Melania Trump ends Africa tour with an appeal: Ignore what I wear
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we need to help all the victims no matter what kind of abuse they had she said. im against any kind of abuse1 melania trump concluded her trip to africa on saturday by urging people to pay less attention to what she wears and also voicing support for her husbands embattled supreme court nominee1 she dismissed reports about alleged derogatory comments reportedly made by president donald trump about african countries and said the issue had not come up on her visit1 the stylish former model also said she did not always agree with her husbands tweets and gave him her opinion directly even though he does not always follow her advice1 the four-country trip was a coming out of sorts for the first lady in the world stage. it was her first major solo trip abroad and a rare example of a time when she has answered questions by reporters1 speaking in cairo on the tours final leg trump praised supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and said she was glad he and his accuser had a chance to be heard following allegations of sexual assault1 im glad that dr ford was heard. im glad that judge kavanaugh was heard fbi investigation was done is completed and the senate voted trump said referring to psychology professor christine blasey ford who had accused him of sexually assaulting her1 kavanaugh has denied all the allegations1 trump declined to say whether she believed ford1 the u.s. first lady said the message of her tour to ghana malawi kenya and egypt was to show the world that we care1 trump flew to cairo from nairobi earlier on saturday on the last stage of her visit to africa a continent her husband once referred to derisively1 president trump has been quoted as saying immigrants from africa came from shithole countries. he denied making the remark1 trump said that her husbands alleged derogatory comment about african countries did not come up on her trip1 nobody discussed that with me and i never heard him saying those comments. and that was anonymous source and i would leave it at that1 she said she did not always agree with her husbands tweets and that she tells him that. she also said she wished that people would focus on what she does not what she wears and then proceeded to pose for pictures in front of some of egypts greatest landmarks1 the us first lady came in for some criticism back home for her choice of headgear in kenya. some commentators said she had made a mistake by wearing a white pith helmet a hat favored by 19th century european colonialists because of its association with the exploitation of africans1 trump had earlier received a warm welcome from egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi and his wife entissar at the presidential palace in cairo before she headed to visit the pyramids and the great sphinx1 she wore slacks and a tie as she stepped off the plane in cairo where she proceeded to the presidential palace an ornate cream stone building with arabesque designs1 at the meeting which lasted for nearly one hour sisi sat in the middle with trump on one side and his wife on the other. no statements were made to the press1