{"id":8303,"date":"2025-12-14T22:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/12\/14\/melania-stares-blankly-while-trump-lectures-on-holiday-decorations-the-daily-beast\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T22:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:12:51","slug":"melania-stares-blankly-while-trump-lectures-on-holiday-decorations-the-daily-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/12\/14\/melania-stares-blankly-while-trump-lectures-on-holiday-decorations-the-daily-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Stares Blankly While Trump Lectures on Holiday Decorations – The Daily Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First Lady Melania Trump could only stare into space as her husband recounted the less-than-glowing reviews of her holiday decorations from Christmases past.<\/p>\n

The first lady, 55, stared blankly next to Trump, 79, as he delivered remarks at the White House on Sunday\u2014and took credit for the Christmas decorations this year.<\/p>\n

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Melania Trump gave less than three minutes to the delivery of the tree this year. <\/span>Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP via Getty Images <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMelania did all of these decorations, and she\u2019s gotten great reviews. The first year, year one, she did the trees, they were white and they were so beautiful. And the fake news hit her hard. The next year, they were red. Gorgeous red. They hit her hard. The next year, they were another color. They hit her,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Baby, do me a favor. Do me a favor. Make the trees green. Let \u2018em just be green. It\u2019s so beautiful. Let it be great.\u2019 Anyway, she has gotten the greatest reviews I\u2019ve ever seen, and nobody has ever gotten reviews like this for the White House,\u201d he went on.<\/p>\n

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There is a Lego Trump in this year\u2019s decorations. <\/span>Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Melania later stepped up to the podium to sympathize with the families of victims in the Brown University<\/a> and Australia<\/a> shootings, as well as encourage White House guests to enjoy the holiday decorations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like that you enjoy today the White House. It\u2019s a special place, and we have a Santa visiting today. I hope you saw him, and if not, go to visit him in the Green Room, the family room, game room. He\u2019s waiting for you. You could take pictures and maybe whisper to him what you would like to have as a present for Christmas,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Slovenian-born first lady\u2019s warm holiday remarks may surprise those who remember the leaked 2018 recording<\/a> in which she was overheard telling an aide, \u201cI\u2019m working my a– off at Christmas stuff. You know, who gives a f\u2014 about Christmas stuff and decoration? But I need to do it right?\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Mrs. Trump revealed that the 2025 theme for holiday decorations is \u201cHome is Where the Heart is\u201d\u2014apparently inspired by her own noticeable absence from the White House, where she spent just 14 days during the first 108 days of her husband\u2019s second term, according to The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The first lady was not in D.C. much during the first 108 days of the presidency. <\/span>Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe saying \u2018Home is Where the Heart is\u2019 resonates deeply with me, especially as I navigate the joys, challenges, and frequent motion that comes with motherhood and business,\u201d she earlier told Fox. \u201cThe constant movement has taught me that home is not merely a physical space; rather, it is the warmth and comfort I carry within, regardless of my surroundings.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First Lady Melania Trump could only stare into space as her husband recounted the less-than-glowing reviews of her holiday decorations from Christmases past. The first lady, 55, stared blankly next to Trump, 79, as he delivered remarks at the White House on Sunday\u2014and took credit for the Christmas decorations this year. Melania Trump gave less […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}