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CNN political commentator and frequent Trump critic Ana Navarro quipped on Friday   that first lady Melania Trump Melania TrumpKathy Griffin and Stormy Daniels flip off Trump in photo White House donates steaks from cancelled congressional picnic to Walter Reed Art of Statue of Liberty responding to Melania with 'We Should All Care' jacket goes viral MORE was trying to “self-deport from the White House.”

Navarro appeared on "The View," where she discussed Trump’s surprise visit on Thursday to the U.S.–Mexico border to meet with migrant children who were separated from their parents.

The panel was debating whether Trump traveled to the Texas detention center to spite her husband.

“We all know that this is a very complicated marriage,” Navarro said. “I thought she was trying to self-deport from the White House."

The first lady was born in Slovenia and became a U.S. citizen in 2006.

Co-host Meghan McCain said Trump’s decision to travel south was a political move to combat the national backlash surrounding the Trump administration's “zero tolerance” immigration policy.

“It’s damage control but it’s effective,” McCain said. “She is by far the most popular Trump.”

The zero tolerance policy, implemented by the Trump administration earlier this year, seeks to aggressively prosecute migrants who cross the southern border into the U.S. illegally, often resulting in a separation of children from their parents. 

Caving to intense bipartisan pressure, President Trump Donald John TrumpTom Arnold claims to have unreleased 'tapes' of Trump Cohen distances himself from Tom Arnold, says they did not discuss Trump US military indefinitely suspends two training exercises with South Korea MORE reversed his policy separating migrant families at the border by signing an executive order to stop the practice.

The first lady’s trip was riddled with controversy after she was photographed boarding her flight to Texas in a jacket that read “I really don't care. Do U?” on the back.

While Melania Trump's spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, downplayed the wardrobe selection as "just a jacket" and said there "was no hidden message," President Trump  suggested that the jacket's message was intentional.

"'I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?' written on the back of Melania’s jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!" the president tweeted Thursday afternoon.