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During Melania Trump's benevolent visit to Africa, to spread her message "Be the best" and try to dispel criticism of her husband's belittling comments, Donald J. Trump, on several African nations, she and her entourage have spent at least $ 95,000 at a luxury hotel in Cairo. – Even though the first lady did not stay there at night, according to a report.
In fact, Melania Trump spent only six hours in the Egyptian capital on October 6, according to Quartz. She stopped in Cairo before or after her visit to the Egyptian pyramids located west of the city. There, she posed in front of the Sphinx, dressed in a "menswear-inspired" designer outfit some of which mocked social media about her resemblance to the clothes worn by the villain in "Raiders of the Lost Ark ".
During her visit to the pyramids, Melania Trump attempted to eliminate any question regarding her sartorial choices, particularly the colonialist-inspired helmet that she wore the day before on a safari in Kenya. She said that she hoped people would focus on "what I'm doing" and not "what I'm wearing".
According to Vox, what she did in Africa was a standard "soft diplomacy". In the four African countries she visited, Melania Trump visited historic places, hospitals and children's schools and had tea with other first ladies.
In Egypt, she met with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi and his wife, Entissar Mohameed Amer, reported the Associated Press. His visit to the pyramids was to highlight the efforts of the US Agency for International Development to help Egypt preserve historic sites.
Meanwhile, she and her entourage spent some $ 95,050 at Semiramis Intercontinental Cairo, according to federal spending figures. The hotel, located on the banks of the Nile, offers fine dining and a rooftop pool. Rooms start at $ 119, said Quartz, citing the property's website. The presidential suite of the hotel can be rented for $ 699.
A spokeswoman for Melania Trump said she had only spent six hours in Cairo and had not spent the night at the hotel. Quartz added that the payment of nearly $ 100,000 had been paid to the hotel on September 30, about a week before the first lady's visit to Cairo.
We do not know how his office has accumulated nearly $ 100,000. The bill, presented by the State Department on behalf of "FLOTUS visit hotel hotel", did not specify the details of the expenses, the number of rooms rented or the choice of meals. Quartz said that this tab could cover the costs related to Melania Trump's secret service details and support staff.
Quartz cited an analysis conducted in 2017 by Fox News that Melania Trump's office was "one of the thinnest operations of the East Wing of recent history". At the time of publication of the report, the East Wing office of Melania Trump was employing four people for a cost of $ 486,700, $ 1.24 million was spent in salaries for the 16 employees of the company. East wing of Michelle Obama during the last year of Barack Obama's term.
However, Quartz noted that Melania Trump's bill at Semiramis Intercontinental Cairo was significantly higher than the $ 77,345.35 the government spent on her husband's two-night stay last July on her golf course in Scotland. During his trip to Scotland, the president was accompanied by his son Eric Trump, chief of staff John Kelly, press officer Sarah Sanders, social media director Dan Scavino and others.
