Melania Trump has met with a Florida school shooting survivor at the White House before surprising the teenager by introducing him to the President in the Oval Office.
The First Lady posted a series of photographs and a brief video on social media of her meeting with 16-year-old Kyle Kashuv on Thursday.
He also sat down with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office shortly after.
The teenager survived the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that killed 17 students and staff.
The First Lady posted a series of photographs and a brief video on social media of her meeting with 16-year-old Florida school shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv on Thursday
Mrs Trump later surprised the 16-year-old by introducing him to President Trump in the Oval Office
He was forced to hide in a classroom closet while the gunman opened fire.
Kyle has been in Washington DC for the past few days meeting with various lawmakers to voice his concerns about gun control laws.
When meeting with the First Lady, Kyle showed her the ReachOut app, which he has been promoting in the wake of the deadly shooting at his school.
The app lets students reach students to discuss emotional or mental problems they might be experiencing.
‘Wonderful to meet @KyleKashuv today. His message of unity is one we should all share. Thank you for visiting us at the @WhiteHouse & hope you enjoyed your surprise meeting with @potus! Wishing you much success w @TheReachOutApp,’ Mrs Trump tweeted.
When meeting with the First Lady, Kyle showed her the ReachOut app, which he has been promoting in the wake of the deadly shooting at his school
Melania posted a short video on social media of her meeting with Kyle at the White House
The teenager, pictured above in the Oval Office on Thursday, survived the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland
Kyle followed up with his own photos and a tweet that read: ‘Was so great meeting @FLOTUS and @POTUS @realDonaldTrump. They’re true Patriots.’
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting Kyle had said that he supported Trump in the last election and considers himself a Republican.
But he said the shooting made him reconsider his position on guns, saying there needs to be stronger background checks to make sure mentally unstable people like Nikolas Cruz can’t purchase weapons.
‘Previously I believed that everyone under the Constitution should be allowed to have guns, but I now realize that not everyone should have guns and we should have way stricter background checks and mental evaluations,’ he said.
‘We need to a middle ground and have some reform.’
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting Kyle had said that he supported Trump in the last election and considers himself a Republican
Kyle said while he supported Trump, the shooting made him reconsider his position on guns and he now believes there needs to be stronger background checks
