After Barbara Bush Dies, Laura Has Just One Thing To Say About Melania Trump
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Former first lady and presidential mother Barbara Bush left this world in style on Tuesday, “sipping bourbon” and sharing one last heartfelt conversation with her closest family members. With the nation still in mourning over this tremendous loss, George W. Bush and his wife Laura sat down for an interview with Fox News on Wednesday. It was then that Laura Bush was asked if she had any “advice” for Melania Trump.
According to Fox Business, President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush reflected on the life and legacy of Barbara Bush in an interview on Wednesday. “She truly believes there’s an afterlife, that she’ll be wonderfully received in the arms of a loving God,” the former president told Maria Bartiromo. “And therefore did not fear death. And as a result of her soul being comforted on the deathbed, my soul is comforted.”
Bartiromo then addressed Laura Bush, saying, “Mrs. Bush, you remain one of the most popular and loved first ladies of all time. And you have your own incredible leadership style. Do you want to pass on any words of advice to our current first lady Melania Trump?”
“Well, no, I wouldn’t give her advice, but I have met Melania – she invited me to tea at the White House. She’s a beautiful woman, and very, very lovely,” said Mrs. Bush. “I think she will do really very well.”
Laura Bush was certainly right about Melania Trump’s success if her official business on Wednesday was any indication. Indeed, as the former first lady was sitting down with Fox News, the current first lady was treating her Japanese counterpart to a tour of a historic U.S. mansion as their husbands golfed.
First lady Melania Trump might be one of the few not overly awed by a marble-bedecked and gold-plated Gilded Age mansion that she and her Japanese counterpart toured Wednesday.
While President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe golfed at the president’s nearby country club, their wives visited Whitehall, the 75-room, 100,000-square-foot (9,290-square meter) waterside retreat that oil and railroad tycoon Henry Flagler built as a wedding present for his third wife, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler. The Flaglers wintered there beginning in 1902, and it is now the centerpiece of the Flagler Museum.
Arriving in a motorcade from Mar-a-Lago, the president’s own gold-plated mansion 3 miles (5 kilometers) away, Melania Trump and Akie Abe were greeted by Flagler’s great grandson William Matthews, and museum Executive Director Erin Manning, who led them through a tour of the home, which historians say cost $4 million ($110 million today) to build. [Source: ABC News]
The close-knit relationships that Melania Trump is building with women like Akie Abe should not be overlooked, even though the media likes to act as if she is doing nothing but sitting up in her husband’s mansion and drinking champagne. The world is a safer place when the U.S. has strong relationships with its allies, and a first lady can play a key role in establishing those bonds. Laura Bush knows this well.
It should also be noted that the Bushs are not the biggest fans of the Trumps. After all, Donald Trump wiped the floor with Jeb Bush when they ran against each other in the Republican primary. President Trump’s leadership style is also very different from former President George W. Bush’s. Still, Laura Bush spoke glowingly of Melania Trump during her Fox News interview on Wednesday, demonstrating what a true class act she is. The two families may have their differences, but Mrs. Bush isn’t about to create some trashy scandal by bad-mouthing Melania.