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demmiblue

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Sat Aug 16, 2025, 07:50 PM Aug 2025

Melania's Word Salad Plea to Putin About 'Children' Revealed

FLOTUS did not attend Trump’s meeting with Putin, but she did send the Russian leader a letter.

The contents of First Lady Melania Trump’s letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin have now been revealed, including a plea for the Russian leader to “restore [the] melodic laughter” of children affected by his war in Ukraine.



Before the letter’s contents were revealed, two unnamed White House officials told Reuters that the missive mentioned the mass abductions of Ukrainian children by Russia as part of its ongoing invasion. However, Trump’s message avoids specifics—the word “Ukraine” is not used once—instead opting for flowery language that dances around the subject.

”Every child shares the same quiet dreams in their heart, whether born randomly into a nation’s rustic countryside or a magnificent city-center. They dream of love, possibility, and safety from danger,” it begins.

”As parents, it is our duty to nurture the next generation’s hope. As leaders, the responsibility to sustain our children extends beyond the comfort of a few. Undeniably, we must strive to paint a dignity-filled world for all—so that every soul may wake to peace, and so that the future itself is perfectly guarded.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/melania-trumps-word-salad-plea-to-putin-about-children-revealed/


‼️👀 Melania Trump’s letter to Putin

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 2025-08-16T20:15:01.326Z
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Melania's Word Salad Plea to Putin About 'Children' Revealed (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2025 OP
My takeaway... buzzycrumbhunger Aug 2025 #1
Her signature is just like djt's. It contrasts sharply with her feast of adjectives allegorical oracle Aug 2025 #2
Melanoma didn't pen that.... democratsruletheday Aug 2025 #3

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,161 posts)
1. My takeaway...
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 08:11 PM
Aug 2025

I seriously doubt that woman could put this many words together herself, and does anyone else find it odd that her signature looks the same as the orange bawbag’s ridiculously contrived heart attack EKG sig? 😄

allegorical oracle

(6,594 posts)
2. Her signature is just like djt's. It contrasts sharply with her feast of adjectives
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 08:13 PM
Aug 2025

and adverbs. Me thinks there was a ghost writer a-haunting.

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