First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance just took their first trip together to Camp Lejeune, the biggest Marine Corps base on the East Coast.
They were met with thunderous applause upon their arrival.
See here:
Students and parents cheer for First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance pic.twitter.com/ogGNQD7SIo
— Link Lauren (@itslinklauren) November 19, 2025
While there, they spoke to military families, thanking them for their service to our nation.
Watch Melania’s remarks here:
NEW: First lady Melania Trump and second lady Usha Vance speak to military families at Camp Lejeune:
“Thank you for your service. You’re in our thoughts and prayers — especially during the holidays.” pic.twitter.com/RZhvwUbezW
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 19, 2025
AP News has more on Melania and Usha’s early holiday visit to the military base:
The wives of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, a former Marine, visited with military personnel, their children, and relatives at Camp Lejeune, the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast, and Marine Corps Air Station New River.
“Thank you for your service. My husband, the president, is sending best regards. We are both thinking of you,” Trump told students at Lejeune High School, where 10 marines stationed out front had saluted as their motorcade arrived.
The first lady added that she and the president always think of U.S. service members but “especially during the holidays” and wished students and teachers a happy Thanksgiving.
She spoke at a gymnasium, where the school was assembling 2,000 care packages for service members stationed far from home. Among the items included in each were dude wipes, handy-wipes marketed toward men, and jerky sticks.
Melania Trump told the students that if they were ever at the White House they’d be welcome to visit her there.
Her speech came after Trump and Vance entered the classroom and met with students in an advanced placement research class from the Lejeune High “Devilpups” — recalling the Marine Corps’ “Devil Dog” nickname — for discussions about technological development and artificial intelligence.
ADVERTISEMENTTrump and Vance sat with four tables of students with laptops, and listened to them deliver a presentation on electronic media affecting sleep and adolescent wellbeing, as well as a study on social media addiction and its impact on young people’s esteem and body image.
During their visit, Melania and Usha spent time with the children of service members at their school.
INSPIRING YOUNG MINDS: First lady Melania Trump and second lady Usha Vance met the children of military service members at their school in North Carolina. pic.twitter.com/FYFKZ5NCMQ
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 19, 2025
The children seemed to get on very well with our wonderful First and Second lady!
One of them even tried to take Usha with her.
Watch this:
🚨BREAKING: First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance are a HIT with school children on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
This is so precious!
Children love the Trump administration!
pic.twitter.com/LLoR2FkShx— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) November 19, 2025
Finally, Melania and Usha posed for a group photo with the students at the base.
What lucky students!
Check it out:
🚨 NOW: First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance take a group photo at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune with the students
They are SO excited to see Melania and Usha.
This is what loving your country looks like! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/uUfRywgxpb
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 19, 2025
First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance pose for a picture with students at Lejeune High School pic.twitter.com/01Ruv0kWMY
— FLOTUS Report (@MELANIAJTRUMP) November 19, 2025
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