First Lady Melania Trump’s White House Bio Promotes Her Products

President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania, accompanied by their Secret Service detail, arrives for a church service at St. John’s Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20,... President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania, accompanied by their Secret Service detail, arrives for a church service at St. John’s Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, on Donald Trump's inauguration day. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) MORE LESS
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A lengthy biography posted on whitehouse.gov highlights Melania Trump’s jewelry line, yet another example of the newly-minted first family plugging their product in political, and now official, settings.

“In April 2010, Melania Trump launched her own jewelry collection, ‘Melania™ Timepieces & Jewelry’, on QVC,” the bio notes, after listing a slew of modeling gigs and philanthropic positions.

Previously, President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, came under fire for plugging her own products following campaign appearances. After her speech at the Republican National Convention, Ivanka Trump advertised the dress she’d worn during the speech on her Twitter page. Reporters also received an email from a representative of her company advertising the bracelet she wore during the Trump family’s first post-election interview.

At his first press conference on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also hawked Trump’s Washington, D.C. hotel to reporters.

“It’s a beautiful place. It’s somewhere that he’s very proud of. And I think it’s symbolic of the kind of government he’s going to run,” Spicer said. “It’s an absolutely stunning hotel. I encourage you to go there if you haven’t been by.”

h/t Washington Post

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  1. Chaffetz: We are so thankful that Trump family is running the govt like their personal business.

  2. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    The girl knows how to shake her money maker…

  3. I, for one, appreciate them giving me specific info on products I will now boycott. Thanks, Floozy Flotus.

  4. The Mendacity of Ethics… and the Ethics office will need a hundred new lawyers but will be unfunded and disbanded instead.

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