Discretion and independence
In recent years, his X account is as sparse as Trump’s is full. She celebrates July 4, wishes everyone a “Merry Christmas” or a beautiful Valentine’s Day by posting photos of hospitalized children that she had met as First Lady, a tribute to her Be Best initiative.
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In January 2024, however, the tone was filled with emotion when she announced the death of her mother: “It is with deep sadness that I announce the death of my beloved mother, Amalija”. A woman with whom she had a great resemblance, “a strong woman who always behaved with grace, warmth and dignity. She was entirely devoted to her husband, her daughters, her grandson and her son-in-law”, she writes soberly.
Both of Melania Trump’s parents were passing by”a lot of time at the White House, they even lived there“, said Mary Jordan, journalist at the Washington Post, in “The Art of Her Deal” published in 2022. There, they spoke in Slovenian to each other, Barron included, “in a beautiful family unit“.
Proud to have become an American citizen 18 years ago, in 2006, the former Slovenian also showed that the resilience and resourcefulness she demonstrated in her personal life had accompanied her to the summit of power. This is particularly what she says in her Memoirs, published on October 8, an opus that has already become a bestseller, number 1 in the New York Times rankings.
Resilience and mystery
A success not really surprising as this beautiful woman with a tortuous past, now powerful and wealthy, remains a mystery to many, unlike her husband who we have the impression of knowing everything. We hardly heard her voice between 2016 and 2020: the one who still rolls the “r” nicely has an advanced awareness of her image but a fierce desire to preserve her privacy. “Melania Trump has always been different [des autres Premières Dames]. For her, image has always mattered a lot. She was a real enigma in the White House. She sells items that belong to very sad moments in her life“, says Kate Andersen Brower, a CBS journalist who followed the rise of Melania Trump.
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Donald Trump’s wife is far from being the submissive woman in the image of these American Tradwives, a retrograde Christian movement which intends to put women in their place: in the kitchen, under the yoke of the husband, as in the 50s. Wives who supported Trump more visibly and thunderously than Melania.
Christmas decoration and mysteries of power
She became a businesswoman, selling paintings and drawings on her site but also (patriotic) jewelry and Christmas decorations. This “housewife” side had earned her mockery during one of the Christmases at the White House, which she had entirely decorated. But the one who launched “Be Best”, an initiative on the importance of the social, emotional and physical health of children, no longer shied away from criticism or flattery: Melania now even dares to defend convictions that are not those of her husband: thus the right to abortion which she speaks resolutely in her book.
By spending four years at the heart of the mysteries of power, Melania has in fact added the art of diplomacy to her talent for discretion, control of her image and above all to her strength of persuasion. Advantages that the one who did not intend to relive her husband’s dream again… which was not hers, certainly knew how to play.
Memories and threats
Today, Barron Trump’s mother was indeed present to accompany her husband’s triumph. Donald Trump did not fail to particularly associate his wife and son with his triumph. Emphasizing “l’engagement” from Mélania: “She really did a remarkable job. She works hard to help people“, he then added a few little words of love… and com’! “I also wanted to thank Melania, the First Lady, my beautiful wife. Who, by the way, is currently at the top of bestseller sales for his book.”
Elegant in her gray suit, Melania T. smiled widely at his compliments, letting herself kiss her husband, immediately publicized, before passing a hand on her husband’s back and going to greet the crowd of supporters with him jubilant.
Smart, smart and a half
A good will which is not so surprising… Because the beautiful fifty-year-old might well not have to be body and soul in the service of the White House a second time. Melania Trump revealed in June to “Page Six” magazine that she had signed an agreement with her husband to “not having to be a first lady on duty 24/7“. A blank check to be able to remain in the background. Once First Lady… but not (really) twice!
How could she have obtained such a “favor” from the stubborn Trump? Well, Melania has more than one trick up her (designer) bag. What Mary Jordan had already revealed in her investigation into the hidden side of the ex-model, “The Art of her Deal”. “She is intelligent, independent. She will decide what she wants to do and what she doesn’t want to do“wrote the author. Talents of “tough negotiator“, according to the Washington Post journalist, who had already allowed her in 2016 to renegotiate with the newest tenant of the White House their marriage contract to her disadvantage, signed in 2005…
