First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Houston this weekend for the funeral of former first lady Barbara Bush.
Melania’s communications director, Stephanie Grisham, confirmed to PEOPLE that the first lady “will be attending the funeral to pay her respects.”
Asked whether the president planned to join his wife for the service, Grisham referred PEOPLE to the West Wing. Reached for comment, White House Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters said “I will get back to you.”
Melania put out her own official White House statement regarding Barbara’s passing, separate from that of her husband, on Tuesday evening.
“Our hearts are with the Bush family as we celebrate the life and mourn the loss of Barbara Bush,” said the first lady. “Throughout her life, she put family and country above all else. Her dedicated service to the American people was matched only by her
compassion and love of family. She was a woman of strength and we will always remember her for her most important roles of wife, mother, and First Lady of the United States. My heartfelt condolences and prayers are with the Bush family as we honor her legacy.”
.@FLOTUS Melania and I join the Nation in celebrating the life of Barbara Bush: pic.twitter.com/4OW72iddQx— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2018
President Trump’s statement was incorrectly dated April 17, 2017rather than 2018. He deleted the statement from Twitter hours later, posting the statement again with the date cropped out.
Although it’s unclear whether President Trump will attend the former first lady’s funeral, the Obamas and Bushes both confirmed that they plan to attend, according to Politico.
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