After five days of silence, Melania Trump condemned the assault on the United States Congress. “I’m saddened and disheartened by what happened last week”, the first lady wrote Monday morning in a letter posted on the White House website, its first official statement since January 6. While her husband Donald urged the crowd to besiege the seat of the American Parliament, Melania Trump was setting up a photo shoot inside the White House: according to various sources, some staff members would have asked her to intercede with the president, and to persuade him to go on television to report the insurrection. The first lady, however, would have refused: while the American government was under siege, the most malicious write, he would have preferred to think of porcelain for the shooting of his Photobook. Shortly thereafter, his chief of staff Stephanie Grisham, his close adviser, resigned.
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In the letter, however, Melania seems to deny the reconstruction of those hours, reported by numerous American media: «I find it shameful that this has been around these tragic events vulgar gossip, unmotivated personal attacks and false accusations towards me, made by people who aim to be relevant following a political agenda, ”wrote the first lady. “Right now you just need to look after the country and its citizens, you don’t have to think about your own personal gain”, he continued. offering condolences to the families of the four Trumpian supporters who died during the assault and that of the policeman killed on duty. “I absolutely condemn the violence that took place on Capitol Hill, violence is never acceptable.” According to another source inside the White House, cited by Cnn, the first lady would not have intervened earlier because “she no longer feels involved, mentally and emotionally”.
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January 11, 2021 (change January 11, 2021 | 16:05)
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