{"id":2151112,"date":"2024-01-16T21:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T02:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appears-visibly-emotional-while-mentioning-deceased-mother-in-law-in-victory-speech-at-iowa-caucuses\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T21:22:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T02:22:18","slug":"trump-appears-visibly-emotional-while-mentioning-deceased-mother-in-law-in-victory-speech-at-iowa-caucuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appears-visibly-emotional-while-mentioning-deceased-mother-in-law-in-victory-speech-at-iowa-caucuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump gets emotional talking about late mother-in-law in Iowa victory speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-appears-visibly-emotional-while-mentioning-deceased-mother-in-law-in-victory-speech-at-iowa-caucuses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2151112&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former President Donald Trump speaks at his \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pres-trump-dominates-in-iowa-caucuses\/\" title=\"Trump dominates Iowa caucuses\">caucus night event<\/a> at the Iowa Events Center on January 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowans \u200dvoted today in the state\u2019s caucuses for the first contest in the 2024 Republican presidential nominating process. Trump has been projected winner of the\u2063 Iowa caucus. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>6:05 PM \u2013 Tuesday,\u200d January 16, \u200d2024<\/p>\n<h2>Trump Emerges Victorious at Iowa Caucuses<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald\u2064 Trump led \u200dthe way\u200b alongside \u200bthe other 2024 Republican presidential contenders at<strong> <\/strong>the Iowa \u2062caucuses, while also holding back emotion during his victory speech. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On \u200cMonday night,\u200b Trump thanked his family members and paid honor to\u2064 his \u2064late mother-in-law who \u200crecently passed \u2062away during his victory speech\u2062 after his win in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, 77, began mentioning his family \u200dmembers \u200cafter winning, including Melania Trump\u2019s\u200b mother Amalija Knavs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/melania-trump-announces-her-mother-amalija-knavs-has-passed-away\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/melania-trump-announces-her-mother-amalija-knavs-has-passed-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who passed\u200d away last week<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The 45<sup>th<\/sup> president expressed that Melania\u2019s mother was \u2063\u201clooking down\u200d from heaven\u201d and\u2064 \u201cwould be\u200d proud\u201d of the historic accomplishment\u200b as he applauded \u2064his fellow \u200crivals during his victory speech \u200dat the Iowa caucuses. <\/p>\n<p>Just last week, on\u200c January 9<sup>th<\/sup>, Knavs passed away at 78-years-old. Her funeral is \u2063scheduled\u200d to take place in\u2064 Florida this week following the former president\u2019s attendance\u200b to the \u2064court to hear E. Jean Carroll\u2019s defamation case against him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI think most \u2064importantly, I want\u200c to thank my incredible wife, first lady, I\u2019ll say\u2063 former and maybe future, but more important than Melania, I want to thank\u200b her incredible, beautiful \u2063mother who passed away a few\u2064 days ago,\u201d Donald said, with a visible change in his expression. \u201cAnd she\u2019s up there, way up there. She\u2019s looking down and\u200d she\u2019s so proud of us. And I\u2064 just want to say to Amalia, you are special, one of the most special people I\u2019ve ever known. And that\u200c was a\u200d tough period of time for\u200b the family. But\u200c she\u2019s amazing. She was amazing. So I just want to thank what she\u2019s done for our \u2062family and her husband,\u201d he\u2062 added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Melania also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-remember-the-48th-annual-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Americans remember the 48th annual March for Life\">paid tribute<\/a> to her late mother\u200b in a post on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is with deep sadness that \u200bI announce the passing of my\u2063 beloved mother, Amalija.<\/p>\n<p>Amalija\u2062 Knavs was a strong woman who always carried herself with grace, \u2063warmth, and dignity.\u00a0 She was entirely devoted to her\u2064 husband, daughters, grandson, and son-in-law. We will miss\u2063 her beyond\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MELANIATRUMP\/status\/1744900932800761880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January \u206310, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Knavs is survived by her husband, Victor Knavs, \u2062who Trump also mentioned\u2063 in\u2063 his \u200cvictory speech.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re great people, great, \u200bgreat parents\u2062 to all\u2062 of us, really great \u200cparents,\u201d the former president said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, in his speech, Trump paid appreciation to his children, Donald Trump\u200d Jr., Eric Trump, and\u2063 Ivanka\u2064 Trump, along with\u200b his campaign administrators for the pivotal\u2063 victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI want to thank my family. \u200cGenerally, they\u2019ve worked \u200dso hard and they\u2019ve \u2062taken so much \u200dabuse for being good \u200bpeople. I mean, good\u200c people. But \u2064Eric and Don, it really \u2064did. These two have been \u2064working \u200bso hard and you know, they have \u200canother job also. So they have to do it all,\u201d Donald said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI \u200dwant\u200d to \u2064thank \u200ceverybody. This has been some period of \u2062time. \u2064And most importantly, \u200dwe want to thank\u2062 the great people of Iowa. Thank you. We love you all. What\u2063 a turnout. What a \u2064crowd. And I really think this is time now \u2064for everybody, our country, to come together. We\u200d want to come together, whether it\u2019s \u200da Republican or \u200da Democrat or liberal or conservative. If it would be so nice if we\u2062 could come together and straighten out the \u2063world and straighten out\u200c the \u2063problems and straighten out all of the\u200c death and destruction that we\u2019re\u200b witnessing, \u200dthat\u2019s practically never been\u200c like this. It\u2019s\u2064 just so important. And I want to make that a \u200cvery big part of our message. We\u2019re going to\u2062 come together. It\u2019s going to happen soon too,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On January 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, a primary will take place in New Hampshire between the former president, Ron DeSantis, Nikki\u200b Haley, and Ryan\u00a0Binkley.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this \u200cpost!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>German\u200c Farmers give the finger to the World Economic Forum and Klaus Schwab while E. Jean Carroll is now seeking $10M from Trump.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrats\u2063 have a long history \u200bof not only contesting elections they lose, \u200bbut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-have-long-history-of-contesting-elections-when-they-lose\/\" title=\"Democrats often challenge election results when they are on the losing side\">blaming voter fraud<\/a> and\u200d even demanding\u2062 the elections be overturned.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As tensions grow in the\u200c Middle East, the threat of terror \u200cattacks here on U.S. soil\u2064 are among some of the concerns of U.S.\u2064 officials.\u2064 One America\u2019s Chief White\u2063 House Correspondent Monica Paige breaks down\u2062 these \u200cincreasing fears.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u00a0CEO Elon Musk said he would be uncomfortable growing the\u200d automaker to be a leader in AI and robotics without having at\u2062 least 25% voting control of the company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google is set to \u200dgo before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-doctor-who-conned-women-into-hysterectomies-sterilizations-for-insurance-money-gets-60-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Virginia Doctor Who Conned Women Into Hysterectomies, Sterilizations For Insurance Money Gets 60 Years In Prison\">federal jury<\/a>\u2062 in\u200d Boston on Tuesday\u200c over accusations\u2062 that its processors\u200b infringe a computer scientist\u2019s patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft were sued in Manhattan federal \u2063court by a pair of nonfiction authors who say the companies\u2064 misused their work to train the AI models behind AI-based services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX sued a U.S. labor board to block its case accusing the company of illegally firing employees\u200b calling CEO Elon Musk \u201ca distraction and embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Who \u200dwere the other \u200bRepublican presidential contenders in \u2063the Iowa caucuses<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Trump Emerges Victorious \u200cat Iowa Caucuses<\/p>\n<p>Former \u2063President Donald Trump led the way alongside the other 2024\u2064 Republican presidential contenders at\u2064 the Iowa caucuses, while also holding back emotion during his victory speech.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2063Monday night, Trump thanked his family members and paid honor to his late mother-in-law who recently passed away during his \u200bvictory speech after his win in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, 77, began mentioning his family members after winning, including\u200b Melania Trump\u2019s mother \u2062Amalija Knavs, who\u200c passed away last week.<\/p>\n<p>The 45th president expressed that Melania\u2019s mother was \u201clooking down from\u200b heaven\u201d and \u200b\u201cwould be proud\u201d of the \u200bhistoric accomplishment as he applauded \u200dhis fellow rivals during his victory speech at the \u2063Iowa caucuses.<\/p>\n<p>Just \u2062last \u2063week, on January 9th, Knavs passed away at 78-years-old. Her funeral is scheduled to take place \u2062in Florida this week following the\u2063 former president\u2019s attendance to\u200b the court \u2062to hear\u200c E. Jean Carroll\u2019s defamation case against\u2064 him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think most importantly, \u2062I want to \u2063thank my incredible\u2062 wife, first lady, I\u2019ll say former and maybe future, but more\u2064 important than Melania, I want to thank\u200d her \u2062incredible, beautiful mother who passed away a few days\u2063 ago,\u201d Donald said, with a visible change in his expression. \u201cAnd she\u2019s up there, way\u2064 up there. She\u2019s looking down and she\u2019s so proud of us. And I just want to say to\u200b Amalia, you are special, one of the most \u2064special people I\u2019ve ever known. And \u200dthat\u200b was a tough period of time for \u2064the family. But she\u2019s amazing.\u2062 She was amazing. So I just want to thank what she\u2019s done\u2063 for our family and her husband,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Melania also paid tribute to her late mother in\u200d a post on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Knavs is survived by her husband, Victor Knavs, who Trump also mentioned in\u2063 his victory \u200dspeech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re \u200dgreat people, great, great parents to all of us, really great\u2063 parents,\u201d the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in his speech, Trump paid\u200b appreciation to\u200d his children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric \u2064Trump, and Ivanka\u2062 Trump, along\u2063 with \u200bhis campaign \u200dadministrators for the pivotal victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank my family. Generally, \u200dthey\u2019ve\u200d worked so hard and they\u2019ve taken so much abuse for being good people. I mean, good people. But Eric and Don, it\u200c really did. These two have been working\u200d so hard and \u200cyou know, they\u200b have another job also. So they have to\u200b do it all,\u201d Donald \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank everybody. This has \u200dbeen some period of time. And most importantly, \u200dwe \u200dwant to thank the great\u2063 people of Iowa. Thank you. We love you \u200dall. \u200cWhat a turnout.\u200b What a \u200bcrowd. And I really think this is time now \u2064for everybody, our country, to come together.\u200c We want to come together, whether it\u2019s \u2064a Republican or a Democrat or liberal\u200b or conservative. If it\u200d would be so nice if we could come together \u2062and straighten out the world and\u200d straighten\u200d out the problems and\u2062 straighten out\u200c all \u2063of the death and destruction that we\u2019re witnessing, that\u2019s practically never \u2063been\u200b like this. It\u2019s just so important. And\u200d I want to \u200dmake\u2064 that a very big part of\u200c our message. We\u2019re going to come together. It\u2019s going to happen soon too,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On January 23rd, a primary\u2062 will take place in New Hampshire between\u200b the former president, Ron DeSantis, Nikki \u2063Haley, and Ryan Binkley.<\/p>\n<p>Stay\u2064 informed! Receive breaking \u2064news blasts directly to \u2064your\u2064 inbox for free. Subscribe here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump addresses supporters at the Iowa Events Center on January 15, 2024. Iowans cast their votes in the state&#8217;s caucuses, marking the initial stage of the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Trump emerges as the projected victor of the Iowa caucus. 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