News || Michelle Obama meets with Melania Trump at White House

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On January 20, America will get not only a new president, but a new first lady — 46-year-old Melania Trump. Michelle Obama showed her around the White House residence Thursday. Mrs. Trump was born in Slovenia and became a U.S. citizen ten years ago.
 

First Lady Michelle Obama hosted future first lady Melania Trump for tea at her private residence at the White House, the White House said Thursday, as President Barack Obama also met face-to-face with his successor, President-elect Donald Trump. The first lady and Melania Trump discussed the experience raising children at the White House and being good parents, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters later Thursday. Michelle Obama also gave the future first lady a tour of the residence, including stepping out onto the Truman Balcony, and they had a tour with White House curator Bill Allman, Earnest said. The two then walked to the Oval Office and met their husbands. The meeting between the two women comes several months after Melania Trump was criticized after a chunk of her speech at the Republican National Convention appeared to have been lifted from Michelle Obama’s speech at the 2008 Democratic convention. A speechwriter for Donald Trump’s business later took the blame.