VANITY FAIR – After Donald Trump was elected president the first time, Melania Trump delayed her move to the White House until June 2017, either to wait until her son finished the school year or improve the terms of her prenup, depending on whom you ask.
This time? She may not be moving at all.
“Most of her time will be split between Palm Beach and New York City, according to sources familiar with the matter.”
CNN reports that Melania is “unlikely to move to Washington full-time in her second go-around as first lady,” according to multiple sources.
Instead, she is “expected to spend a majority of her time over the next four years not at the White House, but between New York City and Palm Beach, Florida.”
Despite apparently wanting to spend as little time as possible at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, sources told the outlet that Melania will show up for major events and have an official platform and priorities.
While not moving to the White House full-time would be a major break with tradition, that Melania would potentially make such a move should come as little surprise.
“Her husband’s return to the Oval Office to commence the transition process is encouraging, and she wishes him great success.” – Official statement, Office of Melania Trump
When her husband campaigned for president a third time, she was effectively absent on the campaign trail, attending only his initial announcement that he was running, the Madison Square Garden rally the weekend before Election Day, and his election night party.
Driving the news: Melania Trump’s office confirmed that she would not join her husband Wednesday to meet President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, who had extended her an invitation.
When he was president the first time, she made it pretty clear she did not enjoy the first lady gig, as evidenced by the infamous “who gives a f–k about Christmas” tape; the reports that she was “miserable” and “very, very unhappy with her life”; and the huge grin on her face when she disembarked in Palm Beach on January 20, 2021.
As a source told People later that year, “She was relieved when her husband’s term ended.”
Said another, of a then prospective 2024 run by Trump, “If he runs, I doubt she will be involved at all. If he should win, that would be the worst-case scenario for her … ”
