Diamonds are forever — but liesaren't.
President Trump falsely boasted
about getting a $1 million discount
on his wife's dazzling engagement
ring, according to a report.
President Trump and First Lady
Melania Trump attending an inauguration event in Washington,
D.C.(JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS)
Trump gushed to a New York Times reporter in 2005 that the
London-based Graff Diamonds retailer
chopped $1 million
off the price tag for First Lady Melania Trump's oversized engagement band, whichcarries a diamond that
weighs more than 10 carats.
"Only a fool would say, 'No thank you, I want to pay a million
dollars more for a diamond,'" Trump said at the time.
Melania follows five accounts on Twitter, including Barack Obama
The 10-carat diamond ring retailed for $1.5 million.
(FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAGES)
But Graff Diamonds' billionaire chairman Laurence Graff refuted the discount brag,
telling Forbes that Trump was given
"no favors" when he purchased the ring, which reportedly retailed at $1.5 million.Graff added that Trump was "a pleasure to do business with."
the
Times reporter. "He paid for (the ring) in full, and he paid immediately," the person
said.
The White House did not immediately respond to emailed questions from the Daily
News.
The First Lady's spokeswoman declined to comment.
Trump reminds world that Melania starred in 2005 Aflac commercial
A second diamond ring that Trump bought for his wife on their 10th wedding
anniversary
got the First Lady in trouble after she posed for her White House photo wearing the
massive
rock. (REGINE MAHAUX/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
A second diamond ring that Trump bought for his wife on their 10th wedding anniversary
got
the First Lady in trouble after she posed for her White House photograph wearing the
massive
rock. Scores of critics claimed that the First Lady disrespected working Americans by
donning
the $3 million ring for the official photo.
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