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Trumps Host the Macrons for President's First White House State Dinner

by VOA News

   First lady Melania Trump is getting her turn in the spotlight Tuesday
   night as she and President Donald Trump host French President Emmanuel
   Macron and Brigitte Macron for a White House state dinner.

   The first lady planned all the details for the first such event of the
   Trump administration -- from the menu to the dinner plates to the
   evening's entertainment. The first lady selected a menu of rack of lamb
   and nectarine tart, along with after-dinner entertainment provided by
   the Washington National Opera.

   Tuesday's dinner is a relatively low-key affair compared with the first
   state dinner from previous administrations, with few celebrities and
   big Washington names on the guest list. Among those joining the main
   guests of honor are Apple CEO Tim Cook, who brought as his guest former
   Obama EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, statesman Henry Kissinger, Chief
   Justice John Roberts, media mogul Rubert Murdoch, managing director of
   the IMF Christine Lagarde and the president's daughter and son-in-law
   Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.