トランプ前大統領、元妻に最後の別れ

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】ドナルド・トランプ前米大統領は２０日、ニューヨークの教会で営まれた最初の妻イバナ・トランプさんの葬儀に出席した。（写真は米ニューヨークのカトリック教会前で、元妻イバナさんの葬儀を終えたドナルド・トランプ前大統領とメラニア夫人）
　マンハッタンのアッパーイーストサイドにあるカトリック教会で行われた葬儀には、メラニア夫人や、トランプ氏とイバナさんの間に生まれた長男ドナルド・トランプ・ジュニア氏、長女イヴァンカ氏、次男エリック氏が列席。
　周辺は厳重な警備が敷かれ、ＡＦＰカメラマンによると、トランプ氏とメラニア夫人は正面入り口ではなく脇の扉から教会に入った。
　米紙ニューヨーク・ポストによると、葬儀では、エリック氏が参列者を前に、旧チェコスロバキア出身の母親について「アメリカンドリームの体現者」だったと話した。
　イバナさんは１４日、７３歳で死去した。米メディアによれば、自宅の階段から転落したとみられる。
　モデルだったイバナさんは１９７７年、まだ不動産業駆け出しのトランプ氏と結婚。９０年代初めに離婚した後は、衣料品や宝飾品、化粧品のブランドを立ち上げて実業家として成功を収め、複数の本も執筆した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/07/21-14:38）

Ex-president Donald Trump and his eldest children gathered at a church in New York on Wednesday to say goodbye to his first wife Ivana who died last week aged 73.
Don Jr, Ivanka and Eric Trump joined their father and former first lady Melania for their mother's funeral service at St. Vincent Ferrer Church on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
The siblings and their partners and children looked on solemnly as Ivana Trump's casket was carried into the church for the 1:30 pm (17:30 pm) service.
Donald Trump and Melania entered by a side door, an AFP photographer saw, as the funeral took place under heightened security.
Inside, Eric Trump told mourners that his Czech-born mom had been the embodiment of the American dream and a force of nature, the New York Post reported.
Ivanka Trump described her mother as a trailblazer during the Catholic service that was billed as a celebration of life, the tabloid added.
Ivana Trump, the first wife of the former US president, died of blunt impact injuries on Thursday, reportedly caused by a fall down the stairs at her home.
She was a model who grew up under communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia before marrying Donald Trump, then a budding real estate developer, in 1977.
Throughout the '80s, the Trumps were one of New York's highest-profile couples, their extravagant lifestyle exemplifying the flashy excesses of the decade.
Their power and celebrity grew as Donald Trump's property business soared, with Ivana Trump taking on number of key roles in the business.
Their high-profile split in the early '90s, rumored to have been caused in part by Donald Trump's affair with actress Marla Maples, provided juicy content for New York's tabloids.
Ivana Trump went on to enjoy a successful business career of her own, developing clothing, jewelry and beauty products and penning a number of books.
She was married four times in her life, once before her marriage to Donald Trump and twice after.