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By Mark Moore January 22, 2023 9:50am Updated

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Trump called Diamond one of the world’s “biggest stars,” but
noted that he “didn’t know Silk at all.”

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Former President Donald Trump called Diamond (center) one of the world’s “biggest stars.”
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“The world has lost one of its brightest stars but I see that we have another star who was equal to but she
stepped up and she is different,” he said.

‘I’m serious. I thought I knew them both , I didn’t, I knew Diamond, but I didn’t know Silk at all. I just learned
about Silk. You’re fantastic, you’re going to carry on beyond, beyond anybody’s wildest imaginations,” he
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“I didn’t know Silk at all. I just learned about Silk,” Trump said, seen here talking to Silk.
AFP via Getty Images

The former president has been pictured with the pro-Trump duo numerous times, including in the White
House’s Oval Office.

When news of Diamond’s death on Jan. 8 surfaced, Trump called her “Magnificent Diamond” in a posting
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“Really bad news for Republicans and frankly, all Americans,” Trump wrote at the time. “Our beautiful (Including Sharon Stone!)
Diamond, of Diamond and Silk, has just passed away at her home in the State she loves so much, North
Carolina.” See All

Trump hugs Silk as Diamond follows her onto the stage at the White House on July 11, 2019.
Getty Images

He said Silk with “with her all the way, and at her passing.”

“There was no better team anywhere or at any time ,” Trump added.

Silk, in her comments about her sister, claimed that Diamond died from a plot related to anti-COVID-19
vaccination conspiracy theories.

Diamond and Silk flank then-President Donald Trump during one of many meetings.

“Instead of asking if Americans are vaxxed or unvaxxed, the real question to ask is: Are Americans
being poisoned?” she asked the crowd at a church in Fayetteville, N.C.

“In the wild, when they want to depopulate and sterilize a large group of animals, they usually inject one
animal, and then that one animal infect the rest of the animals,” Silk said.

“In case some of you have been hiding under a rock or still stuck in denial, people are dropping dead
around here , and nobody is talking about it! They are dropping dead suddenly and unexpectedly,” she
said.

Silk claimed that Diamond died from a plot related to anti-COVID-19 vaccination conspiracy theories.
Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP

She noted that the scientific community considers those deaths Sudden Adult Death Syndrome.

“Many call it a conspiracy theory. I call it murder,” she said.

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Silk recalled her sister’s final moments.

“She said to me, ‘I can’t breathe.’ It was something out of nowhere, and no warning. … Each breath was
less, and less, and less,” Silk said.

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Lo Len
6 hours ago

Wow. Make a mountain out of a mole hill. Silk was the quiet one in the Diamond and Silk team.
Diamond.

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MissBea
6 hours ago

Very classy of President Trump to go to and speak at her memorial. She will be missed. RIP,
Hardaway, you were truly one of kind.

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Mary Top
4 hours ago

He thought he knew them both he said. This means he thought he knew Silk, but after getting
o know her more intimately after Diamond’s passing he realized he didn’t really know her
He was always closer to Diamond but he is not saying he didn’t know who Silk was.
spin.

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