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Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022

Did Melania Trump ‘dump’ Donald Trump?

Sarah Thompson, Lead Stories

no

This clickbait headline is not supported by the news story it is based on.

Melania Trump recently announced an arrangement with the social media platform Parler.

The narrator of a video on Facebook says this may hurt Donald Trump as much as an actual divorce because he plans to start a separate social media platform, entitled 'TRUTH.' 

However, there is no evidence of an actual breakup between Melania and Donald Trump.

She currently has social media accounts on several platforms in addition to the account on Parler.

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