The enigmatic Melania Trump, one step away from leaving the White House
The first lady of the United States remains an enigma after four years in the media spotlight
She appeared with her husband at dawn, at two in the morning, after the closing of polling stations. The first American lady, dressed in black and with a serious gesture, listened to the American president, Donald Trump, proclaim her victory - despite the fact that the count was still open - in the elections on November 3. However, after the results left by the advance of the scrutiny, Melania Trump could be - along with the president - one step away from leaving the White House. After four years in the media spotlight, the first lady remains an enigma.
Much has been said during this presidential term about the rudeness and gestures of coldness between the couple. On social media, the FreeMelania (Free Melania) campaign promoted her alleged role as a victim. However, that image of a woman cornered under the orbit of a despotic president was dismantled by Washington Post journalist Mary Jordan in a recent unauthorized biography of the first lady (The Art of Her Deal). The author further claimed that, contrary to what has been said, Melania has supported her husband's political ambitions.
She came to the White House as an atypical first lady. She was the first in American history (since Louisa Adams, nearly 200 years earlier) to have been born abroad. Of Slovenian origin, she came to the world in Novo Mesto, in the former Yugoslavia. Also, the most sensational headlines stood out, she was the first wife of a US president to have posed nude.
In addition, Melania Trump was late to live in the White House. Then there was much speculation about the reasons. Trump took office as president on January 20, 2017. She moved there almost six months later, in June. Officially, she was waiting for her son to finish the course in New York. But Jordan assures in his book that Melania renegotiated the conditions of her prenuptial contract.
She was very young when her life took an unexpected turn. A photographer noticed that stunning girl and Melania Knauss - that was her maiden name - decided to change her architecture studies for the catwalk. She dropped out a year after starting it at the University of Ljubliana and signed with a modeling agency in Milan. From there, to trips through Europe and the United States, where he would end up meeting the great tycoon.
After gifting her a 10-carat diamond engagement ring, they married in 2005. She became Trump's third wife. They had a son in common, Barron (currently 14 years old), who joined the previous four of his.
