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Showing Original Post only (View all)Language expert says Melania Trump's claim she speaks 6 languages is not true [View all]
People in conservative circles have often said that Melania Trump has a higher IQ than any other First Lady. She herself boasts of being multi-lingual.
Its claimed that she speaks Slovenian (her native language), Serbo-Croatian, Italian, German, and English - also, according to some sources, French.
But there is no actual proof that she speaks any language other than Slovenian and English with any actual degree of fluency.
There are no recordings of Melania Trump speaking any of the languages she claims to be fluent in except English. It is very possible that she studied it but does she or has she used it regularly - and what does she consider fluent?
Lets look at her claims more deeply.
Melania says she speaks Italian, though when meeting the Pope - who is speaking Italian - in May 2017, Melania looks over to the translator to understand what he said.
Media reports likewise mentioned her speaking Italian in a Rome children's hospital - but it turns out she merely said ciao (hi).
When visiting a childrens hospital in France that July, the media reported she spoke French - but all she said was Bonjour, je mappelle Melania (Hello, my name is Melania). And this August during the G-7, Melania was also spotted wearing translation headphones during the speech of French President Emanuel Macron.
At: https://www.politicalflare.com/2019/10/language-expert-says-melania-trumps-claim-she-speaks-6-languages-is-not-true/
Be best, dahlink: First Lady and alleged polyglot Melania Trump pretends to speak to Pope Francis in tourist Italian during Trump's May 2017 Vatican visit.
When Francis spoke, she was seen relying on an interpreter.