{"id":73343,"date":"2017-05-27T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T17:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=73343"},"modified":"2017-05-27T14:51:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T18:51:47","slug":"mainstream-media-literally-makes-up-trump-hand-holding-not-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=73343","title":{"rendered":"Mainstream Media Literally Makes Up Trump Hand-holding (Not) Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DB62DD00000578-4548042-The_first_lady_held_her_husband_s_hand_as_they_made_their_way_to-a-49_1495901614145.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73344\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DB62DD00000578-4548042-The_first_lady_held_her_husband_s_hand_as_they_made_their_way_to-a-49_1495901614145-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DB62DD00000578-4548042-The_first_lady_held_her_husband_s_hand_as_they_made_their_way_to-a-49_1495901614145-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DB62DD00000578-4548042-The_first_lady_held_her_husband_s_hand_as_they_made_their_way_to-a-49_1495901614145-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DB62DD00000578-4548042-The_first_lady_held_her_husband_s_hand_as_they_made_their_way_to-a-49_1495901614145-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DB62DD00000578-4548042-The_first_lady_held_her_husband_s_hand_as_they_made_their_way_to-a-49_1495901614145.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;This trip has been incredible for me&#8217;: Proud Melania holds her husband&#8217;s hand as she says farewell after winning hearts across Europe and the Middle East on the president&#8217;s first foreign trip<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>First lady addressed US military personnel at a naval base in Italy on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>In a rare speech, Melania Trump paid tribute to the sick children she had met in Europe and the Middle East in her first trip abroad as first lady<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Mrs Trump also said she was honored and blessed to have met Pope Francis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Melania, dressed in a black custom-made Dolce &amp; Gabbana dress, later held Trump&#8217;s hand as their boarded Air Force One to head back to Washington\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By EMILY CRANE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM AT NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA<\/p>\n<p id=\"ext-gen190\" class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Melania Trump has proudly signed off from her first foreign trip as first lady before walking to Air Force One hand-in-hand with the president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a rare speech for Mrs Trump, the first lady addressed US military personnel at a naval base in Italy on Saturday afternoon ahead of the trip back to Washington with Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The first lady, dressed in a black custom-made Dolce &amp; Gabbana dress with button-embellishments, said she would never forget the women and children she met during her nine days on the road in Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The trip took the Trumps to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Belgium and Italy where Melania spent time with Pope Francis and at various children&#8217;s hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It has been a great trip and many strides have been made,&#8217; Mrs Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;My husband worked very hard on behalf of our country and I&#8217;m very proud of him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This trip has also been incredible for me as first lady.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 47-year-old said she was honored and blessed to have been granted an audience with Pope Francis, and she shared stories of her time spent with sick children in various hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She recalled meeting one specific boy at\u00a0Vatican&#8217;s children&#8217;s hospital in Rome on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Just hours after leaving, a young boy I spent time with found out he had received a new heart donor. Receiving that news is a moment I will never forget and I wish him a speedy recovery,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DA80F700000578-4548042-The_first_lady_was_dressed_in_a_black_custom_made_Dolce_Gabbana_-a-52_1495901614169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73345\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DA80F700000578-4548042-The_first_lady_was_dressed_in_a_black_custom_made_Dolce_Gabbana_-a-52_1495901614169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DA80F700000578-4548042-The_first_lady_was_dressed_in_a_black_custom_made_Dolce_Gabbana_-a-52_1495901614169.jpg 962w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DA80F700000578-4548042-The_first_lady_was_dressed_in_a_black_custom_made_Dolce_Gabbana_-a-52_1495901614169-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/40DA80F700000578-4548042-The_first_lady_was_dressed_in_a_black_custom_made_Dolce_Gabbana_-a-52_1495901614169-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading and viewing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4548042\/Melania-Trump-signs-winning-hearts-trip.html\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4548042\/Melania-Trump-signs-winning-hearts-trip.html\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4548042\/Melania-Trump-signs-winning-hearts-trip.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}