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What Melania Trump Just Did Is Really Quite Remarkable

Just perhaps not for the reason she thinks.

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Oct 26, 2026 1:45 PM

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I don’t know much about ceasefires, but I do know that before Friday morning, I’ve never had the urge to call one “so random.” Thanks to Melania Trump, that has changed. Because that’s the only way to describe the news that our first lady brokered an agreement between Russia and Ukraine that will allow residents a pathway out of an occupied city: random!…