FIRST LADY RECOGNIZED AT 2025 FOX NATION PATRIOT AWARDS FOR CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY
The 2025 annual Fox Nation Patriot Awards named Melania Trump its “Patriot of the Year” in a ceremony held at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville, Long Island.
During her acceptance speech, the First Lady thanked “American dreamers and innovators who embrace originality,” and invited attendees to “celebrate everyone who dares to think differently.” She added, “Trust me, I know a little bit about challenging convention.”
The honor recognized Melania Trump’s role advancing issues including children’s welfare and outer-political advocacy. Among her highlighted achievements: the co-sponsorship of the Take It Down Act, aimed at banning AI-generated non-consensual imagery, and her efforts in the reunification of Ukrainian children amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Host Sean Hannity praised her “quiet courage” and said he was confident she will “go down in history as one of the most impactful people ever to grace the halls of the White House.”
The Patriot Awards, now in their seventh year, celebrate service members, first-responders and citizens who embody patriotic values. This year’s ceremony also introduced the inaugural “Charlie Kirk Legacy Award.”
As First Lady, Melania Trump is entering her second term in the White House and has emphasized a results-driven agenda, including youth welfare, global advocacy and technological education initiatives.
Her receipt of the “Patriot of the Year” award follows her husband Donald Trump’s own recognition at the 2024 ceremony, underlining the symbolic role the family continues to play in conservative patriotic circles.
