Little Boy Visiting WH Spills Melania’s Water, Stunned By The Way She Responds
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On Monday, Melania Trump invited a group of schoolchildren to the White House. During their time together, a little boy accidentally spilled the first lady’s water. The way she responded left the entire room stunned.
According to White House reporter Kate Bennet, who covers the first lady for CNN, Melania held a conversation about feelings with schoolchildren who visited the People’s House on Monday.
“Children asked by @FLOTUS to come up and write on an electric screen with a black marker the feelings they have when they are either at home, at school, or with friends. They ranged from ‘happy,’ to ‘thankful,’ and ‘nervous,’” tweeted Bennet. “As for her own feelings today, @FLOTUS said she was ‘excited,’ and ‘thankful.’”
This is quite a departure from Melania’s predecessor, Michelle Obama, who was always shamefully ungrateful for the tremendous opportunities that were afforded her. This wasn’t the only time on Monday that Melania showed Michelle how a real first lady should act, though.
When a nervous schoolboy accidentally spilled her water, Melania responded with more class and tact than Michelle Obama ever showed in the eight long years we were forced to call her our first lady.
“Several children went up to the board to write down their feelings,” tweeted CNN’s Bennett. She then revealed that a little boy wrote “energized” before he “bumped into this table, spilling the water glass,” according to The Daily Caller. Bennett also posted a picture of Melania standing behind the small table upon which her water glass was sitting.
The poor boy who accidentally spilled Melania’s water was probably tremendously embarrassed at having knocked over the first lady’s drink, but her response could not have been more compassionate in the situation. “Don’t worry, it’s just water!” she said before putting her arm around him. This small, but meaningful, act of consolation was surely just what the student needed in order to feel comfortable again after his faux pas.
Melania Trump says spilled water — even on-camera in a famous house — is no big deal.
It happened Monday in the Blue Room of the White House, which had been set up like a classroom. Mrs. Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asked a group of 13 middle school students to write on a board how they were feeling. Toward the end, one student who had just written that he feels “energized,” accidentally knocked a drinking glass off a table. He froze, but the first lady put a comforting hand on his back.
“No problem,” she said. “Don’t worry, it’s just a water, okay?”
Mrs. Trump said she had gathered the children at the White House to hear about their thoughts and challenges, to “help children everywhere do their best.” [Source: ABC News]
As one can imagine, having an audience with the first lady of the United States would make anyone nervous. Although Melania Trump has a huge soft spot for children and she’s as sweet as can be, she is also one of the most famous women in the world. Throw in the fact that she is drop-dead gorgeous and a former runway model who speaks five languages and you’ve got a recipe that could make even the most cultured adult feel a bit nervous and inferior.
Even with that being the case, Melania is said to have a way about her which puts others at ease. She also has an energetic young son herself and she has always taken an active role in his upbringing, so a bit of spilled water was certainly nothing new or upsetting to her.
One is led to wonder how Michelle Obama might have responded if she had found herself in the same situation. Certainly not with so much compassion and grace. Thank God we have such a poised first lady in the White House these days! Refreshing, isn’t it?