Melania Trump's 'peace letter' to Putin hailed by Usha Vance, who calls her a 'trailblazer'

"I have admired her approach to a lot of things, but at the top of the list, she really does care about children," the second lady told Fox News Digital. 

Ms. Vance was traveling to the Cherokee Classical Academy in Canton, Georgia, as she continued her 2025 Summer Reading Challenge program for kids. (See the video at the top of this article.) 

"So, I see that as a role model."

The letter was hand-delivered before the U.S.-Russia summit with President Donald Trump in Alaska Friday. 

"I don't have a specific letter or anything I am planning on writing at this time, but she's a trailblazer in that respect," Ms. Vance said of Melania Trump. 

"I really admire that."

"Dear President Putin," the first lady's letter began, as Fox News Digital reported earlier.

"Every child shares the same quiet dreams in their heart, whether born randomly into a nation's rustic countryside or a magnificent city-center. They dream of love, possibility, and safety from danger.

"As parents, it is our duty to nurture the next generation's hope," the letter continued. 

"Undeniably, we must strive to paint a dignity-filled world for all - so that every soul may wake to peace, and so that the future itself is perfectly guarded," the letter said.

"A simple yet profound concept, Mr. Putin, as I am sure you agree, is that each generation's descendants begin their lives with a purity - an innocence which stands above geography, government, and ideology."

The first lady continued that "in today's world, some children are forced to carry a quiet laughter, untouched by the darkness around them - a silent defiance against the forces that can potentially claim their future.

"Mr. Putin, you can singlehandedly restore their melodic laughter."

"In protecting the innocence of these children, you will do more than serve Russia alone - you serve humanity itself.

"Such a bold idea transcends all human division, and you, Mr. Putin, are fit to implement this vision with a stroke of the pen today," she wrote. "It is time."

Ms. Vance on Thursday read "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to a room of 200 students before taking questions. 

The second lady visited three different classrooms, watching lessons on writing and math. She greeted dozens of students along the way. 

Her Summer Reading Challenge ends Sept. 5.

Brooke Singman and Max Bacall, both of Fox News Digital, contributed reporting.