MELANIA TRUMP TOOK THE UNIQUE STEP OF CRAFTING A LETTER THAT CALLS FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE, HAVING HER HUSBAND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAND-DELIVER IT TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AT THEIR MEETING IN ALASKA.

 

ON MONDAY, DURING AN OVAL TRUMP MEETING WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKKY, TRUMP SAID THE LETTER WAS WELL-RECEIVED BY PUTIN.

 

SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

“She felt it was a beautiful letter. It was very well received by him. And she did ask me to say, you know, she would love to see this end.”

 

THE LETTER DID NOT SPECIFICALLY NAME UKRAINE, WHICH PUTIN’S FORCES INVADED IN 2022, BUT BESEECHED HIM TO THINK OF CHILDREN AND “AN INNOCENCE WHICH STANDS ABOVE GEOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT, AND IDEOLOGY.”

 

SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

“She loves children. And she hates to see something like this happening.”

Zelenskyy thanked First Lady Melania Trump for writing the letter to President Putin and also presented a letter from his wife, Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, addressed to Mrs. Trump during the Oval Office meeting.

 

PUTIN’S INVASION OF UKRAINE HAS RESULTED IN RUSSIA TAKING UKRAINIAN CHILDREN OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY SO THAT THEY CAN BE RAISED AS RUSSIAN.

 

THE FIRST LADY SAID THAT PUTIN COULD HELP THESE CHILDREN WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN.