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Melania Faces Backlash After Photo Op at ‘Happiness Class’ to Tout Her ‘Be Best’ Sham of a Platform
Melania Trump visited a government school in New Delhi on Tuesday that teaches students a “happiness curriculum” centered around mindfulness as part of her and husband Donald Trump’s first official trip to India.
The first lady watched children at the school play, practice yoga and perform a bhangra dance, Reuters reported. She wore a traditional “tilaka” red dot on her forehead and a garland made out of marigolds.
“It is very inspiring to me that the students here begin each day with mindfulness,” Trump said of the Sarvodaya Co-Education Senior Secondary School. “I cannot think of a better way for all of us to start our day.”
“This is my first visit to India and I cannot express how delightful it is,” she said. “The president and I are grateful to be guests.”
The “happiness curriculum” was started by the left-leaning Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2018, according to Reuters. It reporedly focuses on fostering social skills by having children learn mindfulness practices in addition to storytelling and drawing, according to the party’s website.
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Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi and a member of the AAP, on Tuesday tweeted a welcome for the first lady.
.@FLOTUS will attend happiness class in our school today. Great day for our teachers, students and Delhiites. For centuries, India has taught spirituality to the world. Am happy that she will take back the msg of happiness from our school
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 25, 2020
A video posted online by Asian News International showed Melania Trump watching a student dance, and it appears Melania has absolutely no rhythm whatsoever.
#WATCH Delhi: First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump watches a dance performance by students at Sarvodaya Co-Ed Senior Secondary School in Nanakpura. pic.twitter.com/dBCuTzvymF
— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2020
The idea of Melania continuing to push her “Be Best” platform is laughable, considering who her husband is. While Melania was pulling off this photo op with students, her husband was giving a press conference where he said that two liberal Supreme Court Justices should recuse themselves from his case, and also made a bizarre claim that Michelle Obama was close to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.
Twitter felt the same:
Give me a break. She has no “Be Best” initiative. She just knows how to buy clothes, and expensive ones at that. What does she do on a daily basis in the States for bullying (her husband is the #1 offender) as part of her Be Best program? I’m waiting.
— Ladyinmass (@ladyinmass) February 25, 2020
“Happiness class” pic.twitter.com/a5AvrU8xkl
— William (@cdnWilliam) February 25, 2020
Be Best is about as much of a joke as her and that #orangebuffoon are.
— M0710NM4N (@_DumpATrump_) February 25, 2020
Did she tell them if they step foot in America they could be caged? Asking for some locked up kids ….
— Shitty Presidents deserve Impeachment 🇺🇸 (@Texasperez82) February 25, 2020
The only thing Melania is mindful of is getting her kidneys enlarged.
— Pantalaimon Silvertongue 🏳️🌈💙🌊 (@PantalaimonSil1) February 25, 2020
So it can go in one ear and out the other while she gets her daily
runway walk photo op on our dime.Next.
— Geraldine (@divageraldine1) February 25, 2020
It’s almost like an Eastern European hooker doesn’t make for a great First Lady.
— Andre Courtemanche (@bigmediabuzz) February 25, 2020
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