Melania Trump Is Likely To Break White House Tradition If Husband Donald Wins Election: Report
Melania Trump is unlikely to join her husband, Donald Trump, in the White House if he returns for a second term, according to a report.
The former first lady spends the majority of her time out of the spotlight. That will reportedly not change even if her husband wins this year's presidential election, as she will not move with him to the White House, breaking the tradition that first ladies usual do.
Axios surveyed a "handful of Melania-ologist" and asked about Melania's plan should her husband be given a chance to return to the Oval Office. Many of them doubt she would return to the East Wing. Instead, they were convinced that she would be jetting between Palm Beach, where she spent the past four years, and New York, where her son, Barron, 18, is assumed to be attending college.
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"Melania does what Melania wants," said Mary Jordan, a Washington Post associate editor and author of "The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump."
Melania will reportedly not be a total no-show because she will be at the White House for ceremonial undertakings like state dinners or other special events. Should Melania not move to the White House, Jordan believes it would make the ex-FLOTUS "stand out in history from any other first lady."
"Her view is unelected, not paid," Jordan added.
Kate Andersen Brower, a journalist and author who has written several books about the White House and first ladies, including "The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House," shared the same sentiment. For her, Trump's wife is distancing herself from him and the political scene.
"She's distancing herself even more from her husband and from the Washington social-political scene," Andersen Brower claimed. "I mean, she clearly hated being in Washington."
Although she might not move back to the White House, there's a consensus that the former first lady might likely revisit her Be Best campaign. Jordan told Axios that this time, Trump's wife, who previously delayed her White House move and had an atypical small staff, would make sure to have larger, "better" and "more qualified" staffers.
"Now, having seen how this works, she would just be wiser, and she would be more vocal and more demanding about what the first lady's office should get," Jordan added.
Melania is rarely seen on Trump's campaign trail. However, sources said she was supportive of her husband's decision to run for president again. She even hosted a fundraising event for the Log Cabin Republicans at Mar-a-Lago in April.
