--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Has a Theory About Melania Trump's Trip description: First Lady Melania Trump just completed her first solo tour of Africa, and Jimmy Kimmel has a theory about how her mood has improved. canonical: https://time.com/5419395/jimmy-kimmel-melania-trump/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-09T15:17:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:02:15.298Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Has a Theory About Melania Trump's Trip og:description: It's all about the First Lady's smile og:url: https://time.com/5419395/jimmy-kimmel-melania-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd85941c052950c6/69893c22929fadc81cbf1c93/melania-trump-malawi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2546 og:image:height: 1432 og:image:alt: MALAWI-US-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Has a Theory About Melania Trump's Trip twitter:description: It's all about the First Lady's smile twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd85941c052950c6/69893c22929fadc81cbf1c93/melania-trump-malawi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Made a Video to Support His Theory About Melania Trump's Trip > Sponsored content. 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Melania Trump is offering some supportive words for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 9, 2018 3:17 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 9, 2018 3:17 PM UTC First Lady [Melania Trump](http://time.com/5417711/melania-trump-says-kavanaugh-highly-qualified/) just completed her [first solo excursion](http://time.com/5416558/melania-trump-dances-kenya-orphans/) in a political capacity, touring Africa for five days and stopping by hospitals and orphanages, hanging out [with elephants](http://time.com/5416967/melania-trump-elephant/) and visiting famous sites like the Sphinx and the Pyramids on her journey. And while plenty of attention has been paid to both her ongoing promotion of her [‘Be Best’ campaign](http://time.com/5412767/melania-trump-be-best-blankets/) and her [fashion choices](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/fashion/melania-trump-africa-trip-fashion-fedora.html) for the jaunt, Jimmy Kimmel wants to focus on something different: her facial expressions. Kimmel drew a sharp contrast between the First Lady’s seemingly joyful spirit while photographed and videoed during her public engagements in Egypt, Ghana, Malawi and Kenya in comparison to clips of her taken while back in the U.S. at the side of her husband President Donald Trump for a spoof. “This is Melania’s first trip overseas, and she really seemed to enjoy herself,” Kimmel suggested. “It’s not scientific, but draw your own conclusion.” (They added in some ominous Star Wars music for effect to really draw out the stark difference between her U.S. self versus her cheerful African tourist self.) Now that she is back on U.S. ground. Here’s Kimmel’s spoof below. ## Transcript But I would say that if we're talking about the Supreme Court and Judge Kavanaugh, I think he's highly qualified for the Supreme Court. I'm glad that Doctor Ford Was heard. I'm glad that Judge Kavanaugh was heard. FBI investigation was done, it's completed, and Senate voted. Did you believe Christine Ford? I will move on that. And I think the old victims, we need to help all the victims no matter what kind of abuse they had. But I'm against any kind of abuse or violence. Well, I don't always agree what he tweets and I tell him that. I give him my honest opinion and honest advice. And sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesn't. 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