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Dating back to Abigail Adams in the late 1700’s (and early 1800’s) America’s first ladies have a long history of getting involved in their husbands’ administrations and touching on everything from policy to politics. But according to today’s liberal media, everything the Trump administration did was somehow unprecedented. Take Tuesday for instance: First Lady Melania Trump got involved in the West Wing when she publically called for the firing of Deputy National Security Advisor Mira Ricardel.
NBC Nightly News had the most ridiculous reaction to the day’s news. They were so alarmed by the First Lady’s actions that it actually preempted their reporting on the wildfires ravaging homes in California. Both ABC and CBS correctly identified the wildfires as the more important topic and began their evening news programs with it.
Anchor Lester Holt kicked off NBC’s hysterics with a hair-on-fire announcement and speculation of what was to come:
In an unheard of move by a sitting First Lady, Melania Trump tonight is publicly calling for the firing of a top White House adviser. The object of her scorn the deputy national security adviser. The First Lady's office issuing a written release today calling for her ouster. After she reportedly clashed with Mrs. Trump's staff as well as others in the West Wing. But the call to fire her may also be unmasking a deeper White House power struggle.
“Melania Trump taking the unprecedented step of publicly calling for the firing of one of her husband's top advisers, Mira Ricardel. Amid other clashes with the chief of staff, John Kelly that are so significant it could lead to Kelly’s departure,” White House correspondent Kristen Welker emoted.
When it came to the hyperventilating about the First Lady’s opinion about Ricardel, Welker noted that “Multiple sources tell NBC News, Ricardel infuriated the First Lady by interfering with her first solo overseas trip to Africa.”
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