"Melania Trump relieved": she did not sign for this ... What future for the ex First Lady?
What will become of Melania Trump? While her husband suffered a defeat against Joe Biden in the American election, the former First Lady could retire to New York or even Florida. While waiting for January 21, Barron Trump's mother is preparing to leave the White House.
This Thursday, November 7, Joe Biden was elected 46th President of the United States. Now that the Democrat has been declared the winner, defeating Donald Trump in passing, what is the next step for Melania Trump? Will she return to her old role as a devoted mother, traveling from region to region? After January 21, will she head to her Trump Tower penthouse in New York City or to the spa at Mar-a-Lago in sunny Palm Beach, Florida? For the moment, the mystery remains intact ... while the rumors of divorce with her husband multiply.
In view of the past four years, it is unlikely that she will react to this. The one who is used to always remaining very discreet, seems to want to keep her garden a secret. According to Kate Andersen Brower, journalist and author of books on the White House, including First Women, on modern first ladies, her reaction after her husband's defeat might come as a surprise, however. "I think Melania will probably be secretly relieved," she explained to USA Today.
His life after the White House
Regarding her next destination, we know that she voted in person on Tuesday in Palm Beach County where the Trump spouses registered and made it their official residence. "I guess Mrs Trump will go back to Florida - or maybe she can convince her husband to come back to New York as her official residence - and continue the kind of life she led before the White House," predicted Katherine Jellison, historian and professor of history at Ohio University.
But initially, she'll take care of decorating the White House for Trump's last Christmas, said Anita McBride, who was former first lady Laura Bush's chief of staff and now heads. Legacies of America's First Ladies initiative at American University.
