Former first lady Melania Trump invoked the “cancel culture” catch-all defense Friday in response to reports that she was under investigation in Florida for raising money for what appeared to be a charitable organization called Foster the Future that isn’t registered in the Sunshine State.
A news release posted online Friday on Trump’s behalf claimed that Foster the Future is the name of a platform that falls under the auspices of the Be Best initiative she introduced in 2018. According to the statement attributed to the 45th president’s wife, money from an event was supposed to go to a computer science school in Oklahoma that backed out of the arrangement and will now be dispersed elsewhere.
“The media has created a narrative whereby I am trying to act in an illegal or unethical manner,” Trump’s posting said. “That portrayal is simply untrue and adversely affects the children I hope to support. Those who attack my initiatives and create the appearance of impropriety are quite literally dream killers. They have canceled the hopes and dreams of children by trying to cancel me.”
