“Busy” Trump Treats Melania To Birthday Dinner Aboard Air Force One
Melania “got a working birthday,” Donald Trump told reporters on the presidential jet as the couple headed off to Rome for the first foreign trip since his return to power.
Donald Trump and Melania flew to Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis.
US President Donald Trump said he has been too busy to buy First Lady Melania a present for her 55th birthday on Saturday, so he is treating her to a romantic dinner on Air Force One instead.
The Trumps flew to Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis. But instead of lingering afterward for dinner in the Italian capital’s trattorias, they are flying straight back to the United States.
The 78-year-old tycoon admitted it may not be everyone’s idea of the perfect way to celebrate.
“She’s got a working birthday,” Trump told reporters on the presidential jet as the couple headed off for the first foreign trip since his return to power.
The Republican added that as he prepares to mark the 100th day of a frenetic opening to his second term, seeking deals on tariffs, Ukraine, Iran and Gaza, there hadn’t been time for much else.
“I haven’t had time to buy presents, it’s been pretty busy,” he said.
When asked if he would be taking Melania to dinner to mark her birthday, he replied: “I’m taking her for dinner on the Boeing — I’m taking her for dinner on Air Force One.”
Trump then joked that he would send his wife back into the “lion’s den” to talk to reporters herself.
Donald and Melania Trump were earlier seen boarding Air Force One together at an air base just outside Washington, with the First Lady wearing a long tan trench coat and sunglasses.
The Trumps have led largely separate lives since he took office, with Melania spending most of her time in New York, where their son Barron, 19, is attending university.
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But they have made a few joint appearances, including on Monday when they hosted the traditional Easter egg roll at the White House.
Last year the couple spent her birthday apart, with Melania in Florida while Trump was in New York for a trial over payments of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump said at the time that “it’d be nice to be with her, but I’m at a courthouse for a rigged trial.”
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Donald Trump’s final flight as president takes off to Frank Sinatra classic ‘My Way’
Donald Trump’s final flight as president executed a perfectly choreographed take-off to the strains of Frank Sinatra classic My Way.
The president’s official Boeing 747 rumbled down the runway of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday morning, and lifted off just as the mournful classic hit its crescendo.
The famed 1968 ballad tells the story of a man who stubbornly lived life on his own terms. Trump’s artfully-staged farewell sparked speculation that the image-obsessed president had planned his departure to the last second.
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The outgoing president left the White House for the final time at 8am EST and now he and his wife, Melania, will see out their final hours in office in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Air Force One took to the skies in front on a huge crowd of rapturous supporters asSinatra’s ‘My Way’ blared out from speakers next to the runway.
New York Times White House correspondent, Maggie Haberman, posted on Twitter to say Trump’s aircraft departure took place in time with Sinatra’s song.
She also said the track is a favorite of Trump’s former attorney, Rudy Giuliani.
Maggie said: ‘This was the slow departure of AF1, which intentionally or not lifted up to the final strains of My Way, a song that wad also a Giuliani favorite’.
The Trumps’ departure from Washington paves the way for the arrival of president-elect Joe Biden to be officially inaugurated at the White House later on today.