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Brigitte Macron lauds 'really fun' Melania Trump – but says 'she can't go outside'
The Manchester Guardian ^ | April 27, 2018 | Jon Henley

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:16:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Far from the stern, even glum image she presents to the public, Melania Trump in private is excellent company, according to Brigitte Macron – but unlike the French first lady, her US counterpart cannot so much as poke her nose outdoors.

Speaking to Le Monde at the end of the French presidential couple’s three-day state visit to Washington, Macron said the 48-year-old former model from Slovenia was “actually really fun. We have the same sense of humour. We laugh a lot together.”

But Melania “cannot do anything”, the French first lady said. “She can’t even open a window at the White House. She can’t go outside. She’s much more constrained than I am.

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Brigitte, a former French and drama teacher who recently celebrated her 65th birthday and is 25 years older than Emmanuel, her former student, insisted that contrary to popular opinion, Melania, who is 24 years younger than her husband, was “kind, charming, intelligent and very open”....

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; chat; france; macron; melania; trump
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I think they had to return them. Not sure all they stole was totally returned, but the china was. Don’t have a link at the moment.


21 posted on 05/01/2018 2:25:53 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: HiTech RedNeck

The fine china, at least, was returned to the white house.


22 posted on 05/01/2018 9:20:08 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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To: ro_dreaming

That’s good. It seems really low to have made off with it, like it was some mere souvenir.


23 posted on 05/01/2018 9:24:41 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Hell, they probably figured no one was going to miss it. And, honestly, I’d expect them to take everything that wasn’t nailed down, and half of what was.

Taking the “W” off every keyboard? Childish.


24 posted on 05/02/2018 8:27:10 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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