like it a lot that he uses the many musical groups of our armed forces for his events.”
*BUMP* :)
‘Melania Timepieces & Fashion Jewelry’ sold on QVC. :)
I was, too.
Since WHEN does the WaPo do straight news?
I'm betting that the author of this piece is being beaten with rubber hoses in the Ben Bradlee ceremonial basement.
"How DARE you actually do a report with facts? You KNOW you should have put in some digs at the POTUS. Turn in your credentials at the front desk!"
Our First Lady is in her element. Watching them live receiving Macron and his Mom now.
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