Melania Trump blasted for smiling while meeting baby elephants

Melania Trump touched down in Africa for her four-nation tour on Tuesday, and people are pleasantly surprised to see how happy she looks during her first solo international trip as the first lady.

Miles away from Washington, D.C., FLOTUS has been meeting with locals and leaders in a number of regions to learn more about U.S.-supported efforts affecting Africa’s health care and education as an extension of her “Be Best” initiative. But she also seems to be mending the harsh reputation that her host nations have of the Trump administration through her mere enjoyment of the people she’s met and the places she’s visited.

According to CNN’s Kate Bennett, who has been covering Melania Trump for nearly two years, this is the happiest she’s ever seen the first lady.

Regardless of the controversy surrounding the Trump administration and Melania Trump’s extended family, her communications director Stephanie Grisham told the New York Times that this happier Melania Trump is simply the first lady she knows.

“She loves meeting people, learning new things, and being around kids,” Grisham said. “This is who she is.”