‘Oh, yes,’ Trump said to a question about whether his wife would join him in the White House, while being interviewed for Time magazine’s Person of the Year story.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 06: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump points to supporters with former first lady Melania Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump also seemed to defend his wife for not being much of a presence during his 2024 campaign, only attending a few events, such as the final day of the Republican National Convention in July. Trump and Melania, his third wife, also were photographed together Thursday, visiting the New York Stock Exchange after he was named Time Person of the Year. He rang the opening bell on the trading room floor.
These people said they expected that she’d probably maintain her own “apartment” in the White House but would only stay when carrying at required ceremonial duties. More likely, these people expected that Melania Trump would divide her time between Trump Tower in New York City and Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. In fact, they said she’d likely spend most of her time in New York City because her son, Barron, is a freshman at New York University and lives in Trump Tower. She said to Fox News in September: “I could not say I’m an empty nester.”
But as much Trump said his wife would be an “active” first lady — “when she needs to be” — that’s not the impression she gave from 2017 to 2021. Melania Trump barely set foot in the East Wing, the traditional base of operations for first ladies, according to “American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden,” by Katie Rogers, a New York Times White House correspondent.
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