During a speech on Tuesday welcoming King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House, President Donald Trump reflected on his own mortality as well as the duration of his marriage to Melania.
In the course of his address, Trump made a brief mention of his parents, Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, who were married for 63 years until Fred’s death in June 1999.
He turned back to the First Lady, who was seated alongside Queen Camilla behind him. “That’s a record we won’t be able to match, darling,” he remarked with a sense of nostalgia.
“I’m sorry, it’s just not going to work out that way,” he continued a light-hearted laugh. “We’ll do well, but we’re not going to do that well.”
The First Lady’s demeanor, which was captured distinctly on camera, could hardly be described as warm. Melania, attired in a white silk-and-wool Ralph Lauren jacket and skirt, complemented by Manolo Blahnik snake pumps and a wide straw hat, maintained her composure, although it took her a moment to muster a smile as the audience laughed.
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The remarks comes shortly after both Trump and Melania demanded comedian Jimmy Kimmel to be dismissed 0from ABC for ridiculing the nearly twenty-five year age difference between the President and First Lady, and for taking “an expectant window” dig on her.
The Trumps have celebrated 21 years of marriage, with their anniversary occurring on January 22. This union represents Trump’s third and longest marriage — he initially married Ivana Trump in 1977, divorced her in 1990, and subsequently married Marla Maples from 1993 until 1999.
Trump and Melania first encountered each other in 1998, at which time she was a 28-year-old fashion model and he was a 52-year-old real estate executive and media personality.
The weird “joke” occurred on the second day of the British royal couple’s official visit. Following a short rain shower, which Trump jovially referred to as “a very British welcome,” King Charles and Queen Camilla were honored with a military parade, a 21-gun salute, a jet flyover, and a formal troop review, representing the highest diplomatic honor that the White House offers to a visiting head of state.
