Melania Trump spent part of Thursday listening to more than a dozen teens talk about their best practices for being civil online, while her husband was doing quite the opposite.
The first lady made the short trip to Microsoft’s Innovation and Policy Center in Washington as part of a nationwide child well-being campaign she launched this year called ‘Be Best,’ which includes teaching children and youth to be good citizens online.
Digital civility is one element of the first lady’s ‘Be Best’ campaign, though her husband is regularly criticized for his own practices online and has weaponized his Twitter account against his foes.
While the first lady was spreading the message of her campaign, the president took to Twitter to take a jab at the media and his former presidential opponent Hillary Clinton.
The First Lady listened to more than a dozen teens talk about online civility on Thursday at Microsoft’s Innovation and Policy Center in Washington (pictured)
![Trump's tweet included an old video of Clinton saying: 'We want very much to have a strong Russia,' adding that a strong Russia 'is in the interest of the world'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/20/06/4E6C92DE00000578-5971833-image-m-18_1532065458434.jpg)
Trump’s tweet included an old video of Clinton saying: ‘We want very much to have a strong Russia,’ adding that a strong Russia ‘is in the interest of the world’
![Clinton responded with another video clip, writing: 'That¿s a clip from when Medvedev was president. Here¿s what I said about Putin¿s Russia'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/20/06/4E6CD8B800000578-5971833-image-a-17_1532065449070.jpg)
Clinton responded with another video clip, writing: ‘That’s a clip from when Medvedev was president. Here’s what I said about Putin’s Russia’
The president started Thursday morning off with a string of tweets aimed at the media, which he called ‘the real enemy of the people’.
‘The Summit with Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media,’ he wrote.
Before noon, he took the opportunity to bash Hillary Clinton in a tweet that read: ‘Will the Dems and Fake News ever learn? This is classic!’
The tweet included an old video of Clinton saying: ‘We want very much to have a strong Russia,’ adding that a strong Russia ‘is in the interest of the world.’
Clinton responded with another video clip, writing: ‘That’s a clip from when Medvedev was president. Here’s what I said about Putin’s Russia.’
Days before the spat, Clinton took to the platform, writing: ‘Great World Cup. Question for President Trump as he meets Putin: Do you know which team you play for?’
![Trump started Thursday morning with a tweet branding the media as the 'real enemy of the people'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/20/06/4E6CB41600000578-5971833-image-m-6_1532063935230.jpg)
Trump started Thursday morning with a tweet branding the media as the ‘real enemy of the people’
![Meanwhile, the president and Hillary Clinton were tweeting jabs at one another, beginning last week with Clinton's remarks about the World Cup](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/20/06/4E6C92DA00000578-5971833-Meanwhile_the_president_and_Hillary_Clinton_were_tweeting_jabs_a-m-15_1532064607817.jpg)
Meanwhile, the president and Hillary Clinton were tweeting jabs at one another, beginning last week with Clinton’s remarks about the World Cup
![As part of her Be Best campaign, the First Lady met with students involved in Microsoft?s Council for Digital Good (pictured)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/20/06/4E69B28C00000578-5971833-image-a-7_1532064034606.jpg)
As part of her Be Best campaign, the First Lady met with students involved in Microsoft?s Council for Digital Good (pictured)
![Trump viewed all of the projects by the 15 students and listened as they shared their process for creating their pieces that display online civility](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/20/06/4E69AD4E00000578-5971833-image-a-4_1532063743483.jpg)
Trump viewed all of the projects by the 15 students and listened as they shared their process for creating their pieces that display online civility
The first lady also took in art projects the students designed to represent individual expressions of digital civility, her office said.
The 15 students from across the country participate in Microsoft’s Council for Digital Good and provide ideas and feedback for policy work the computer software maker does on the issue of youth-centered online safety.
She thanked the students for sharing what she said was impressive and encouraging work.
‘To see students taking action and being positive leaders in the digital world for youth is exactly what Be Best is focused on,’ the first lady said in a written statement after the visit, which was not announced until she arrived at Microsoft.
‘Peer-to-peer leadership can be one of the strongest influences on our children,’ she said. ‘Using their artistic talents, these students provide unique perspectives on how youth should conduct themselves responsibly online.’
![President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/07/20/03/wire-3700914-1532054147-997_634x422.jpg)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18