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Melania Trump's Gift Sparks Resignation at Eisenhower Library

10/3/2025

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First Lady Melania Trump's gift choice for King Charles III led to the resignation of Todd Arrington, director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library.
Arrington opposed gifting the original Eisenhower sword, the 1947 WWII leadership award, proposing a replica.
Melania Trump insisted on the original; West Point provided a faux sword for the gift amid administration tensions.

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First Lady Melania Trump's gift choice for King Charles III led to the resignation of Todd Arrington, director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library.
Arrington opposed gifting the original Eisenhower sword, the 1947 WWII leadership award, proposing a replica.
Melania Trump insisted on the original; West Point provided a faux sword for the gift amid administration tensions.