In praise of Melania Trump

In the New York Post, Miranda Devine enthusiastically praises our first lady, Melania Trump.

...She has the humility to understand that she is not the main game. Such command of ego is the first requirement of a first lady.

Melania is much more than an airhead former model, in any case.

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For starters, she speaks six languages: her native Slovenian, English, French, Serbian, German and Italian.

She may not have finished college, but she had the street smarts to escape her tiny town in an impoverished Eastern Bloc country and survive on her wits in America. She’s no political naïf, either: If your family has experienced communism firsthand, you have a pretty attuned sense of politics and ideology.

At the recent G-7 in France, she did not put a foot wrong.

With the eyes of the world on you, it must be nerve-wracking to ensure you don’t trip or have a wardrobe malfunction or say something silly to embarrass your husband and nation. Anyone who has accompanied a spouse to an important business function would know the pressure.

But Melania always looked lovely and engaged charmingly with world leaders. She kissed Canada’s Justin Trudeau on the cheek (and was accused, weirdly, of coming on to him). On an excursion to a Biarritz beach, she got on so well with French first lady Brigitte Macron, they wound up holding hands.

The inclusion of spouses makes these international powwows as much about personal relationships as highfalutin’ policy, and Melania’s schmoozing ability is an asset that shouldn’t be underrated.

She is a woman whose poise and dignity speaks volumes.

When people say, “Poor Melania,” she says, “Don’t feel sorry for me. I can handle everything.”

Any honest assessment of her track record would tell you there’s no doubt she can handle anything. The Trump haters will have to find a new victim.

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