Rumors in Washington claim that Melania Trump is "counting the minutes" to separate from the still president of the United States
In addition to losing the elections in the United States, Donald Trump could be close to being a divorced man again. Rumors in Washington claim that Melania Trump is "counting the minutes" to separate from the president, after spending 4 years in the eye of the storm due to her role as First Lady. The obvious question is how much money the former model will receive.
As expected, the tabloids and entertainment programs are the first to jump on the bandwagon of speculation regarding what could happen. At the center of all the debates lies a question that will be central to the divorce being arranged in the most discreet way possible: money.
Naturally, the wave of rumors about the amount has already begun, and shows no signs of stopping. According to a source quoted in the British tabloid Mirror, Melania could receive around $50 million if she divorces Donald Trump. She would also be allowed to keep the jewelry she received as a gift throughout the marriage.
The same source stated that, although it is a significant amount of money, it would not be enough for Melania to be able to maintain the lifestyle she was accustomed to in New York. In that sense, it is possible that the final figure could be even higher.
Custody of Barron, their son, would surely fall to her, and he would be given visitation rights.
Prenuptial agreements
Like the two previous wives of the current US president, Melania signed a prenuptial agreement before getting married.
Trump's first ex-wife, Ivanka, would have received $14 million, an apartment in New York and a mansion in Connecticut after their divorce in 1992. Marla Maples, the president's second wife, would have received only $2 million.
However, that first agreement between Melania and Donald Trump, which was forged in 2004 when the current scenario was not on anyone's radar, would have been modified after the tycoon's victory in the 2016 elections.
In the book The Art of Her Arrangement: The Untold Story of Melania Trump, journalist Mary Jordan, from The Washington Post, stated that Melania used the electoral victory as an opportunity to change the terms of that prenuptial agreement.
Apparently, the first agreement that both signed would not have been very generous with Melania. The victory in the elections, with the consequent drastic change that this would mean for both, added to the humiliations she suffered due to the revelations that appeared during the campaign of her husband's statements where he claimed to be able to grab women "by the vagina", would have given her the weapons with which to negotiate a new agreement.
In fact, the delay in her arrival in Washington in 2017 was reportedly because she wanted it to be established in writing that she would be financially protected, and that her son Barron would have the same inheritance rights as his four older siblings.
It should also be said that rumours about Melania Trump's desire to divorce her husband are not new. In her 2018 book, Donald Trump's former assistant, Omarosa Manigault-Newman (who became known for working on the programme The Apprentice, created by Trump), had already said that Melania was waiting to be able to divorce as soon as possible.
