Melania Trump kicks off tour of Africa in Ghana amid questions and criticism
Source: The Washington Post
By Emily Heil and Mary Jordan
October 2 at 8:11 AM
Melania Trump began her week-long sojourn to Africa in Accra, Ghana. Landing Tuesday morning, the first lady was greeted on the tarmac by Ghanaian first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo and a bouquet of flowers wrapped in kente cloth followed by a dancing-and-drumming performance.
From Ghana, Trump will travel to Malawi, then Kenya, and finally to Egypt, an itinerary that places the typically private first lady half a world away from her headline-dominating husband and into the global spotlight.
Though the first ladys trip is seen as a gesture of goodwill, it also appears to some critics of the Trump administration as out of step with her husbands policies. Her stops will largely highlight programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, even as the Trump administration has proposed massive cuts to USAIDs budget.
Later this week, the first lady is also expected to tour an elephant and rhino conservatory in Kenya, even though the Trump administration loosened regulations on trophy hunting and the import of elephant tusks and other animal parts. In addition, prominent members of the Trump family are big-game hunters.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/melania-trump-kicks-off-tour-of-africa-in-ghana-amid-questions-and-criticism/2018/10/02/6645dc02-c5e3-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html
idcdu
(170 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Beavis and Butthead to get some "trophy hunting" in? Makes sense, a trophy wife speaking out about trophy hunting with two dead-beat step sons in tow.
George II
(67,782 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)tanyev
(42,601 posts)Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)There are many countries with ties to Russia so that could be why she is going.
patricia92243
(12,598 posts)Submariner
(12,506 posts)to countries where she hates their skin color and culture?
Is it so her husband can get it on with his female staff or some other hooker.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,591 posts)I don't think she's gotten over the Stormy Daniels fiasco yet.
Mad-in-Mo
(229 posts)the detained immigrant children in the US and that should be enough. Plus, as she pointed out, she doesn't really care.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Her stops will largely highlight programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, even as the Trump administration has proposed massive cuts to USAIDs budget.
... the first lady is also expected to tour an elephant and rhino conservatory in Kenya, even though the Trump administration loosened regulations on trophy hunting and the import of elephant tusks and other animal parts. In addition, prominent members of the Trump family are big-game hunters.
lark
(23,147 posts)Touting programs her husband is cutting, really? So very stupid. If she's trying to distance herself from him by supporting programs he hates, well, it's much ado about nothing and a complete waste of American $$.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)She gets to pretend to be doing good while giving cover to her husbands cutting of the programs. Perfect!
Paladin
(28,271 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)By the way, used to live in Ghana...highly educated folks in general, universal free education, beacon of democracy...Ghanaians will be polite, they will respect the Office she holds, America has been a great friend...but be aware of everything Trump, and that this administration will pass.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Sad.
jb5150
(1,182 posts).. will she be keeping her clothes on?
QED
(2,749 posts)But, as someone upthread said, "I really don't care, do u?"