Where Is Melania Trump?

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

It has been 13 days since Donald J. Trump assumed the presidency of the United States, since then, his face and words have covered headlines and social networks around the world.

But from the first lady, Melania Trump, there is almost no news, other than that she is taking care of her only child, Barron Trump, 10, in New York.

To be precise, the last time we saw Melania was on January 21, at a religious event in Washington Cathedral and which, according to CNN reports, coincided with her wedding anniversary with the president.

The news that the former model and now the first lady of the United States would divide her time between Washington and the Big Apple, had already been announced a while ago, as she has emphasized her need to personally escort her son to school every morning, despite how complicated it has been to return to school.

What intrigues everyone is the fact that so far, Melania has given no signs of what her social and humanitarian agenda will be as first lady and, above all, that she has not yet hired a team to support her in such a task.

On top of that, there is the issue that since Trump was the winner of the elections in November 2016, it has been speculated that who will really play the role of first lady will be Ivanka Trump, the president's eldest daughter. And that seems to be confirmed because this Wednesday we saw both boarding the president's official aircraft, Marine One, to visit the family of a Delaware soldier who died in combat.

This is the first, and only message on networks that Melania has published in 13 days, since her husband took power:

This has served to stoke rumors that Melania is not planning to move to Washington at all. "Mrs. Trump will move to [Washington] DC and will settle in the White House when the school year ends, meanwhile she will divide her time between New York and DC," said Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a senior adviser to Trump.

For her part, the first lady issued a statement Wednesday night to affirm that she is assembling a team that supports her: "I am putting together a highly professional and experienced team, which will take time to perform properly," Melania said in the document.. "I am excited to organize and present such a dynamic and visionary team of individuals."

However, as CNN notes, to date there are no appointments, and Melania still lacks a spokesperson, officer or media director, a key part of communicating with the press. We will see what happens.