Nataša Pirc Musar holds obvious affection for Melania Trump . When her name comes up while Newsweek speaks to the first lady’s former lawyer in a room in the capital Ljubljana, she grins and chuckles, before remarking that Mrs. Trump still immediately replies to her emails.

But Pirc Musar isn’t Melania Trump’s lawyer anymore. Instead, she is approaching the three-year mark of her term as president of Slovenia .

Yet some things don’t change. She’s still in touch with the woman who has the ear of the most powerful politician there is—and the first lady hasn’t forgotten her mother tongue, Pirc Musar says with a grin.

“I’m really proud of her,” says Pirc Musar, whose law firm handled cases for Melania Trump between 2016 and 2019. “I see her as a lady who’s softening President [Don

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