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(39,769 posts) Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:39 PM Feb 26

Melania Trump to chair a meeting of the UN Security Council, White House says [View all]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - First lady Melania Trump will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday as the U.S. takes over the monthly rotating presidency, the White House said.

Melania Trump will emphasize education as a way to advance tolerance and world peace at the meeting, which will be the first time a sitting American first lady presides over the 15-member council, the first lady's office said in a statement Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been a vocal critic of the United Nations since his first White House term, saying the 198-member world body was ineffective and needed reforms.

Trump struck a more conciliatory tone last week at the first meeting of his Board of Peace, an initiative he said aims to resolve conflicts globally but one that many world leaders have failed to embrace amid concerns it was designed to replace the United Nations.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/melania-trump-chair-meeting-un-security-council-white-house-says-2026-02-26/

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Melania Trump to chair a meeting of the UN Security Council, White House says [View all] demmiblue Feb 26 OP

what a joke - she has no qualifications samsingh Feb 26 #1

Hey - she's an Epstein scholar! rurallib Feb 26 #23

My first thought also: seriously? ananda Feb 26 #43

because of Trump, obviously RussBLib Feb 27 #49

Is there anything good about her? ananda Feb 27 #58

Depose her publicly under oath about trumpstein instead SheltieLover Feb 26 #2

Will she be showing off her language skills? jls4561 Feb 26 #3

The closed caption boys will be taxing their skills trying to interpret what she is saying. Brother Buzz Feb 26 #9

It will be easy. She'll just repeat Michelle Obama's ideas and words or focus over and over on Be Best. Lonestarblue Feb 27 #53

No. Just her tits. Grins Feb 26 #13

She'll be showing off her oral skills. cloudbase Feb 26 #39

Like she knows fuck all about security Jilly_in_VA Feb 26 #4

Naked or with clothes on? n/t rzemanfl Feb 26 #5

With a useless hat Layzeebeaver Feb 26 #26

Once again we will be the laughing stock of the world. walkingman Feb 26 #6

Not the Onion? Tasmanian Devil Feb 26 #7

Pity the translators Dear_Prudence Feb 26 #8

Caligula allegedly appointed his horse to high office. Frasier Balzov Feb 26 #10

If Orange Julius Caesar were to appoint his horse to high office, the horse would be missing its hindquarters generalbetrayus Feb 26 #31

Talk about the Whore of Babylon peppertree Feb 26 #11

Wow... that's deep, Pepper... worth losing a non-productive afternoon slightlv Feb 26 #33

Why, thank you. peppertree Feb 26 #36

She might be self aborbed and boring but at least she's sawake Warpy Feb 26 #12

Well..she's no Eleanor Roosevelt and that's for damn sure Deuxcents Feb 27 #51

Of course not Warpy Feb 27 #54

" Melania Trump will emphasize education ...." Botany Feb 26 #14

She did get quite an "education" RussBLib Feb 27 #50

😂😂😂 bamagal62 Feb 26 #15

Will there be a pole? I heard there will be a pole! Floyd R. Turbo Feb 26 #16

;-{)....seriously? Goonch Feb 26 #17

Pitching her OnlyFans page is my guess Torchlight Feb 26 #18

Who is going to translate her gobbledygook into English? efhmc Feb 26 #19

This is how Chump regards the United Nations FakeNoose Feb 26 #20

lolololol Solly Mack Feb 26 #21

He has to outsource now KT2000 Feb 26 #22

Gag me! lark Feb 26 #24

Maybe she'll suggest cutting spending on education. JohnnyRingo Feb 26 #25

It's not even April 1st. colorado_ufo Feb 26 #27

The Red Sparrow will be conducting some manner of dead drop with Russian intelligence Prairie Gates Feb 26 #28

After Security Council Chair Melania, we will release Astronaut Melania (thanks, Jeff!), and then muriel_volestrangler Feb 26 #29

Hope there are empty seats /nt bucolic_frolic Feb 26 #30

What, Don Jr. wasn't available? generalbetrayus Feb 26 #32

Will she tell them TurboDem Feb 26 #34

Will she tell the other members of the Security Council when she expects her husband to become educated? Vinca Feb 26 #35

Who gets tasked with the job of interpreter? The Wizard Feb 26 #37

Maybe the other members... 2naSalit Feb 26 #38

I thought this was something from The Onion. nt moniss Feb 26 #40

"A way to advance tolerance" ??! electric_blue68 Feb 26 #41

Lemme guess... there'll be an admission charge, and then they'll have to watch her movie. Talitha Feb 26 #42

That's just a big fat insult to the UN, Bayard Feb 26 #44

I love The Onion! Or is it Borowitz? 😂🤣😂🤣 QueerDuck Feb 26 #45

Being well schooled in diplomacy . . . Aussie105 Feb 26 #46

It just keeps getting worse and worse sakabatou Feb 27 #47

The only chair she should be sitting in is bluestarone Feb 27 #48

Representing Putin. blm Feb 27 #52

I hope the UN has a translator fluent in "whiny, Slovenian sex worker English", otherwise... LudwigPastorius Feb 27 #55

Does she think there is a mercuryblues Feb 27 #56

what could possibly go wrong? CTyankee Feb 27 #57