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Conservatives Seem to Have No Problem With Melania’s Parents Being Flown on Air Force One

Donald Trump, his wife Melania, their son Barron and her parents have arrived back at the White House following their two-week vacation at his New Jersey golf club on Sunday afternoon.

Trump and his family were pictured boarding Air Force One in New Jersey on Sunday afternoon after their summer vacation at his Bedminster golf club.

The trio arrived back at the White House a short time later and were spotted stepping off Marine One, closely followed by Melania’s parents Amalija and Viktor Knavs.

Viktor, 77, and Amalija, 74, regularly travel with the first family after retiring from their respective jobs as a car salesman and pattern-cutter for a children’s clothing company in Slovenia.

A lawyer for the First Lady’s parents confirmed last year that the Knavs had taken an oath of U.S. citizenship on August 9, in New York City.

Barron is very close to his grandparents, with whom he reportedly speaks Slovenian, and Politico described them as “hyperinvolved” in his life.

While Politico also reported last year that Melania’s parents would “become more familiar figures around the White House”—much the way Michelle Obama’s mother Marian Robinson did when she moved into the presidential mansion—a White House spokeswoman said she could not confirm the outlet’s claim, writing in an e-mail, “We don’t comment on the first lady’s parents, as they are private citizens and we want to respect that.”

But it seems conservatives have no problem with Melania’s parents getting to hitch a ride on Air Force One and Marine One.

This is odd because conservatives constantly railed against former President Barack Obama for bringing his mother-in-law with him on trips with his family. Marian Robinson lived in the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama, and was one of the caretakers of their daughters Sasha and Malia.

Conservatives even claimed that Marian Johnson would receive a pension of $160,000 per year for her role in taking care of her grandchildren, but that was repeatedly proven false.

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