Melania Trump Refutes the Atlantic’s Reporting on Trump’s Remarks About Fallen Troops

Melania Trump Refutes the Atlantic’s Reporting on Trump’s Remarks About Fallen Troops
First lady Melania Trump speaks during an event in at the White House in Washington on Sept. 3, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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First Lady Melania Trump late Friday refuted a report by The Atlantic that claimed, without citing any named sources, that President Donald Trump had spoken unfavorably of military personnel and decided not to visit a military cemetery in France in 2018 in part because he feared his hair would become disheveled.

“[The Atlantic] story is not true,” the first lady wrote on Twitter. “It has become a very dangerous time when anonymous sources are believed above all else, & no one knows their motivation. This is not journalism - It is activism. And it is a disservice to the people of our great nation.”

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