Melania Trump gives eulogy at mother’s funeral
Donald Trump has joined his wife Melania in commemorating the passing of her mother, Amalija Knavs, at a private funeral held in Florida.
The former first lady publicly disclosed her mother’s demise at the age of 78 earlier this month. Delivering a eulogy at the funeral, Melania fondly recalled her mother as “a beacon of light even in the darkest days.”
Mr. Trump, foregoing a court session in his New York defamation trial, attended the funeral after the judge declined to postpone the proceedings.
Melania expressed in her eulogy, “In her presence, the world seemed to sparkle with brightness and happiness. Our connection was unbreakable.”
Amalija Knavs and her husband, Viktor, obtained US citizenship in 2018, having lived in the US on green cards sponsored by their daughter.
They utilized the family reunification visa process, a system criticized by then-President Donald Trump as “chain migration” that should be eliminated.
Amalija had previously worked at a textile factory in the Slovenian town of Sevnica, while Viktor pursued a career as a car salesman.
Mrs Trump attended high school in the capital, Ljubljana, about an hour’s drive away.
She met Donald Trump in 1998 while working as a model. They had a son, Barron, together in 2006 – the same year she became a US citizen.
