MIA Melania Will Skip G7, North Korea Summits

First lady Melania Trump stands while her husband President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump isn’t joining her husband at the G7 summit in Quebec this week or planning to accompany him to the expected meeting with North Korea’s leader in Singapore the week after, spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said Sunday.

Mrs. Trump’s decision not to go to Quebec is a departure from last year, when she made an international summit debut at the G7 meeting in Italy and followed up at the forum of G20 industrialized and developing nations in Germany. Spouses typically get together at events of their own during the meetings of world leaders.

The first lady stayed behind Friday when President Donald Trump, his daughters, eldest son and son-in-law went to the Camp David retreat for the weekend. She hasn’t made a public appearance since before her five-day hospital stay in mid-May for treatment of a kidney condition the White House only described as benign.

Grisham said earlier that the first lady has been meeting with staff and working on projects. Mrs. Trump is scheduled to join the president Monday in hosting a reception, closed to the press, for Gold Star families.

“She will not attend the G7 and there are no plans for her to travel to Singapore at this time,” Grisham told AP.

The G7 summit will be held in Quebec on Friday and Saturday. The president plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore, the first leaders’ summit between two countries that are still formally at war.

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  1. While I am concerned about her well-being, I completely understand if she does not want to be seen in public pretending to tolerate her husband.

    On the other hand, if she were to go, I am sure either Canada or Singapore would gladly grant her asylum.

  2. She’s probably needs an extended period to heal from a plastic surgery procedure.
    Depression and stress slows up the healing process. If you look at how tight her face is already, any work to look natural will be more invasive.

  3. By marrying Dotard, Melania has created a more diabolical prison for herself than anything KJU could have ever come up with.

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