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Melania Trump Loses Footing With Elephant, but Not With Kids
US News & World Report ^ | October 5, 2018 | Darlene Superville, The Associated Press

Posted on 10/05/2018 12:23:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Melania Trump briefly lost her footing when a baby elephant startled her with a sudden move, but she was anything but out of step when children living in an orphanage in Kenya welcomed her to their home with song and dance.

Melania Trump briefly lost her footing when a baby elephant startled her with a sudden move, but the first lady was anything but out of step when children at an orphanage welcomed her to their home with African song and dance.

It didn't take long for the typically reserved U.S. first lady to dive fully into the moment.

Mrs. Trump arrived at The Nest orphanage on Friday after helping feed baby elephants, still clad in the riding pants and tall brown boots she had worn on a safari. A group of children who live at the orphanage and had been waiting for their American visitor broke into song and dance.

With a child's hand clasped in each of hers, Mrs. Trump led the group up a walkway toward the home for orphaned infants, sashaying to the music as she approached a bank of waiting news cameras....

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Pets/Animals; Politics; Travel
KEYWORDS: africa; flotusmelania; kenya; melania; melaniaafrica; melaniaafricatrip; trump
They try and make an issue out of the smallest things but ignored huge missteps from the Obamas.
1 posted on 10/05/2018 12:23:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Where are the 35 pics from all angles and the slow-mo video? Maybe try to fit in a comment about Brett Kavanaugh stumbling when he's drunk.

2 posted on 10/05/2018 12:41:06 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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Melania Trump Loses Footing With Elephant

Oh, dear, oh, dear, how terrible!

3 posted on 10/05/2018 12:45:17 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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The neat,well dressed African children are consistently putting most American children to shame.

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4 posted on 10/05/2018 12:49:27 PM PDT by Mears
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I went there in 09’ when I did my African safari. As babies they are very friendly.


5 posted on 10/05/2018 1:06:11 PM PDT by DHerion
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Well, some woman was trampled to death the other day when she left her vehicle to take close up pictures of an elephant, so ...


6 posted on 10/05/2018 1:49:25 PM PDT by libertylover (Despite government propaganda, I know the difference between a boy and a girl.)
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7 posted on 10/05/2018 4:27:55 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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8 posted on 10/05/2018 4:28:15 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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9 posted on 10/05/2018 4:28:31 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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10 posted on 10/05/2018 4:28:49 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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11 posted on 10/05/2018 4:29:06 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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