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In June 2018, as outrage erupted over the White House's zero tolerance immigration policy which resulted in children being separated from their parents along the southern border of the United States, a spokesperson relayed a purported message from Melania Trump: Shortly after this statement was released, an eerily similar quote from Eva Braun — Adolf Hitler's longtime mistress, and briefly his wife -- appeared online: I hate to see children separated from their parents like this, but we can hardly blame Adolf, Eva Braun, 1939. The Daily Edge Twitter account (not to be confused with the legitimate Irish news publication of the same name) posts political news and commentary, but it is also known for sharing liberal humor in order to support #TheResistance. This Eva Braun quote appears to fall into the category of satire. We found no record of Eva Braun's uttering these words in 1939 or at any other time; it appears that this fake Braun quote was invented in response to Melania Trump's statement. The quote also doesn't seem to fit within Braun's worldview. Although she was not an official member of the Nazi Party, Braun was loyal to Hitler. Heike G. Görtemaker, a German historian and author of the biography Eva Braun: Life with Hitler, said that Braun was an enthusiastic accessory to Hitler's philosophy: Görtemaker also told the Observer that Braun was far more than a bit player or a victim:
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