Melania Trump arrives in Ghana for the first solo trip abroad: NPR

The first lady, Melania Trump, was standing at the top of the flight steps in Accra, Ghana, with a broad smile and a wave of her hand. This is how it started the first leg of a multi-day trip across the African continent that will lead Trump to Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt, "four beautiful and very different African countries, "she said recently. It is his first trip abroad as first lady.

According to the report of the swimming pool New York Times Journalist Katie Rogers, Trump accepted a bouquet of flowers wrapped in Kente fabric from an 8-year-old girl named Lillian Naa Adai Sai, "who looked rather astonished when she was looking at Ms. Trump. . "

A red carpet was rolled out and Ghana's first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo greeted Trump, accompanied by dancers, drummers and young children waving flags.

"Thank you very much," Trump told his counterpart.

Many things have been read in Africa's choice by Trump for her first trip abroad without the president, especially among those who imagine themselves moving as a single vice-president of the president Trump. Earlier this year, Trump called African countries "troubled countries" at a closed meeting with Senators on immigration.

According to the White House, the first trip of a young woman will aim to discover what the United States is doing to help other countries become self-sufficient. "Her trip will focus on maternal and neonatal care in hospitals, the education of children, the deep culture and history of each African country and how the United States supports each country in its journey. towards autonomy, "said a statement about the trip released last week.

From the airport, Trump went to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital. She distributed teddy bears and blankets with the slogan "Be Best", which she chose as the theme of her first lady work. According to the report from the pool, "while the first lady was helping to distribute blankets and bears, she picked up a baby with chubby cheeks and made funny faces, to the delight of the mothers and caregivers. 39; hospital. "

"Congratulations," she told a mother breastfeeding her child with a blanket. During his stay at the hospital, Trump also saw a 6 – month – old baby being weighed as part of a checkup. "Boy in good health," she says. She also visited the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit located in a new wing of the hospital, where more difficult babies are being cared for.

As for most first ladies' trips, this trip should be light in terms of politics and photographic opportunities. Next stop: tea with the first lady of Ghana.