Melania Trump declares her independence, again, with a solo Africa trip

The Daily 202's Big Idea

The Washington Post

Politics, News, Daily News

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🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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It often feels like Donald and Melania are part of different administrations.

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0:00.0	The Daily 202's Big Idea is sponsored by Cleveland Clinic,
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0:15.0	Good morning.
0:17.0	I'm James Helmin from The Washington Post
0:20.0	and this is the Daily 202 for Tuesday, August 21st.
0:25.4	In today's news, Microsoft discovers fishing websites
0:28.8	link to the Russian government targeting Americans. President Trump encourages John Brennan to sue him,
0:36.0	and Brett Kavanaugh pushed Ken Starr to ask Bill Clinton extremely graphic questions
0:42.0	about Monica Lewinsky.
0:43.6	But first, the big idea.
0:48.6	Melania Trump announced Monday night that she will make a solo trip to Africa this October.
0:55.2	It was the first lady's second act of defiance of the day.
0:59.3	Earlier on Monday, as her husband was lashing out at his political opponents on Twitter, the
1:04.2	First Lady spoke at a conference about the danger of abusive online behavior in
1:08.4	Maryland. In today's global society, social media is an inventable part of our children's daily lives.
1:17.7	It can be used in many positive ways, but can also be destructive and harmful when used incorrectly.
1:25.0	Now she didn't mention her husband by name, she didn't need to.
1:28.0	Literally as this event was still going on, Trump was ripping former CIA director John Brennan as a quote,
1:34.9	hack. Last week the president called former senior White House aide
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