Critics attacked former President Donald Trump when they noticed that former First Lady Melania Trump was missing from the family Christmas photo — but Trump confirmed the reason for her absence during his New Year’s Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago.
Taking the microphone and addressing party-goers, Trump announced that he had just gotten off the phone with Melania — who was at a Miami hospital with her mother, Amalija Knavs.
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“Her mother Amalija is very ill. Hopefully she’ll be recovering, but she’s been very ill, so … we just spoke, she’s down in Miami, a great hospital,” Trump said. “Hopefully, that’ll be okay, but it’s a tough one, a very tough one.”
“She sends her love to everybody,” Trump continued, adding, “She knows…
