If this is new information to you, you have truly been comatose. Melania Trump does not like to travel with Donald. In fact, in the past sixteen months, she’s gone with him on one state visit, to the UK, and stayed home from all the rest. Donald isn’t having the best time in China. Hit this link and scroll to see a video of Trump hugging the railing of Air Force One for dear life.
Set that against Laura Bush, who attended both of George W. Bush’s formal outgoing state visits to Poland in 2001 and the UK in 2003, for a clean 100 percent attendance.
Or Jill Biden, who dropped only Joe Biden’s Vietnam visit in September 2023 because she had tested positive for COVID.
Michelle Obama skipped three of her husband’s six formal state visits over Barack’s eight years in office. These were China in 2009, Japan in April 2014, and China again that November, with her leaving office at 50 percent attendance.
Melania is set to finish Trump’s second term well beneath that, and well beneath any modern first lady on record, if her current pace holds.
People are noticing, even if some have been less eager to trumpet the pattern than others. Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, watching footage of a woman descending the steps of Air Force One in Beijing on Wednesday, loudly proclaimed: “As the first lady comes down the stairs to greet the president.”
Co-host Ainsley Earhardt quickly corrected him to point out the woman was actually their colleague, Lara Trump. Kilmeade lowered his voice and said, “Probably interesting for her.”
Melania’s probably glad that she’s got a few days where she doesn’t have to think about Donald and can relax. I can only imagine what it must be like babysitting the trainwreck.
They’re easy to tell apart.
If she looks like a household standard lamp, it’s Melanoma.