Melania Trump Raises Eyebrows With New Major Snub

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Melania Trump will miss her husband’s speech at Friday’s rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.

The first lady is one of several key MAGA no-shows at the event, which is taking place after an https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-get-why-people-call-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-staged-i-was-there/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-get-why-people-call-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-staged-i-was-there/">armed suspect stormed the original dinner at the Washington Hilton in April, in an alleged assassination attempt against President Trump.

Cole Tomas Allen, the alleged shooter, did not get into the room, buthttps://www.thedailybeast.com/shooter-was-hunting-trumps-inner-circle-at-whca-dinner-blanche/" rel="" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/shooter-was-hunting-trumps-inner-circle-at-whca-dinner-blanche/"> was perilously close before he was brought down.

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