During the State of the Union address, the U.S. president took the opportunity to poke fun at the first lady following the release of the film. Donald Trump called his wife a “movie star.”
“No one cares more about protecting America’s youth than our first lady. She is now a movie star — can you believe it? Who would have imagined that?” he said about an hour and a half after the start of the speech.
Donald Trump also noted that the measures taken by the first lady received more support than the policies he himself created during his first year in office.
“It’s something truly tremendous that has happened, and she received a great deal of bipartisan support. She gets far more bipartisan support than I do. I get none, she gets plenty. One day you’re going to have to tell me how you did that!” he joked.
The Republican mentioned that Melania took part in legislation on foster care and secured $30 million to launch the Melania Trump Foster Youth to Independence initiative.
Despite Donald Trump’s praise, Melania has an approval rating of -16 points, according to a YouGov survey. The figures are lower than those of former first lady Jill Biden (-9).
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