Donald Trump got Melania a card for her birthday but no presents claiming he’s ‘too busy’
The US president admitted he's been 'very busy to be running out looking for presents' for the First Lady
DONALD Trump has admitted he’s been “too busy” to get a birthday present for his wife, who turned 48 today.
When asked on live television what he’d bought for Melania, the president laughed and said: “Well, I’d better not get into that because I may get in trouble. Maybe I didn’t get her so much.”
But Trump was quick to point out that he had managed to find time, within his hectic schedule, to pick up a card and splash out on some flowers for the First Lady.
During the telephone interview on Fox & Friends, he said: “I got her (Melania) a beautiful card.
“I'm very busy to be running out looking for presents.
“I got her a beautiful card, beautiful flowers.”
He also congratulated his wife for putting on a lovely spread to honour France.
Trump told presenters: “She did a fantastic job with France.
“I tell you what, the people of France are just, were spellbound by what happened, with their great president who just left, Emmanuel.
“And he is a wonderful guy.”
The state dinner on Tuesday night was small and intimate, held in the state dining room under candlelight.
Guests were greeted by touches of gold - from wine glasses to chairs –arranged around green and white flowers.
At each of the place settings there was a menu, with the White House seal and the fleur-de-lis, which were also in gold.
Just outside the state dining room, the First Lady went with a different theme, using some 1,200 cherry blossoms in giant black vases to greet the 120-some guests as they came in.
The meal included goat cheese gateau, tomato jam, buttermilk biscuit crumbles, young variegated lettuces, along with a rack of spring lamb, burnt cipollini soubise and Carolina gold rice Jambalaya, with a nectarine tart and crème fraîche ice cream for dessert.
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