Melania Trump has opted to skip a traditional tea meeting between incoming and outgoing First Ladies, despite having an invite extended by Joe and Jill Biden.
The Daily Mail first reported on the snub and CNN has further confirmed through sources that the meeting is unlikely to take place.
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Melania’s husband, President-elect Donald Trump, is set to meet President Biden at the White House on Wednesday. The meeting is meant to symbolize a peaceful transfer of power. While the Presidents meet in the Oval Office, the First Ladies typically meet for tea in the residence.
But Melania did not host the traditional tea after a contentious 2020 election. And she appears to have no desire to meet Dr. Jill Biden again this go around.
“Mrs. Trump is not going, and they have not spoken,” a source told the Mail.
CNN also cited sources who suggested the tea would be turning stone cold if they put on a kettle for Melania. The outlet though, suggests the rebuke of Mrs. Biden’s invite is due to a “scheduling conflict” and one source said it was not a definite hard pass quite yet.
“Melania and Jill have yet to speak in the aftermath of Kamala Harris’ humiliating defeat, even though their husbands had a cordial phone call,” the Mail reports.
One can hardly blame Melania Trump for having no interest in sticking with tradition and decorum during her second stint as First Lady.
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The media trashed her ‘Be Best’ initiative to stop bullying, refused to cover her in fashion magazines despite being a former model, mocked her Christmas decorations, and generally treated her like garbage at every turn due to their hatred of Mr. Trump.
Remember when she met with Michelle Obama in 2016? Melania graciously offered Obama a large Tiffany frame as a gift, something an ungrateful Michelle consistently complained about because it supposedly broke protocol.
During an appearance on Ellen DeGeneres’s talk show, Mrs. Obama whined, “I mean, this is like a state visit, so they tell you that you’re going to do this, they’re going to stand here.”
“Never before do you get this gift, so I’m sort of like OK. … What am I supposed to do with this gift?” she said.
I’m sure Melania could have come up with a suggestion or two.
Michelle complained about the gift time and time again.
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What Mrs. Obama fails to admit is that the gift-giving wasn’t a breach of protocol at all … since she did the same thing with Laura Bush in 2009.
Michelle Obama also told “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon that, aside from the fact that having to hold the gift was an apparent burden, the thought running through her mind during the transition was, “Bye, Felicia!”
Now, Melania is delivering the same message to Jill Biden.
Mrs. Trump, prior to the election, said she is “not anxious” about the prospect of serving as First Lady again since this time she has “much more experience, much more knowledge.”
Knowledge enough to skip out when Jill Biden comes a-calling.