Last Sunday, Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl.
The 47th President of the United States brought a big entourage, including family members, however Melania Trump was absent. The First Lady was not with Donald in New Orleans to watch the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs. Many speculated why, and social media users were divided into two factions.
While insiders reveal Melania Trump’s world as First Lady, she appears to have a completely different view of the role than previous First Ladies.
Melania and her husband’s return to the White House was sure to spark controversy and debate. The couple returned to Washington four years after leaving in 2021 after their first presidential term.
The Slovenian former model has been quiet between her husband’s two presidential administrations, but she’s back in the spotlight. Additionally, rumors about her and Donald’s marriage and rift persist.
Donald and Melania celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary recently. After their star-studded Bethesda-By-the-Sea wedding on January 22, 2005, moving back into the White House was one of the best 20th-anniversary gifts.
Inauguration Day saw several intimate encounters between the couple. Melania is accustomed to the spotlight, but behavioral scientist Abbie Maroño claims to have noticed something others missed. Maroño told Newsweek that Melania’s conduct during her husband’s inauguration showed her unease with public attention.
She added “First Lady Melania Trump’s choice of a wide-brimmed hat appeared to serve as a barrier, complicating a moment when President Trump attempted to kiss her, resulting in an awkward air kiss.” “This could have concealed her face, indicating discomfort with public attention. A lack of eye contact, smiles, or handholding between the couple suggests discomfort.”
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President Trump and Melania danced the first dance at the inaugural ball. When Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha, and military personnel joined them on stage, the tension eased. This casual contact led to President Trump enthusiastically engaging Melania smiling during the dance.
Donald and Melania are a power couple for decades, but they don’t always get along. Press coverage of disagreements, like the jacket episode during their first Washington term, was inevitable. Melania Trump wrote in her memoir that she ardently supports abortion rights, something her husband disagrees with.
To illustrate that she is more than Donald Trump’s wife, Melania told Fox that she gives her husband advice, but he doesn’t always listen.
Melania added, “Maybe some people see me as just a wife of the President, but I’m standing on my own two feet, independent, I have my own thoughts, I have my own ‘yes’ and ‘no’”.
I don’t always agree with my husband, and that’s okay. Sometimes he listens to my suggestions, sometimes not.”
Her photographer calls Melania Trump “really good at balancing her husband.”
She reflected on her first term as First Lady: “I just feel that people didn’t accept me maybe, they didn’t understand me the way maybe they do now. And I had little help.”
Donald and Melania disagree sometimes, but so do all married couples. Despite 20 years of marriage, Melania’s official photographer, Régine Mahaux, revealed new insights about her life in early February.
“There is something in her–the strong woman –, but at the same time, there is the soft power; she’s really good at balancing her husband,” Mahaux told Hello! Magazine, wondering how she has “the courage to keep going.”
“They’ve endured much. Committed, she. He added, “She and he love each other.” Her place is always right. She always backs her hubby. She doesn’t need the light; he does. This No. 2 is great. I like that she puts her husband first; she has strong family values, to be a good wife and make them happy.
Melania became First Lady during her husband’s first term despite numerous doubts. Today, we know she won.
“She’s changed from eight years ago”
It will be different this time. Mahaux attributes her success to her experiences and character.
The photographer said, “She’s always been hands on, but she’s more free nowadays to make a statement. “She’s changed in eight years and has always been herself. It feels different with the new people the President has surrounded himself with.”
The Trumps’ second presidential term will be different, but Melania’s biggest change will be leaving Washington full-time. The First Lady has always been clear that her son, Barron Trump, is the most important person in her life, and although though she has the title of First Lady, Washington will have to play second fiddle since Barron is now studying at Stern Business School.
Though Melania has described what she wants to do during her second term as First Lady, a source tells People Magazine that she won’t let her purpose at the White House dictate her life.
“She doesn’t believe she has obligations in the political world. She cares about children’s well-being, a New York and Palm Beach source told People. “Anything she may do in this administration will happen if she has time and interest.”
Melania Trump “couldn’t care less how she looks politically,” source says.
The insider said Melania’s approach to her husband’s spotlight is between Ivana Trump and Marla Maples.
“Melania is smart like Ivana,” the source said, “but while Ivana collaborated with Donald on work projects, Melania is more traditional in the Marla way and stays under the radar when possible.”
The source told People Magazine that politics “isn’t Melania Trump’s world,” and she has a “small circle of family members and one or two close friends.” Donald Trump reportedly is “concerned” about his wife’s political appearance. However, the source argued that Melania “couldn’t care less how she looks politically.”
“You can learn more about Melania by what she doesn’t do or say,” the source concluded. “Just because she is quiet in a crowd doesn’t mean she is aloof, not listening, or necessarily disinterested. Her mind is filled with what she does every day, her own life, and what interests her. Donald does his thing, and she does hers. She tells it like it is when they talk and he listens. Does he do what she says? Not necessarily, but it has happened.”
Melania was seen very few times before Donald Trump went into the last months of his presidential campaigning last year. She traveled with her husband to Los Angeles a few weeks ago and has been seen out on “duty” several times, but when it came to the biggest sporting event in the US, the Super Bowl, Melania was nowhere to be seen.
Social media users launched theories about why Melania Trump wasn’t attending the Super Bowl
Donald became the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl. On Sunday, he arrived at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, with many family members, including his son, Eric Trump, Eric’s wife, Lara, his daughter Ivanka Trump, and her 7-year-old son Theodore.
However, the fact that Melania wasn’t in attendance confused users on social media. Many took to the social media platform X and asked why she wouldn’t accompany Trump at the enormous event. Some were even concerned, while others saw it as a chance to make fun of her.
“Hmm! Where’s Melania? Has she even moved into the WH, or is she busy filing for divorce?” one user wrote, as per the Irish Star.
Another said, “Melania is at home? I can’t say I blame her, tbh.”
“Neither Melania nor Barron are accompanying Trump to the Superbowl. What a ‘family man!’ Melania is NOT living at the WH or Mar a Lago,” a third stated.
Exactly why Melania Trump—or Barron, for that matter—didn’t accompany Donald to the Super Bowl isn’t known. However, before the game, Donald released a statement saying that his wife “joins me in sending our best wishes for a great Super Bowl Sunday.”
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