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Melania Trump's reaction to Donald Trump's congress speech is viral

First Lady's reaction to President Donald Trump's speech before the congress has become viral.

Why is it important

Melania Trump remained largely out of the public during the presidential campaign. She missed a number of events, including his Super Victory Party of the Super Service, and was absent in the courtroom in relation to his legal cases such as his criminal Hush money procedure in New York.

The US first Lady Melania Trump is recognized by US President Donald Trump in a joint meeting of the congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.


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Her absence came because there has been speculation about the relationship of the couple for a long time, with the media and critics often speculating about their whereabouts.

What to know?

The Patriottakes report, who generally takes a critical attitude towards Trump, shared a clip by Melania Trump about the speech to the congress, where she gave up or twitching her mouth when her husband spoke. The clip quickly became viral and was viewed almost 300,000 times at the time of reporting.

The article was labeled: “Melania made this lip again.” On January 25, Patriottakes announced a similar clip in which Melania showed that Melania made the same movement with her lips while Trump spoke.

This post was labeled: “Melania made some strange movements with her lips on the asphalt in California today. Hopefully everything is fine.” It was viewed 5 million times after the reporting.

However, Melania Trump's videos shared the president's speech, smile and clapping. The Account Flotus report, which regularly shares updates and news about Melania Trump, has published a clip from Trump on Melania Trump and her smiling caption: “This is so cute. President Trump sees Melania in the crowd and points to her and smiles.” This post was viewed over 63,000 times.

Another contribution from Texas Patriot's report announced a clip by Melania at the address. This post received over 130,000 views at the time of the press.

Trump held a record speech on Tuesday to the joint meeting of the congress, his first since returning to the White House. The speech took about an hour and 40 minutes, the longest in American history.

During the speech, Trump announced a plan to impose mutual tariffs on April 2 that the United States will “recapture the Panama Canal”, and also that the USA Greenland needed “international world security, and I think we'll get it. So or the other way. We'll get it.”

What people say

Melania Trump spoke to Fox News about her first four years as First Lady before Trump's inauguration: “I just have the feeling that people may not have accepted me, they may not understand me the way they do now. And I didn't have a lot of support. Maybe some people only see me as a wife of the president, but I am on their own feet, independent, I have my own thoughts, I have my own 'yes' and 'no'.”

What's next

The public fascination for Melania Trump will probably continue, and clips from her at events can continue to cause a stir on social media.

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