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First Lady Melania Trump criticised US president's ex-wife Ivana after she apparently jokingly referred to herself as first lady.

I found this line in a newspaper. My question is that the use of pronoun " she" is ok without clear referencing?To me, the pronoun " she " is ambiguous here.Am I right?

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First Lady Melania Trump criticised US president's ex-wife Ivana after she apparently jokingly referred to herself as first lady.
I found this line in a newspaper. My question is that the use of pronoun " she" is ok without clear referencing?To me, the pronoun " she " is ambiguous here.Am I right?

The reference is clearer than you may think. Here are the words you need to pay attention to: First Lady Melania Trump, ex-wife, jokingly, as first lady.

If Melania Trump is first lady, and she refers to herself as first lady, she is not speaking jokingly. Therefore, the only "she" in the sentence who can be saying jokingly that she is first lady is the ex-wife Ivana.

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