Melania Trump speaks at mom’s funeral: “You had been a ray of sunshine within the darkest days”

The previous first woman introduced greater than every week in the past that her mom had died on the age of 78.

On the funeral, Melania gave a eulogy, remembering her mom as “a ray of sunshine within the darkest of days.”

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Trump skipped a New York defamation trial to attend a funeral after a decide refused to adjourn the case for a day.

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“Together with her, the world appeared brilliant and blissful,” Melania Trump mentioned throughout her eulogy. “Our connection was unbroken.”

Amalija Knavs and her husband Viktoras in 2018. grew to become US residents after beforehand dwelling within the US with inexperienced playing cards sponsored by their daughter. They had been in a position to benefit from the household reunification visa course of that then-President Donald Trump derided as “chain migration” that must be deserted.

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The lady labored in a textile manufacturing facility within the Slovenian metropolis of Sevnica, and her husband Viktor was a automobile salesman.

Melania Trump attended highschool within the capital, Ljubljana, about an hour’s drive away.

She met Donald Trump in 1998. working as a mannequin. in 2006 they’d a son collectively, Barron, the identical 12 months she grew to become a US citizen.

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