Melania Trump's Former BFF Had a Dramatic Reaction to Her 'Deceptive' Citizenship Ceremony Speech
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On Friday, former First Lady Melania Trump spoke at a citizenship ceremony in Florida after receiving an invite from the National Archives — a move that raised eyebrows amongst Donald Trump supporters. However, it’s not her husband who is criticizing her public speaking event, it’s her former BFF, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff.
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Wolkoff, the author of Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady, appeared on CNN to give her reaction to Melania’s speech, and it was just as dramatic as you would expect. Calling Melania’s words “to be lacking of any real meaning,” the former senior adviser claimed that her frenemy was “really deceptive, almost deceitful.” Wolkoff explained, via Mediaite, “And it’s unfortunate because she had an opportunity as the first lady of the United States to make a difference, and she didn’t at all.”
Her disdain for the work Melania did as first lady hinges on the fact that she was “the second first lady of the United States of America to ever be an immigrant,” and “had the opportunity to make such a difference in the lives of so many.” Wolkoff then dragged Donald Trump into the conservation as well, noting, “I mean, it was the American dream, and to squander that opportunity, to show up today, to try and make a difference in something that her husband is so against, which is immigration, as we all know, really is meaningless.” She believes that Melania is “complicit” and “his partner in crime” when it comes to anti-immigration policies.
Melania’s rare public appearance offered her the opportunity to show a softer side and share her “personal experience of traversing the challenges of the immigration process.” The Slovenian-born former first lady leaned into the “harsh realities” immigrants face while trying to obtain citizenship in the U.S. Melania became a citizen in 2006 after obtaining an EB-1, aka an “Einstein Visa,” for “individuals with extraordinary ability.” As a model, many have questioned whether she qualified for the visa and whether her relatively easy path to citizenship was strictly because of her Donald Trump association.
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