Overview
- Melania Trump accepted the award at Fox Nation’s seventh Patriot Awards at the Tilles Center on Long Island, hosted by Sean Hannity.
- In her remarks, she urged Americans to “embrace the spirit of ambition” and celebrated “everyone who dares to think differently.”
- Coverage credits her with supporting the Take It Down Act and co-signing it with the president to criminalize non-consensual intimate imagery and AI-generated pornography.
- The first lady has said her outreach to Vladimir Putin helped reunify eight Ukrainian children with their families, a claim reported by event coverage.
- The ceremony added a permanent Charlie Kirk Legacy Award and followed last year’s Fox Nation honor given to President Donald Trump.