Melania and Donald Trump: a love story or a marriage of interest?
Some say that Melania Trump was willing to put up with her husband if he was re-elected. But in the face of defeat, they are already speculating about the end of the strangest couple that has stepped on the White House. This is his incredible story.
Long before he became president of the United States, it was known that Donald and Melania Trump did not have a conventional marriage. When they met in 1998, he had been divorced twice and was the fashionable playboy in New York. She, on the other hand, was 28 years old and was a high-end model who made a living in the same city after a photographer who knew her met at 16 had booked her and had her rotate through cities such as Milan and Paris. She did, recalls the president, she was the most spectacular woman in the KitKatClub the night they met for the first time.
He was with a couple, but at a time when he was left alone he went to where she was and whispered: "Give me your phone number to call you." Melania replied: "You're with another woman at this event, don't be so cool." However, she told him: "Rather, you give me your number and I will see if I call you." The next day she did.
Thus, Melania, who had grown up in Sevnica, a municipality in the then Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), went from being the middle-class girl of a communist town to becoming the girlfriend of one of the most recognized businessmen in the most capitalist city. of the world. A courtship that lasted seven years, until the couple decided to marry in 2005. The wedding, in fact, was attended by bankers, businessmen, politicians (including Bill and Hillary Clinton) and figures from high society.
For many of them, Melania was what in the United States they call a trophy wife, that is, a trophy wife, who only has to be divine and be at least 25 years younger than the tycoon, who is usually the husband. And Trump, who is an inveterate womanizer, always treated her as such. So much so that from the beginning he put the horns on her and even during the time she was pregnant with her son, Barron, the now former president had an affair with the porn actress Stormy Daniels, a scandal that his lawyer Michael Cohen, currently in jail , tried to silence him by paying the woman $ 130,000 for her silence.
That episode, and others like the video in which Trump appears saying that women let him "grab them by the pussy", finally saw the light during the 2016 presidential campaign. The mogul had always dreamed of being president and, according to some biographers , Melania was sure that he could win. But when both scandals appeared in the press, she - more intelligent than many believe - took the opportunity to take advantage.
The moment her husband won the presidency and moved into the White House, she refused to go with him and stayed in New York. The official apology was her son's school; however, the real reason was the renegotiation of the nuptial agreement. She was pressuring him: either she made a more favorable deal for Barron or she divorced her. He had to give in because at that point she could not bear one more scandal.
No one knows the final details of the new arrangement, but it is known that the previous one included a large sum, plus a one million dollar settlement for each year of marriage in the event of a divorce. The current one must be much more advantageous. And according to The Art of Her Deal, a book on Melania released last year, includes written guarantees that Barron's inheritance cannot be limited by any of her older siblings, the first lady's greatest concern. .
After achieving her goal, Melania was again at her husband's side. However, she was such an untraditional first lady that many media recalled that she in the past had posed totally nude, first for the French magazine Max and then in front of Trump's plane. But that did not prevent her from earning a place, often faced with her own stepdaughter Ivanka, with whom she has fierce competition.
According to another book, she actually loves being in the White House and has a great influence on her husband, but public opinion and some personalities believe that she is not. The images show that she was not happy at all, which would prove that in the renegotiation of the prenuptial agreement she would also have agreed to remain as first lady.
Her displeased faces and the apathetic way in which she assumed the role of her at the beginning of the administration of her husband generated the hashtag #FreeMelania (Free Melania) on social networks. Since that moment, she has starred in at least nine scenes in which she makes public rudeness to Trump, avoiding shaking his hand when he tries, glaring at him or refusing to smile when he asks her to.
Now, with Trump defeated, many say that her Melania would be preparing her divorce, with which - according to some media estimates - she could get a cut of more than 50 million dollars. The version of her came from a former White House adviser and a former aide and friend of the first lady who fought with her and later published the book Melania and I, in which she revealed several of her secrets. They have said that Melania is "counting the minutes" to leave the White House and divorce her. Also that they always saw the relationship between her and the president as a "transactional marriage."
Several newspapers have even published that the first lady bought an apartment in her name with one room in 2018, an alarm signal considering that she lived in the triplex penthouse of the Trump Tower before the presidency.
For some, in addition, there is diverse evidence that the marriage between them is not based on love: not only do they sleep in separate rooms in the White House, but they live on different floors. In fact, Melania has hers of her own bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchen on the third floor of the presidential house, and she hardly crosses paths with her husband. Trump stays on the second floor, where presidents and their wives have always stayed. It is known that the dialogue between them is scarce and that in general each one maintains his things. Likewise, those who know them say that they almost never show affection.
Now, when Trump tries by all means to delegitimize the election of Joe Biden and demonstrate an alleged fraud, Melania's position is indecipherable. It has been leaked in some media that she tells him that she is making a fool of herself, denying reality and that she has to admit defeat. Nonetheless, she posted a tweet supporting all "legal, not illegal" votes to be counted.
Meanwhile, she remains locked up in the White House. Behind her smile and her indecipherable gestures could, however, be the longing for a woman who is about to regain her freedom.
