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Melania Trump is shutting down a longstanding report. The 54-year-old former First Lady opened up in her new memoir about several major news moments, including the time she reportedly swatted former President Donald Trump‘s hand away during a 2017 trip to Israel. “The occurrence, dubbed a ‘swat’ by the gossipmongers, was a mere misunderstanding,” she writes in her book Melania, via Variety. “Protocol demanded that the president and prime minister walk side by side, with their spouses trailing behind. Yet, unforeseen circumstances led to a slight deviation from the norm,” she continues. “Bibi ended up holding his wife’s hand, and my husband walked beside them — three abreast. The red carpet simply could not accommodate all four of us abreast. I allowed my husband to continue walking with the prime minister and his wife, opting to take a step back. When he reached out to offer his hand, I declined, indicating that I was perfectly content walking on my own. It was a minor innocent gesture, nothing more.”
