Records now reveal that both Melania and Ivanka used thousands of dollars from USAID to fund their pet projects during the first term. USAID helped Melania Trump's Be Best program and Ivanka Trump's Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. And they traveled with the agency on separate trips to Africa where they praised the work USAID was doing.
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