Married since 2005 to Donald Trump, the discreet Melania has become the most scrutinized woman in the United States. Marriage of love or ambition, doubt hovers over the couple, especially since these latest revelations.
Born in 1970 in Slovenia, it was in 1998 that the former model, Melania Knauss, met the businessman Donald Trump who would become her fiancé six years later. Involved in charities, Melania Trump keeps busy while her husband raises millions. Now First Lady since January 20, 2017, all the spotlight is on her and her relationship with the President.
There are many presidential couples at the head of the United States who appear hand in hand, even if the love is not looking good. For example, the Clinton couple who experienced the storm during the Monica Lewinski Affair. At the Trumps, everything is different. When the couple arrives for the White House inauguration, Donald Trump climbs the steps without a glance for his wife who is moving quickly behind him clutching the "Tiffany" box intended for Michelle Obama. A fine proof of gallantry...
Rebelote when swearing on the Bible. If the new President of the United States finally pays attention to his wife by turning to her, Melania Trump's smile fades instantly the moment Donald lays eyes on her.
Far from having gone unnoticed, the video has gone viral on social networks and Internet users are calling for the release of the First Lady from the clutches of Donald Trump using hashtags #SaveMelania or #SadMelania. And yet, Melania Trump is a precious support for her husband. During the traditional egg hunt organized in the gardens of the White House, it was she who called the President to order when he forgot to put his hand on his heart while singing the American anthem. Melania Trump thus avoided a great blunder.
If we knew that the couple did not share the same room, a fashion figure close to the Trump clan for ten years confided his dream concerning Melania and Donald Trump in an interview given to Vanity Fair: "I would dream that Michelle Obama convinces Melania Trump to end her relationship with him and become a feminist figure. I dream of her speaking up to say "He's crazy, it's nonsense".
Alas, this scenario is far from happening. On several occasions, Melania Trump has said:
I am not an irritating woman.
Adhering perfectly to the requirements of the American billionaire, relatives of the couple claim that Melania Trump is the perfect woman: beautiful, who does not make too many waves and above all in the image of the so-called "manliness" of the President. Worse, "she even takes pleasure in putting her husband in the center of attention and leaving herself in the background" according to their friend, the decorator William Eubanks who spent Thanksgiving with the couple. Remarks confirmed by another friend of the Trumps, Lisa Bytner who declares that "She is just very sweet. Except in public, when she is called upon to defend her husband's degrading attitudes towards women, or to be a porter. floor for some of its offensive claims".
And yet, despite a well-smoothed communication policy, no one falls into the trap. The lack of closeness between the President and his wife is obvious. And this, despite the declarations of the spokesperson for Melania Trump who say that the ex-model is delighted with her duties as First Lady and intends to move into the White House as soon as her son, Barron finishes his school year at the very prestigious Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School located on the Upper West Side. Many sources, however, said that she was in no rush to join her husband.
Satisfying Donald Trump's demands should not be easy, however. The President's whims are endless. The latest? Use Queen Elizabeth II's carriage during her visit to England. As the election approaches, a parent of a student in the same school as Barron Trump confides:
She looked very thin, tired and sad.
If relations between Donald and Melania Trump do not seem to be in good shape, we are eager to see what role the First Lady will really play once installed in the White House. In an interview given to the newspaper the "New York Times" in 2015, Melania Trump said she wanted to take action against cyberbullying. A subject that she seems to partly know well…
