Melania Trump: why she will never divorce?
Whatever distances First Lady Melania Trump takes from her husband, her mission is to support him. A contract by attorneys discreetly sealed an agreement between these two. Behind-the-scenes look at a well-understood community of interest ...
It’s a video that has been around the Internet. That of Melania and Donald Trump followed by their young son Barron, 14, descending, on Sunday, August 16, the catwalk of the presidential plane Air Force One upon their arrival in Washington, returning from New Jersey. We see the First Lady almost carefully avoiding her groping husband's hand, which tries to catch hers, and preferring to this conjugal physical contact that of her Hermès Birkin bag pressed tight against her hips. The greatness and emotional misery of the powerful ... Immediately, the Twitter Democrats, in the midst of the presidential campaign for their candidate Joe Biden, did not fail to emphasize how unpopular Donald, 74, is with his wife.
And this time, even as the 45th President of the United States, in mourning, has just lost, on August 15, his little brother, Robert Trump, who died on the eve of his 72 years, whom he has always described as being " his best friend ". Admittedly, this is not the first time that Melania has distanced herself in plain sight - as last January, in New Orleans, by refusing to give her husband a hand before singing the national anthem at the event. 'a soccer championship, or on Valentine's Day, dodging a kiss - but Americans are having a little trouble getting used to.
We are a long way from the Obamas who gladly merged to enhance their image. However, over time, a conclusion came to itself. Coldness, annoyance, perhaps repulsion on the part of the ex-model for her powerful husband, will not lead the couple to divorce either. Those who, since the start of the real estate mogul's tenure, have chanted "Free Melania!" ("Free Melania!"), Speculating on the separation of the couple and the departure of the first lady from her golden prison, got it all wrong. The native of Slovenia has her feet on the ground enough to know the nature of her interests. On the brink of a possible second term for the Republican, divorce is certainly not on the agenda.
Not very warm, Melania is however a glamorous centerpiece in the President's communication.
First, because there is a comfortable routine even in a dysfunctional couple who are in separate rooms, as they are. But also because, would she like, she Ambitious, it was she who would have pushed him to run for the White House just can't. Mary Jordan, a reporter for the Washington Post, revealed the pot aux roses, or rather “anti-Rose War”, in her book published on June 16, The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump. Melania reportedly took six months before moving to the White House to better renegotiate her prenuptial contract and secure her son's share of the inheritance. In exchange for which she would have the quasi-contractual task of supporting her husband in his duty of representation.
The Melania mystery
Since arriving in the east wing of the building, the ex-model has been doing the job. Like Donald Trump, whom she pushed to run for the highest office when he was still hesitant, she knows the need for some sacrifice to rise to the top. Become a media icon admired for her elegance around the world, she steadfastly abides by the terms of a possibly fully drafted agreement. Donald Trump can be blamed for many things, but not his ability to negotiate. On this side, few come close to him. Not one of his wives - Melania is the third and the one who has remained by his side the longest - who has not rubbed shoulders with the power of his lawyers.
A mysterious marriage contract
To marry Donald Trump is to immediately sign a confidentiality agreement. And if he wants, in Melania's case, an attendance contract. In 2017, when he was elected, the press rushed to question Ivana Trump, mother of her first three children, hoping to extract some derogatory remarks or anecdotes about their privacy. In vain. And for good reason. The one who shared the life of the billionaire from 1977 to 1992 and who had managed, at the cost of six renegotiations, to go from the compensation of $ 10 million provided for in the event of separation to $ 14 million, with real estate and a child support of 650,000 dollars annually, was required, in return, to sign a strict discretion clause. Any statement from him regarding their past life together must be submitted to Donald Trump for approval.
For Marla Maples, the second wife, a beauty queen mother of Tiffany, the President's fourth child, the negotiation was even tougher. This time, Donald planned everything to muzzle the one he married in 1993. Marla asked for $ 25 million in the event of separation. Donald, in their prenuptial contract, will grant her only one if they were to spend less than five years together, and 100,000 dollars a year to raise their daughter until she reached majority, with termination of the pension in the event that she -I would have a full-time job or enlist in the army ... Once again, he adds a confidentiality clause to the whole. When, as if by chance, he decides to divorce after four years, in 1997, just before the deadline, warning her of his decision by simple FedEx letter, Marla Maples has only to bow without flinching to this that was expected.
Suffice to say that when Melania Trump comes to his side for the third time in front of the mayor, Donald Trump has once again secured his back. He said at the time of the prenuptial contract: “It’s a hard, painful and dirty tool. Believe me, there is nothing funny about it. But there comes a time when you have to say, "Honey, I think you're beautiful, and I care deeply about you, but if things don't work out, this is what you get." »And welcomes the docility of Melania. "The best part is that she agrees with that. She knows I must have this protection. "
If the time is now far behind when she had accepted everything without flinching, the renegotiation of her arrival at the White House in exchange for a new financial deal for her son and it has a price: as long as Donald remains in power, it will be impossible for her to divorce her. The presidential show must go on.
