Melania Trump Reportedly Made a Deal With Donald Trump About Her Possible First Lady Role

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Melania Trump is suddenly becoming a hot topic of conversation after Donald Trump’s debate against President Joe Biden on Thursday, June 27. She was nowhere to be seen at the Atlanta event and she’s been selective about her presidential campaign activities lately. If Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025, what is Melania’s first lady role going to look like? 

Well, an insider in the Donald Trump campaign says that Americans shouldn’t expect to see much of her in Washington, D.C. It seems that Melania negotiated with Donald Trump ahead of his third run for president. “Melania has made a deal with her husband that if he wins the presidency she will not have to be on first lady duty 24/7,” a source claimed to Page Six. Like her first turn in the role, she is putting her son, Barron, 18, first. 

“She’s a hands-on mother and is already planning to spend part of every month — and potentially every week — in NYC,” they divulged. That nugget of news assumes that Barron is attending New York University instead of his father’s alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. Even though her son is leaving the nest and officially an adult, Melania reportedly wants to be nearby in case he needs her. “Barron has never been completely on his own before — and with the added stress of him being both a freshman in college and potentially the son of a president in a predominantly Democratic city, [Melania] wants to be close,” the source noted about the “added attention” Barron would face. 

This is the second report in a week to get the public used to the idea that Melania is going to be a part-time first lady if Donald Trump wins in November. “She’s distancing herself even more from her husband and from the Washington social-political scene,” said Kate Andersen Brower, author of First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies told Axios, “I mean, she clearly hated being in Washington.” 

The Washington Post associate editor Mary Jordan supported Brower’s views by noting that Melania sees the role as “unelected, not paid,” so why should she put her life on hold for four years? “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. So, if voters cast their ballot for Donald Trump, they should understand that Melania is only along for the ride if it fits her schedule.

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