US EditionFirst Lady Melania Trump Meets with Freed Hostage After 15 Months in Hamas Captivity
First Lady Melania Trump met Keith Siegel and his wife to thank them and highlight her role in his release after 15 months as a hostage, featured in her new documentary.
- On Wednesday, First Lady Melania Trump met Keith Siegel, freed American-Israeli hostage, and his wife at the White House, after Siegel's 484 days in captivity.
- The documentary 'Melania' includes footage of Melania Trump’s January 2025 meeting with Aviva Siegel, who presented a handmade book about her husband, and it opened in theaters last week.
- Melania credited her meeting with Aviva as helping spur advocacy that led to Keith Siegel's release after 484 days, the film states she `played a key role` shortly after the inauguration.
- After the meeting, Keith Siegel thanked the president and first lady, calling them `caring and compassionate` and saying he is `eternally grateful`, and he committed to partnering with an Israeli humanitarian group after recently traveling to Kenya with Aviva.
- Reporters asked whether using a White House event to promote the reported $40 million Amazon-funded documentary was appropriate, and Melania Trump said it was not promotion; Amazon MGM Studios estimated the film earned $7 million in its opening weekend.
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — One of the more emotional moments in first lady Melania Trump’s new documentary comes when she meets Aviva Siegel, a former hostage held by Hamas who’s advocating for the release of her husband, in January 2025. On Wednesday, Trump welcomed the couple to the White House, and told observers that they could see more of that meeting in her film — a callout for the multimillion dollar project that is alarming some advocat…
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A rare White House event turned awkward and was ultimately shut down after First Lady Melania Trump faced pointed questions about using the White House to promote her documentary, “Melania,” and about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s partner and accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.The first lady was meeting with the freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, and his wife, Aviva Siegel.According to The Daily Beast, “things took an unfortunate…
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Melania Trump meets with freed American-Israeli hostage whose story she features in her new film
Melania Trump has met at the White House with a freed American-Israeli hostage whose plight she featured in her new documentary.
Reporter busts Melania for hyping her movie at White House event
First lady Melania Trump faced questions after she seemed to promote her movie at an official White House event.While speaking with freed Israeli hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel on Wednesday, Trump put in a plug for her movie."After Aviva was freed, she called me, wanted to see me, and we set up a m...
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