Trump accused of forgetting which country
At a premiere meant to celebrate Melania’s carefully curated image, the spotlight swung sharply onto her husband. While the documentary Melania quietly struggled with empty theaters and
reports of Republican clubs bulk-buying tickets to avoid humiliation, Trump’s vague description of his wife’s homeland overshadowed everything.
For critics already uneasy about his confusing past remarks on places like Greenland and Iceland, this was one moment too many.
Clips of the exchange spread rapidly online, with users accusing him of not knowing – or not remembering – that she is from Slovenia.
Yet beneath the mockery was something more unsettling: a growing sense that the president’s public missteps are becoming harder to dismiss as simple gaffes.
Melania, poised and resolute beside him, spoke of being “mission and action-oriented,” but her husband’s words told a different story.
The night that should have solidified her narrative instead deepened the most uncomfortable question of his second term:
is something fundamentally wrong, and how long can those closest to him keep pretending otherwise?
