Russian State TV Mocks Melania Trump’s Return With Risqué Flashback

‘In one of the shots, the model is wearing only her underwear, lying on a blue carpet with the U.S. seal, as though the editors of the men’s magazine knew something in advance about the future of their model,’ the show reports.

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Please listen to the guy who won a landslide election, where voters have given him a major mandate for change. President Trump and Melania Trump during an Election Night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024, at West Palm Beach, Florida. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Putin’s media network had a little fun at Melania Trump’s expense, congratulating her on her husband’s reelection by airing a series of saucy nude photos that were taken during her time as a model.

Anchors for the state run show “60 Minutes” on Russia-1, husband-and-wife team Yevgeny Popov and Olga Skabeyeva, reported on President Trump’s reelection, but quickly veered into the absurd when they aired the sultry photos, including shots she took for a GQ Magazine spread in 2000.

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