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Melania Trump has had a very interesting life. Born as Melanija Knavs in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, she has since become a naturalized American citizen and held a number of careers.

Her first and longest career was as a model. Starting this career when she was only five years old, it became a passion that she would not soon give up. By age 16, Melania had begun doing commercial modeling work. Her first gig came when she posed for the Slovenian fashion photographer Stane Jerko. It was during this time that she adapted her birth name to the Germanic version “Knauss”.

At 18, Melania was signed to a modeling agency based in Milan, Italy. Due to the world-class reach of this agency, she was named as Jana Magazine’s 1992 Look of the Year.  With this, she was awarded an international modeling contract.

In 1995, while modeling in fashion houses in Paris and Milan, Melania met the co-owner of Metropolitan Models, and friend of her future husband President Donald Trump, Paolo Zampolli. Zampolli encouraged Melania to travel to the United States where he wanted to represent her as her modeling agent.

In 1996, Melania took the plunge and moved to Manhattan to start her own American dream. It was in 1998 that she first met Donald Trump at a party and the two began dating soon thereafter.

Melania appeared alongside her then boyfriend Donald Trump as he campaigned for the 2000 Reform Party Presidential nomination. When interviewed by the New York Times what her role would be should Donald Trump be elected, she stated that she would be very traditional, “like Betty Ford or Jackie Kennedy”.

Melania and Donald Trump became engaged in 2004. On January 22, 2005 the two were married at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. The reception was held in the ballroom of Mar-a-Lago. Soon after, Melania became pregnant, giving birth to their son Baron William Trump on March 20, 2006.

In 2010, Melania launched a line of jewelry, called Melania Timepieces, and Jewelry. She also began marketing a Melania Skin Care Collection that was sold in high-end department stores.

During her husband’s run for President of the United States in 2016, Trump stated “I encouraged him because I know what he will do and what he can do for America. He loves the American people and he wants to help them.”

After assuming the role of first lady of the United States on January 20,2017, Melania did not immediately move to the White House. Instead, she continued living in Manhattan at the Trump Tower until her son had finished the 2016-2017 school year at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School. On June 11, 2017, she and Baron moved into the White House with her husband.

Melania is noteworthy because she is the second foreign-born woman to hold the office of first lady. She is also the first naturalized citizen to hold the title, as well as the first whose native language is not English.

During her first White House event in March 2017, she held a luncheon in honor of International Women’s Day. During this event she spoke about her life and coming to America as a female immigrant. She discussed working towards gender equality in the United States and beyond. She stated she believed education was one of the greatest tools that can be used against gender inequality.

In March of 2018, Melania scheduled a meeting with executives from technology companies for a discussion concerning online harassment and internet safety, particularly how these things affect children. This group of executives included people from Amazon, Facebook, Google, Snap, and Twitter. During the event, Melania was quoted as saying “I am well aware that people are skeptical of me discussing this topic,” but “that will not stop me from doing what I know is right.”

Trump has also started a public awareness campaign that focuses on well-being for children and advocates against cyberbullying and drug use. The campaign, that began on May 7, 2018, was called Be Best.

As an legal immigrant herself, Trump has been fairly vocal in her support of effective immigration reform. She attended a roundtable on this matter that included doctors, medical staff, social workers, and other experts at Upbring New Hope Children’s Shelter.

In October of 2018, Trump began a four-country tour of Africa. During this, Melania hosted multiple speaking engagements focusing on conservation, as well as children and families. She visited Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, and Egypt.

As a wife and First Lady, Melania Trump has noted that she is definitely willing to rebuke her husband’s ideas and public statements. While she has stated that she is aware he will inevitably do what he wants to do in the end, she is always one to speak her mind and offer her guidance. This is something she has been able to extend to her husband throughout his presidency and has likely helped to shape a number of policy decisions.

Follow Melania on the following platforms:

White House Twitter: https://twitter.com/FLOTUS

Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/MELANIATRUMP

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelaniaTrump/

White House Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flotus/?hl=en

Be Best Website: https://www.whitehouse.gov/bebest/

Monica Crowley is the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. On July 16^th, 2019, President Trump announced Monica’s appointment as Spokesperson for the Treasury Department and on July 24^th, 2019, she was sworn into office. 

Monica got her start in politics as a research assistant for President Richard Nixon. He hired her when she was only 22 years old. This was the beginning of her career into politics. From there, she broke into news radio and then ultimately joined Fox News as a foreign affairs and political analyst.

Breaking into the ranks of the news world takes intelligence, a solid political background, and expert communication skills. Crowley has combined wit, personality, and four degrees from highly ranked institutions to become an unbeatable conservative commentator.

Monica Crowley was born on September 19^th, 1968 on the Fort Huachuca Base near Sierra Vista, Arizona. She grew up in Warren Township, New Jersey, where she acquired an interest in politics that has lasted throughout her lifetime. Crowley has described her family as apolitical, allowing her to freely develop her strong conservative views without outside influence. From the beginning, Crowley has set herself apart from the pack in regard to her political intelligence.

She left New Jersey to attend Colgate University in upstate New York. In 1990, she graduated from Colgate with High Honors in Political Science. She holds two master’s degrees from Columbia University: a 1994 Master of Arts and a 1995 Master of Philosophy in International Relations. In addition, Crowley received a PhD in International Relations from Columbia University in 2000.

As an undergraduate at Colgate University, Crowley began a correspondence with former President Richard Nixon. Through this correspondence, Nixon saw potential in Crowley, and hired her as a Foreign Policy Assistant upon her graduation from Colgate.

Under the former President’s mentorship, Crowley began to fine-tune her political analytical skills, along with her writing, editing, and media communication abilities. She served as his Foreign Policy assistant, providing help researching information regarding global political affairs. In addition, Crowley served as an editorial assistant and consultant for Nixon’s final two books: Beyond Peace and Seize the Moment: America’s Challenge in a One-Superpower World.

Crowley and Nixon traveled the world to various locales, including Russia, China, and all over Europe. She served as a chief strategist and foreign policy adviser, coordinating all media communication from Nixon’s office. Following Nixon’s death in 1994, Crowley published two books on her former mentor: Nixon in Winter and Nixon Off the Record: His Candid Commentary on People and Politics.

By the mid-1990s, Crowley was publishing articles and columns in national newspapers, including The New York Post, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, and The Baltimore Sun. Through her work with President Nixon and her publications, she caught the eye of one of the nation’s upcoming conservative news networks – Fox News.

The Fox News Channel officially launched in the United States in 1996. Monica Crowley joined the channel as one of the foreign affairs analysts, quickly rising through the ranks to become one of the station’s superstars. As one of the founding political commentators for Fox News, Crowley covered breaking news stories and top foreign affairs events for a national audience. She quickly developed a fan base and her talents reached far beyond the confines of Fox.

In 2004, MSNBC brought Crowley aboard as a co-host for their morning show Connected: Coast to Coast with Ron Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan. After the show ended in 2005, Crowley joined MSNBC’s The Best of Imus in the Morning as a guest host. She also hosted NBC’s The Early Today Show.

In 2002, Crowley also signed a contract with Westwood One Radio to create The Monica Crowley Show, which still airs today. In 2007, Crowley came back to the Fox News Network to resume her position as a top political commentator, remaining in the position until 2017.

After her return to Fox in 2007, Crowley served as an occasional panelist on Fox News’ late-night satire program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfield. She also appeared regularly on The McLaughlin Group until 2011. She has appeared on Hannity, The O’Reilly Factor, and The Five. She also played herself on a 2016 episode of Netflix’s hit show House of Cards.

Throughout her Fox News career, Crowley spoke openly and freely on issues such as the 2016 Presidential election, surveillance abuse, military affairs, and budget appropriations. Conservative critics lauded Crowley as an outspoken advocate for the concerns of Republicans everywhere, earning her a top spot in the alumni ranks of Fox’s commentators.

Since departing Fox News in 2017, Crowley has remained active in the political arena. She regularly publishes articles in The Hill and The Washington Times, and lectures at universities up and down the East Coast, including Yale, MIT, and her alma maters Columbia and Colgate. Through her perseverance, tenacity, and intelligence, Crowley has gained admiration from thousands of journalists, viewers, and political minds across the country and the world.

In her current role as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs, she advises the Secretary and other senior Treasury officials on communications strategy, press engagement, and public outreach regarding economic policy priorities of the Administration.  Monica is also the Treasury Department’s top spokesperson.  Her previous role was as Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Public Affairs.

Follow Monica on the following platforms:

White House Account: https://twitter.com/treasuryspox?lang=en

Personal Account: https://twitter.com/MonicaCrowley

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monicacrowley_/?hl=en

Website: https://monicamemo.typepad.com/

Kayleigh McEnany is currently serving as the 31^st and current White House Press Secretary for President Trump. She has been in this role since April of 2020. In the short amount of time she has been the White House Press Secretary, McEnany has proven to herself to be the right fit for the role. Her composure during briefings has shown her unflappable nature and her ability to stay poised under fire.

McEnany first got her start in media as a producer for the Fox News show, Huckabee and then later was hired as a political commentator for CNN. Her insightful and in-depth politically commentary thrust her into the political spotlight. She has been featured on multiple media outlets to debate political talking points and she became known for her astute nature and her assertive stance on her

In 2017, she was appointed as the national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee. She was also the spokesperson for President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign before she was appointed as the White House Press Secretary.

McEnany graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Washington D.C. and she got her Bachelor’s of Science in International Politics. While there, she studied abroad at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford and she interned for multiple, high-ranking politicians, including George W. Bush. Not satisfied with just her Bachelor’s of Science, the ambitious McEnany enrolled at the University of Miami School of Law. She later transferred to Harvard Law and graduated in 2016.

Kayleigh McEnany is also an accomplished writer. Her debut novel titled, The New American Revolution, The Making of a Populist Movement, is a collection of interesting and touching interviews and stories about the grassroots populist movement. The book chronicles the fears, issues and worries of the people that slipped through the cracks.

This book is an eye-opening exploration into how the previous leadership had forgotten the needs of many Americans and how these patriots are fighting back to regain their lives.

To learn more about McEnany, you can follow her on the following account:

Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/kayleighmcenany

Official Press Secretary Account: https://twitter.com/PressSec

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KayleighMcEnany7/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayleighmcenany/?hl=en

Ivanka Trump has had an interesting career trajectory that has been shaped by her father, President Donald J. Trump, in a number of different ways. However, Ivanka has proven to be an effective and thoughtful leader in her father’s administration. Despite facing unfair accusations of nepotism, Ivanka has proven to be an asset to President Trump’s cabinet and to the United States of America. 

Having attended Georgetown University for two years before transferring to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, she graduated cum laude in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. She decided to follow in her successful father’s footsteps. He also had graduated from Wharton himself after attending two years at Fordham University.

Soon after this, Ivanka continued to follow in her father’s footsteps and started her career in real estate. She briefly worked for Forest City Enterprises where she held the position of project manager. Soon after this, however, she joined the Trump Organization in 2005. Here, she served as Executive Vice President of Development and Acquisitions.

She would go on to start several different business ventures, though in 2015 she officially made a shift into politics as her father began he 2016 run for president of the United States. Throughout the campaign, Ivanka made a series of speeches endorsing her father. These speeches focused on how her father could help rebuild the American dream.

In January 2017, shortly after his father’s inauguration as President, Ivanka resigned from her position at the Trump Organization. In accordance with official advice on federal ethics rules, all images of Ivanka and her father were removed from the organization’s websites.

On March 29, 2017, the President appointed Ivanka as ‘First Daughter and Senior Advisor to the President.” Ivanka Trump was officially made a government employee. According to administration officials, she does not receive a salary for this position.

In April of 2017, Ivanka hired Julie Radford as her chief of staff. The two, accompanied by Dina Powell and Hope Hicks, attended the first W20 women’s summit. The event was organized by the National Council of German Women’s Organizations and the Association of German Women Entrepreneurs. At this conference, Ivanka spoke passionately about women’s rights and the different changes that need to be made to help empower women.

In January 2018, biographer and journalist Michael Wolf released a book featuring interviews with members of the President’s inner circle. In the book, Wolf claimed that Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner had come to an agreement that if the opportunity were to arise, Ivanka would run for president. Something that a majority of supporters of the GOP believed would be good for the party.

One of the most major political events Ivanka Trump took part in was the June 30, 2019 meeting between her father and the North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un. These talks took place within the Korean peninsula’s DMZ. In interviews after this meeting, Ivanka described the event as a ‘surreal’ experience for her. She was integral in facilitating and supporting a meeting between the two to help pave the way for a better relationship between North Korea and the United States.

Throughout 2019, Ivanka set off on a world tour in order to promote her “Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative”. During this tour, she spoke in Ethiopia, the Ivory Coast, Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, and Morocco. She also attended the 74th United Nations General Assembly to promote her initiative.

Despite 2020 being a tumultuous year, Ivanka has stepped up to support the GOP and her results prove that she has been indispensable to America. In her role as Advisor, she has made it her mission to help improve the economic standing of women across the nation. In this capacity she has helped create jobs in order to stimulate economic growth through workforce development, skills training and entrepreneurship.

Ivanka is also a New York Times Bestselling Author. Her book, Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success, is a step-by-step guide on finding happiness as a woman in America. Regardless of how you define success, Ivanka’s book provides advice to women about how to create a life filled with love and gratification. Because Ivanka is passionate about empowering women, the unpaid portion of her advance and all future royalties received from Women Who Work to the Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund.

Follow Ivanka Trump on the following platforms:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivankatrump/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IvankaTrump/

Over the past decade, media personality Candace Owens has been viewed as both an anti-conservative and pro-conservative commentator. It is seldom that you see someone’s political leaning make such a dramatic shift over such a small period of time. Not only has this shift been abrupt, but her rise to fame has been incredibly quick and mired with controversy.

During her post-secondary education, Owens had been pursuing an undergraduate degree in Journalism at the University of Rhode Island. After her junior year, however, she dropped out of school, citing an issue with her student loan as the cause.

Strangely, despite being unable to complete her education, Owens was able to secure an internship at Vogue magazine in New York. After this in 2012, she was hired as an administrative assistant for a private equity firm in Manhattan. Over her time at this organization she rose to the rank of vice president of administration.

In 2015, Owens became the CEO of Degree180. Degree180 was a marketing agency that offered consultation, production, and planning services. More notably, however, the business’ website included a blog that was known for sharing ant-conservative, and more specifically anti-Trump, content.

Owens, who wrote on the blog, was known for writing in an incredibly inflammatory manner. She would criticize then presidential candidate Donald Trump on his penis size, as well as comment on the “bat-shit-crazy antics of the Republican Tea Party”. She was also credited as writing “The good news is, they will eventually die off (peacefully in their sleep, we hope), and then we can get right on with the OBVIOUS social change that needs to happen, IMMEDIATELY.”

In 2016, Owens launched a much lauded website entitled SocialAutopsy.com. Owens claimed that the website would expose online bullies by tracking their digital footprint. The website would have had users send in screenshots of offensive posts, where they would then be categorized by username and indexed within a search engine for public viewing/shaming.

Online, and across a wide spectrum of ideologies and beliefs, this website was criticized for doing little more than doxxing internet users and violating their privacy. People from all sides believed that the website would become nothing other than a public shaming list that would encourage retaliatory harassment of those who ended up in it.

Eventually, SocialAutopsy.com was pulled into the GamerGate scandal, with both progressives and conservatives involved condemning the use of the site. Soon after this, people began sharing Owen’s personal information online in retaliation to the website being launched.

Owens, with little evidence beyond timing, blamed her doxing on progressive voices within the GamerGate controversy. After publicly laying the blame on the likes of Zoe Quinn, Owens was met with the support of right-wing political commentators like Milo Yiannopoulos and Mike Cernovich. It was at this moment that Owens made the switch from progressive to conservative.

In 2017 she commented on this, saying, “I became a conservative overnight … I realized that liberals were actually the racists. Liberals were actually the trolls … Social Autopsy is why I’m conservative”. Kickstarter suspended the funding received for Social Autopsy due to harassment and the website was never created.

Since this shift in ideology, Owens began posting about her pro-Trump views and anti liberal rhetoric regarding structural racism, systemic inequality, and identiy politics online. She launched Red Pill Black, a website and YouTube channel that discussed and promoted black conservatism in the US.

In late 2017, Owens was hired by Turning Point USA to the position of director of urban engagement. This hiring occurred shortly after allegations of racism began emerging at Turning Point. She continued working for the organization until May 2019.

Throughout this period, Owens appeared on fringe media sources such as InfoWars. These websites feature a number of conspiracy theories and far-right ideological discussion. In 2018, she began to distance herself from these appearances after becoming a guest host on Fox News.

Also during this time, Owens launched the Blexit movement. The Blexit movement is a social media campaign that was designed to encourage African Americans and other minorities to abandon the Democratic Party. This movement sought to have minorities register as Republicans. At the launch of the movement, Owens claimed that Kanye West had designed merchandise in support of the campaign. The following day, West denied having any involvement in Blexit and stated that he had been used in spreading messages he did not believe in.

Owens currently hosts The Candace Owens Show on PragerU’s YouTube channel. In April 2020, Owens announced that she intended to run for office. She said this would be in the US Senate, or for the role of governor. She stated that she would only run against an incumbent Democrat, but never against a Republican. As of now, she has not revealed which specific office she would run for, or even in which election cycle she would choose to begin her campaign.