Trump compares Melania to Jackie Kennedy
- President Trump compared his wife to former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy on Friday.
- Speaking about his decision to change the colors on Air Force One, which Kennedy originally picked out, he said: "That was Jackie O and that's good, but we have out own Jackie O today, it's called Melania."
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President Donald Trump says his wife, first lady Melania Trump, is an icon on the same order of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Trump made the comparison Friday as he defended his decision to change the iconic Air Force One paint job devised under the former first lady's watch in the 1960s on the next version of the presidential aircraft due to enter service in 2024.
Trump told "Fox & Friends," ''You know the baby blue doesn't fit with us," noting he plans to replace it with a darker navy and the gold stripe along the aircraft with one in red.
He said: "That was Jackie O and that's good, but we have our own Jackie O today, it's called Melania."
Trump added, "We'll call it Melania T."
This isn't the first time that comparisons have been drawn between Melania and her predecessor. In fact, Melania appears to encourage the link, especially in the way she has chosen to dress for the role.
Melania wore an all-blue outfit to her husband's inauguration in 2017 which drew comparisons to the ensemble worn by Jackie to her own husband's inauguration 56 years earlier.
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