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Melania Trump laments cyber bullying

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WASHINGTON: US First Lady Melania trump renewed her campaign to tackle cyber bullying Monday, as her husband lit up the internet with a stream of invective against his perceived foes.

Appearing at a health department building outside washington, the sloveniaBO­RN IRST LADY URGED TECH COMPANIES to listen more to “children’s ideas and concerns” about online bullying.

“Let’s face it: most children are more AWARE OF THE BENEITS AND PITFALLS OF SOCIAL media than some adults,” she said.

“In today’s global society, social media is inevitably a part of our children’s daily lives. It can be used in many positive ways, but also can be destructiv­e and harmful when used incorrectl­y,” she said.

SINCE COMING TO OFICE MELANIA TRUMP has spoken relatively infrequent­ly in public.

She was treated at Walter Reed hospital on May 14 for what aides called a “benign” kidney condition and was released a few days later.

Her signature “be best” campaign for public decorum has been largely overshadow­ed by her husband’s daily insults and public hectoring.

On Monday morning he called the taxpayer-funded lawyers and prosecuTOR­S INVESTIGAT­ING RUSSIA’S INLUENCE IN the 2016 election a “National Disgrace.” Recently, a spokeswoma­n for Melania TRUMP SAYS THE IRST LADY IS DISAPPOINT­ED by the “self-serving way” that former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman is “lashing out” and “retaliatin­g” against President Donald Trump.

Stephanie Grisham, the spokeswoma­n, says Manigault Newman’s behaviour is especially disappoint­ing after “all the opportunit­ies given to her by the President.” Manigault Newman has been on a media blitz to promote her new book, “Unhinged,” in which she depicts Trump as racist and misogynist­ic.

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