Incoming first lady Melania Trump met with the Queen of Jordan ahead of Inauguration Day.
Melania welcomed Queen Rania Al Abdullah on Thursday to Palm Beach, Florida, for a meeting and lunch, according to their statements.
“At the meeting, hosted by the incoming U.S. First Lady, Queen Rania and Mrs. Trump discussed various issues of mutual interest, including children’s welfare, as well as improving their education,” according to the queen’s
statement. “The meeting, which was followed by a lunch, is the third to take place between Her Majesty and incoming U.S. First Lady Melania Trump in the United States.”
Queen Rania wrote in an
Instagram post that it was a pleasure reconnecting with the incoming first lady.
Their reunion took place days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office. The pair last appeared together at the White House
in 2018 during Trump’s first term. In 2017, Melania and the Queen visited an all-girls public charter school in the nation’s capital while the Queen’s husband, King Abdullah II, met with Trump at the White House.
In a recent
interview with Fox News, the incoming first lady discussed her return to the White House for Trump’s second term and shared her vision for the future including expanding her signature “Be Best” initiative, which focuses on issues that impact children and families.
Melania said it is a “very different transition” this time around.
“The first time was challenging. We didn’t have much of the information. The information was [withheld] from us from previous administration. But this time I have everything,” she said during an interview with Fox News.
During Trump’s first term, Melania believed that she wasn’t respected and felt that people just saw her as “the wife of the president.”
“But I’m standing on my own two feet. Independent, I have my own thoughts. I have my own ‘yes’ and ’no.’ I don’t always agree with what my husband is saying or doing,” she said.
The incoming first lady also said that she is still hiring for her team and called the transition an “exciting time.”
Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President on Monday, Jan. 20.
