{"id":2291000,"date":"2026-02-20T13:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2291000"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:53:24","slug":"donald-trump-praises-melanias-movie-star-status-but-calls-it-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/donald-trump-praises-melanias-movie-star-status-but-calls-it-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Praises Melania\u2019s \u2018Movie Star\u2019 Status but Calls It \u2018Trouble\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The US President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/02\/06\/donald-trump-not-sleeping-air-force-one-missiles\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"1055204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> claimed his wife, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/01\/30\/melania-trump-documentary-proud-premiere-night\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"1049219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Melania Trump<\/strong><\/a>, to be a \u201cbig movie star\u201d after the release of her new documentary. Despite its abysmal rating on review aggregator sites, the movie had the biggest box office opening for a documentary in over a decade.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-donald-trump-says-wife-melania-is-a-big-movie-star-after-documentary-release\">Donald Trump says wife, Melania, is a \u2018big movie star\u2019 after documentary release<\/h2>\n<p>On Thursday, February 19, Donald Trump hosted the Board of Peace meeting in Washington, DC. During his speech, he took a moment to praise the first lady and her recent documentary, Melania.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Donald Trump Hosts First \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f Board Of Peace Meeting in Washington, DC [LIVE]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oPskVhTa7O8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe has a very successful movie out right now, like number one,\u201d Trump said. \u201cCan you believe this? Big movie star. I always say it\u2019s trouble, because I always say there\u2019s no room in one family for two stars. I told her that we can\u2019t have two stars in one family. So I don\u2019t know what that means, but it\u2019s not good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it is good because we\u2019re proud of her. People in the United States love the first lady,\u201d the president continued. \u201cShe did the movie, and it\u2019s become the biggest-selling documentary in 20 years. Can you believe that? The theaters are all packed. Women, especially, they go back and see it two or three times, four times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Released on January 30, 2026, Melania centers on the first lady\u2019s daily life during the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump\u2019s 2025 presidential inauguration. Although it had the biggest opening for a documentary in over a decade, it has earned just over $16 million at the box office as of today (via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt35291758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Box Office Mojo<\/a>). It reportedly was made on a budget of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/melania-beats-expectations-while-sam-raimi-send-help-tops-weekend-box-office-11897013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$75 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the movie received overwhelmingly negative reception from professional critics and has a 11% approval rating on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/melania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>. The audience\u2019s rating, however, is at an impressive 98%.<\/p>\n<p>Brett Ratner helmed the movie and served as a co-producer. Amazon MGM Studios reportedly spent $40 million on licensing and spent an additional $35 million on marketing and distribution, per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/trump-melania-big-movie-star-doc-box-office-debut-1236510075\/#:~:text=Melania%20is%20directed,global%20marketing%20campaign.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Originally reported by Harsha Panduranga on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/news\/1733072-donald-trump-calls-melania-big-movie-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.realitytea.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US President Donald Trump claimed his wife, Melania Trump, to be a \u201cbig movie star\u201d after the release of her new documentary. Despite its abysmal rating on review aggregator sites, the movie had the biggest box office opening for a documentary in over a decade. 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