Melania Trump kicks off tour of Africa in Ghana amid questions and criticism

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



By Emily Heil and Mary Jordan

October 2 at 8:11 AM

Melania Trump began her week-long sojourn to Africa in Accra, Ghana. Landing Tuesday morning, the first lady was greeted on the tarmac by Ghanaian first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo and a bouquet of flowers wrapped in kente cloth followed by a dancing-and-drumming performance.

From Ghana, Trump will travel to Malawi, then Kenya, and finally to Egypt, an itinerary that places the typically private first lady half a world away from her headline-dominating husband — and into the global spotlight.

Though the first lady’s trip is seen as a gesture of goodwill, it also appears to some critics of the Trump administration as out of step with her husband’s policies. Her stops will largely highlight programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, even as the Trump administration has proposed massive cuts to USAID’s budget.

Later this week, the first lady is also expected to tour an elephant and rhino conservatory in Kenya, even though the Trump administration loosened regulations on trophy hunting and the import of elephant tusks and other animal parts. In addition, prominent members of the Trump family are big-game hunters.



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[idcdu]

1. I don't care do U?

[7962]

2. HA!

[NurseJackie]

9. Ha! Well done!

[George II]

11. Bazinga!

[Scarsdale]

3. Who planned this trip,

Beavis and Butthead to get some "trophy hunting" in? Makes sense, a trophy wife speaking out about trophy hunting with two dead-beat step sons in tow.

[George II]

12. Eric did the planning - it was initially supposed to be a bus trip.

[democratisphere]

4. Melanie is scouting big game trophies for her step sons.

[tanyev]

5. If she's smart, she just won't bother coming back.

[Lotusflower70]

6. She married him so not smart

There are many countries with ties to Russia so that could be why she is going.

[patricia92243]

7. Did she wear her "I don't care" jacket?

[Submariner]

8. Why does the US send a racist ex-escort

to countries where she hates their skin color and culture?

Is it so her husband can get it on with his female staff or some other hooker.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. It's almost like she's chosen to rub her husband's face in elephant dung.

I don't think she's gotten over the Stormy Daniels fiasco yet.

[Mad-in-Mo]

13. No doubt she thinks she made a couple of trips to see

the detained immigrant children in the US and that should be enough. Plus, as she pointed out, she doesn't really care.

[left-of-center2012]

14. This, from the OP

Her stops will largely highlight programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, even as the Trump administration has proposed massive cuts to USAID’s budget.

... the first lady is also expected to tour an elephant and rhino conservatory in Kenya, even though the Trump administration loosened regulations on trophy hunting and the import of elephant tusks and other animal parts. In addition, prominent members of the Trump family are big-game hunters.

[lark]

15. OMG, can any person be more clueless than her?

Touting programs her husband is cutting, really? So very stupid. If she's trying to distance herself from him by supporting programs he hates, well, it's much ado about nothing and a complete waste of American $$.

[Merlot]

18. She's not clueless. They get it both ways with this little tax payer funded trip

She gets to pretend to be doing good while giving cover to her husbands cutting of the programs. Perfect!

[Paladin]

16. Welcome to your first "Shithole" country, Ms. trump. (nt)

[Fred Sanders]

22. I wish folks would stop repeating these words, even to mock. What is the point, with respect?

By the way, used to live in Ghana...highly educated folks in general, universal free education, beacon of democracy...Ghanaians will be polite, they will respect the Office she holds, America has been a great friend...but be aware of everything Trump, and that this administration will pass.

[lunatica]

17. It's sad she has to go to those shithole countries to be kept busy

Sad.

[jb5150]

19. On this trip ...

.. will she be keeping her clothes on?

[QED]

20. Unless I'm missing something - she repurposed the patio umbrella

But, as someone upthread said, "I really don't care, do u?"

[murielm99]

21. Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour!