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Melania Trump to make rare speech at Kuwait-America Foundation gala
CNN Politics ^ | October 19, 2017 | Betsy Klein

Posted on 10/20/2017 12:07:42 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

First lady Melania Trump will take the stage and make remarks Thursday night at the guest of honor at the Kuwait-America Foundation's gala dinner.

She will make remarks and be honored by the foundation "for her dedication to causes affecting women and children in the US and abroad," per East Wing communications director Stephanie Grisham. President Donald Trump will accompany the first lady to the dinner, which is held at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait.

"As an American woman with an international background, she is an inspiration to women and girls worldwide. She is honored by the recognition, but more importantly considers this as an opportunity to continue to shine a light on the fact that it is often children who bear the harshest burdens of cruelty and injustice," Grisham said in a statement.

Thursday's glitzy dinner is closed to press and no readout of the first lady's speech is expected. The annual dinner is hosted by the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah, and his wife, Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah, a former journalist and prominent Washington socialite.

The Kuwait-America Foundation is a charitable organization with the core mission "to express gratitude for American sacrifice during the Gulf War, and to strengthen ties between the peoples of the United States and Kuwait," per its website.....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: firstladymelania; flotus; kuwait; melania; melaniaspeech; trump; women

1 posted on 10/20/2017 12:07:43 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wonderful. She has so much grace and class.


2 posted on 10/20/2017 12:43:20 AM PDT by proud American in Canada ( I appear to have accidentally deleted my tagline. :()
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wonderful. She has so much grace and class.


3 posted on 10/20/2017 12:43:20 AM PDT by proud American in Canada ( I appear to have accidentally deleted my tagline. :()
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will that be the real Melania or the fake Melania that the Democrats are saying exists? :)


4 posted on 10/20/2017 2:11:44 AM PDT by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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To: ImNotLying

As if any other woman could have Melania’s beauty and gracefulness.

Here’s how you could spot a fake Melania: an imposter would just walk like any model. Melania doesn’t walk, she floats. Lovely to behold..


5 posted on 10/20/2017 2:46:59 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: KC_Lion

Melania ping.


6 posted on 10/20/2017 3:51:52 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How could anyone miss the strength, courage, grace, intelligence and extraordinary beauty of this woman, who also embodies all of the attributes of real womanhood? She is going to become a real inspiration to young women and a figure of comfort and protection to children. When I think of Melania, these quotes from Proverbs 31 come to me concerning a description of the perfect woman. “She exends her hand to the poor. Yes, she reaches out her hand to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household is clothed with scarlet. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. Strength and honor are her clothing. She shall rejoice in time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom and on her tongue is the law of kindness. Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband, also, and he praises her. Let her own works praise her in the gates.” I firmly believe that Melania Trump is going to become a beloved and national figure in our history. I am so proud of her.


7 posted on 10/20/2017 4:13:14 AM PDT by jazzlite
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And she’s probably already learned the language of those who’ll be attending. What would adding that language make for her — seven?

Michelle Obama only spoke the one language — Jive.


8 posted on 10/20/2017 4:19:21 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (A person's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; leapfrog0202; hoosiermama; Salvation; Right_in_Virginia; reformedliberal; ...
Thank You for the Ping Leapfrog0202.

To First Lady Melania's List.

Can't wait.


9 posted on 10/20/2017 5:18:08 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: jazzlite

I know that Eleanor Roosevelt was even further left than her husband, but she saved my father’s family from starvation during the Depression, and hat says something. Deeds, not words.


10 posted on 10/20/2017 6:58:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: KC_Lion

Thank you! I’m anxiously awaiting coverage of her speech and what will no doubt be a gorgeous outfit!

We’re lucky to have such a good example as First Lady. Clothing and beauty don’t really matter if one is a good person, loyal, faithful and gracious, which it appears she is. Every time I think of her predecessor I’m thankful that era is over.


11 posted on 10/20/2017 7:14:45 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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