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Once and For All: Melania Trump Does NOT Speak ‘Five or Six’ Foreign Languages, Not Even Close
Melania Trump has been trending on Twitter recently and usually it’s because of something she’s NOT doing. Meaning, she’s not in public, not supporting her husband, not attending campaign events, etc. Fine, I don’t really care about seeing her sourpuss face anyway. But sprinkled in are always these tweets from conservatives talking about how Melania was simply the greatest first lady to ever exist. And their go-to is always that she’s this multi-lingual marvel, speaking either five or six languages.
People, this simply isn’t true. First, it isn’t something people just made up. Melania herself in 2016 sat down with Mika Brzezinski and claimed she spoke all these languages:
Melania says she speaks several languages…this is a LIE!#DeportMelaniahttps://t.co/qnqilvS6Er pic.twitter.com/SLSIf4nTql
— Nicole Hickman James (@nicolejames) November 2, 2019
Itโs claimed that she speaks Slovenian (her native language) Serbo-Croatian, Italian, German, and English (also French according to some sources).
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It has to be noted that there is no actual proof that she speaks any language other than Slovenian and English with any actual degree of fluency. There are no recordings of Melania Trump speaking any of the languages she claims to be fluent in except English.
It is very possible that she studied some of these languages in school, but no proof that she is able to speak these languages with any degree of fluency. And what does she consider โfluentโ. I know that I did four years of high school French and received A grades each year but I donโt speak French and I am barely able to comprehend spoken French at this point. Until such time as proof – one way or the other – appears about Melania Trumpโs linguistic capabilities, we essentially have to take her word on it.
But let’s look at her claims more deeply.
Melania says she speaks Italian…here she is with the Pope who is speaking Italian…but Melania looks over to the translator to understand what he said:
Pope Francis meets First Lady Melania Trump at the Vatican, blesses rosary. https://t.co/kgnKxk2YQr pic.twitter.com/abyUhApfmw
— ABC News (@ABC) May 24, 2017
While in Rome she visited a children’s hospital, and some reports said she spoke Italian with the children, but it turns out she merely said “Ciao” which is about all the Italian I know as well.
Then when Melania was visiting a children’s hospital in France, the media reported she spoke french.
But take a look, all she said was “Bonjour, je m’appelle Melania” which is “Hello, my name is Melania”.
.@FLOTUS Melania visited the largest children's hospitals in France, upon landing this morning. Additional pics at: https://t.co/vtwD7AFeHq pic.twitter.com/QzYvSLAXkx
— Dan Scavino Jr.๐บ๐ธ (@Scavino45) July 13, 2017
Back in August during the G-7, Melania was also spotted wearing translation headphones during the speech of French President Emanuel Macron. If she is indeed fluent, why the need for translation?
Wait. I thought Melania Trump spoke French fluently. pic.twitter.com/gYdhskBF4P
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 26, 2019
Now, take a look at former First Lady Jackie Kennedy speaking French, see the difference?

Since Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian are the national languages of her homeland, Melaniaโs probably telling the truth about them, but her claim to be fluent in the other languages is at best unproven. Considering she has proven to be a liar on many occasions, I suspect she is lying about this, too.
A language expert has also debunked her claim in the video below:

And now Snopes, the fact-checking website, has done their investigation as well.
Snopes determined that Melania’s claim she speaks 5 languages is “unproven.”
So until the day comes where I see Melania Trump speaking French, or Italian, or German, I simply do not believe she speaks those languages. Just because she was a “model” who spent a few years living in Europe, it doesn’t mean she became fluent in those lanugages. And she’s had plenty of opportunities to show off her skills…if she had them. The Trumps had the Macrons from France for a State Dinner. That would’ve been a perfect opportunity for Melania to show off her French…and believe me, if she was indeed fluent in French, she would’ve taken the opportunity to show it off and to “own the libs”. She doesn’t speak French. Or Italian. Or German. Period.
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