Melania Trump, a "First Lady" who seeks to be forgotten
Magazine covers, outings with the New York jet set ... Melania Trump emerged from the shadows with the election of her husband to the White House. Since then, she tries as best she can to be forgotten. Portrait of the First Lady of the United States who celebrates her 50 years, this Sunday, April 26.
For Melania, the challenge was great: to succeed Michelle Obama. Blame it on her husband Donald Trump, elected 45th President of the United States against Hillary Clinton in November 2016. A victory that resounded like a thunderclap around the world, including among the Trumps. Since then, Melania Trump has played the discretion card. Some even say that she never knew how to find her place in the White House, too far (perhaps) from the life of socialite she led in Manhattan. Portrait of the First Lady of the United States, who turns 50 this Sunday, April 26.
Modeling and meeting Donald
It was during an interview, given to the ABC channel in 2015, in her triplex penthouse in Trump Tower that we discovered Melania, a 1.80m creature in a pink sheath dress. The wife of the real estate magnate appeared in the modest salon "inspired by Versailles". With an Eastern accent still present, she explained that her absence from Donald Trump's campaign was a personal choice. "A child needs to have a parent at home, I have to take care of him," she said, referring to Barron, their then 10-year-old son. Since then, her husband has been elected to the White House. Bitterly, she left Manhattan for Washington. Unlike Michelle Obama, very invested as First Lady, Melania prefers to step aside. And talk about her as little as possible.
His life had not yet started with thunderous applause. Born in a small village in the former Yugoslavia, Melania left her country at 18 for Milan and then Paris, in order to start a modeling career. Arriving in the United States in 1996, it was two years later that she met a certain Donald Trump at a party. Melania finds him "very charming". The ladies' man then asks her for her number but she refuses because he is accompanied. A week later, she contacted him again: “I couldn't escape his charm. There were sparks. ” The couple married in January 2005 in Palm Beach, Florida.
