Washington DC:
Melania Trump likely won’t call the White House home for the next four years, when her husband Donald Trump serves as president of the United States. It remains to be seen where and how the next first lady will spend her time playing an unelected but high-profile role on the world stage, CNN reported, citing multiple sources. The discussion is said to be continuing.
In her first act of defying tradition, 52-year-old Melania Trump joins outgoing First Lady Jill Biden at the White House as President Joe Biden welcomes the president-elect in the Oval Office on Wednesday (November) He was absent from the traditional and symbolic meeting. 13).
Officials said Trump’s absence was due to prior scheduling conflicts related to his memoir of the same name, and Trump’s office confirmed to X News that Trump would not be attending the meeting.
The move signals that Trump, who has already been in the White House for four years, will have more autonomy starting in his second year.
“I’m not worried because this time is different. I have much more experience and knowledge. I’ve been in the White House before. When I walk in, I know exactly what’s going to happen,” Trump said recently. , he told Fox News in a friendly interview while promoting his book.
FLOTUS spends time in New York, Florida
She reportedly plans to spend most of her second term as first lady between New York City and Palm Beach, Florida. But despite her absence from the White House, Trump is likely to continue attending major events and will have her own platform and priorities as first lady.
“Melania Trump has spent the past four years living and building friendships in Florida, and is likely to continue to spend a lot of time there,” CNN reported, citing a source.
The incoming first lady is also likely to spend considerable time at Trump Tower in New York, where her son Barron Trump, 18, attends New York University.
Her husband also has no complaints about her absence, and “there is no internal backlash within the president-elect’s team,” a source told CNN.
Speculation about Melania Trump’s living situation has been swirling for months. In June, Axios reported that if the Republican leader returned to the White House, his wife would live elsewhere, perhaps in Mar-a-Lago, where the president-elect is expected to spend much of his time, or in Manhattan. It was reported that he was deaf. Her son is studying.
If the reports are true, Melania Trump will be a trend breaker. That’s because all of my predecessors, except for Anna Symmes Harrison, who lost her husband one month into her term, and Beth Truman, who lived across the street during renovations, have lived in primarily residential areas. be. The White House was built in 1800.
