Kash Patel's girlfriend Alexis Wilkins recounted her meeting with President Donald Trump as she spoke after Patel was sworn in. The president asked only one question about Kash: whether he was loyal, and Wilkins was confident in her answer. The country singer posted a photo with Kash and President Trump and captioned it "God Bless America."
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"I just feel that people didn't accept me maybe, they didn't understand me the way maybe they do now. And I didn't have much support. Maybe some people see me as just a wife of the President, but I'm standing on my own two feet, independent, I have my own thoughts, I have my own 'yes' and 'no'," Melania said.