Donald and Melania Trump compare White House to Venezuelan prison
Melania Trump
President Donald Trump and  first lady Melania Trump  met with the wife of an imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader in February and tried to sympathize with  her  husband's plight by comparing life in the White House to that inside a Venezuelan prison  The Washington Post reported on Friday.
 Melania Trump  said  she  sympathized with what Lopez had gone through in jail in Caracas  Venezuela  adding that the White House felt as confining as prison  two people familiar with the meeting told The Post.  Donald Trump  reportedly agreed.
The first lady's spokeswoman denied that  she  made that comment  telling The Post that  Trump  "only offered words of encouragement and strength."
Tintori was reportedly elated with the meeting and  Trump 's condemnations of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.
In the months since   Trump  has leveled more sanctions on Venezuelan officials and businesses  imposed a travel ban on some Venezuelans and their families  and excoriated Maduro during an address to the UN General Assembly.
President Donald Trump and  [TGT]met with the wife of an imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader in February and tried to sympathize with  [TGT]  husband's plight by comparing life in the White House to that inside a Venezuelan prison  The Washington Post reported on Friday.
 [TGT]said  [TGT]  sympathized with what Lopez had gone through in jail in Caracas  Venezuela  adding that the White House felt as confining as prison  two people familiar with the meeting told The Post.  [TGT]reportedly agreed.
The first lady's spokeswoman denied that  she  made that comment  telling The Post that  Trump  "only offered words of encouragement and strength."
Tintori was reportedly elated with the meeting and  [TGT] 's condemnations of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.
In the months since   [TGT]has leveled more sanctions on Venezuelan officials and businesses  imposed a travel ban on some Venezuelans and their families  and excoriated Maduro during an address to the UN General Assembly.