She’s know for her glamorous sense of style and Melania Trump pulled out all the stops on Thursday as she stepped out in an all-pink outfit.
For the second year in a row, the 48-year-old visited the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where she joined in various arts and crafts projects with the young patients.
The first lady looked sensational in the standout pink ensemble which included a $2,512 pink coat by Belgian designer Cedric Charlier and a matching blush-coloured dress. Melania, who has been married to Trump since 2005, added sky-high blush stilettos to the elegant look.
Keeping with a natural look, the first lady chose to go without jewellery, while using dark mascara to highlight her eyes and a hint of blush on her cheeks. As for her hair, the mother-of-one kept with her usual down wavy style.
The outing comes as the US president is facing heat from local media in the US, after he announced he will take the extraordinary step of declaring a national emergency to fund his controversial US-Mexico border wall.
The White House confirmed the move, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Trump plans to sign a bipartisan spending deal to avoid another government shutdown and then declare a national emergency to fund his border wall.
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The declaration will prompt a major shift in the president’s powers, giving him the authority to use defence funds to pay for the wall without approval from Congress.
It comes after Congress voted in favour of an amended proposal on the border wall funding, with The Washington Post reporting senators approved $1.375 billion for 55 miles of new fences along the border in Texas, far short of the $5.7 billion Trump had sought for 234 miles of steel walls.
According to The Post the vote was rushed through Congress on Thursday (local time) to avoid another government shutdown following the record-breaking 35-day shutdown earlier this year that saw thousands of Americans go without pay.
The White House said on Thursday that the president was declaring a national emergency to deliver “on his promise to build the wall, protect the border, and secure our great country”, but analysts in Washington say the move has already worried some Republicans who fear it could set a precedent for a future Democratic president to use the same tactic against them.