First Lady Wishes To Spend Holidays On A Deserted Island

First lady Melania Trump, accompanied by Santa Claus, reads The Polar Express to children at Children's National Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
First lady Melania Trump, accompanied by Santa Claus, reads "The Polar Express" to children at Children's National Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

WASHINGTON (AP) — If she could spend the holidays anywhere in the world, Melania Trump says she’d take her family to a deserted island.

The first lady revealed her wish Thursday during a Christmastime visit with patients and staff at a children’s hospital in Washington. The visit was a continuation of a tradition begun more than 60 years ago by first lady Bess Truman.

Fielding questions from patients, Mrs. Trump was asked by a 10-year-old boy where would she spend the holidays if she could go anywhere in the world.

Her answer about a deserted, tropical island was met with laughter.

Mrs. Trump and President Donald Trump are expected to spend the holidays at their estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

She also read “The Polar Express” to patients.

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  1. Why wait and why limit it to the holidays?

  2. Let’s start the GoFundMe account to pay for it. We’ll start slow, though, with just one-way tickets, steerage class…

  3. Whaa ? ? …

    You mean they don’t already own one ? ? …

    donnie’s really slipping … I heard … on the internet …
    That all great rulers have an island –

    Must not be one available with tacky gold spray painted palms —

  4. I think that can be arranged .

  5. If she could spend the holidays anywhere in the world, Melania Trump says she’d take her family to a deserted island.

    May I suggest Bikini Atoll? Hopefully they’ll have a real blast; A-test preferred.

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