Melania Trump meets with freed American-Israeli hostage whose story she features in her new film
February 4, 2026
Melania Trump has met at the White House with a freed American-Israeli hostage whose plight she featured in her new documentary. Keith Siegel was held for 484 days until being released last year under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire shortly after Donald Trump began his second term as president. Melania Trump on Wednesday recounted the emotional meeting she had with his wife in January 2025, a scene that she noted “was captured on camera and available to see in my film, ‘Melania.’” Asked by a reporter if it was appropriate for her to use an official White House event to promote her documentary, the first lady said she wasn’t doing that.