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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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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First lady meets with former Oct. 7 hostages
(The Center Square) – American citizen and Chapel Hill, N.C. native, Keith Siegel and his wife Aviva focused their meeting with First Lady Melania Trump on hope and a mission to give back following their harrowing ordeals, highlighting an unbreakable…
First Lady Melania Trump Holds Private Meeting with Freed American-Israeli Hostage Keith Siegel After Helping Secure His Release
First Lady Melania Trump engaged in a private meeting with freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel in the White House today. The First Lady’s sit-down
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