After secreting herself away inside Trump Tower for two weeks, former First Lady Melania Trump was photographed leaving her quiet abode, and this is the first time she’s been seen in public since her husband Donald Trump was convicted in the now-infamous hush money trial. The photos, published by The New York Post, show Melania, wearing a golden brown jumpsuit, stepping out alongside her son, Barron Trump.
As she typically does when she is initially spotted in public, Melania kept her head down as she and her son climbed into a black Secret Service SUV and at least seven Louis Vuitton luggage bags were loaded into the vehicle. A number of garment totes emblazoned with Barron Trump’s initials were also loaded into the bulletproof vehicle, according to the Post, which also noted mother and son were heading to New Jersey, where the Trump family owns an estate at Bedminster. This is Melania’s first public outing since May 23.
Melania has pulled many vanishing acts before, during, and after her husband exited the White House, yet people were still flooding social media with questions about her whereabouts since she failed to show up in court during the entire time said hubby was on trial in New York City.
While Melania famously guards her privacy, it’s safe to say in this case, she was protecting herself from listening to the testimony of adult actress Stormy Daniels as she shared details of her alleged illicit encounter with Donald Trump. Daniels purported that the encounter occurred in 2006, a year after Melania married Trump. Melania probably also kept Barron from hearing about it, since he’s a part of it as well. After all, Trump was banging Stormy Daniels when Barron was just an newborn infant…it’s a detail that is almost always revealed since it shows just how awful Trump truly is.
But to hide away for two whole weeks? I understand their apartment is very large, at approximately 10,000 sq. ft. But that’s not THAT huge. Not in the world of billionaires. So Melania and Barron obviously had to see Trump, who also probably spent a lot of time meeting with his lawyers and other staff. Even if it’s your own house, to be locked away for 2 weeks? That’s seriously weird.
Talking to Fox & Friends on Sunday, Trump said his wife is “fine,” but noted the criminal trial was “very hard for her.”
“It’s tougher, I think it’s probably in many ways, it’s tougher on my family than it is on me,” he said.
One host wanted to know how Melania was faring, and the former president responded:
“She’s fine, but I think it’s very hard for her. I mean, she’s fine. But it’s, you know, she has to read all this crap.”
Melania has also shied away from the campaign trail, but she did show up alongside her husband for 18-year-old Barron’s high school graduation in Palm Beach on May 17.
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But if there’s anyone who knows Melania Trump well, it’s her former friend and aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who spoke to CNN in May. She said she didn’t believe the former first lady would attend the trial.
“Melania is Melania’s own person,” said Winston Wolkoff, who is now one of Melania’s harshest critics. “In regards, again, to a marriage that you want to consider to be something that most people are trying to still understand, don’t. I do not see her supporting him this way.”
“I think you can feel that humiliation without having to put yourself in front of the cameras,” she added. “Everything Melania does is staged.”
I would think that doesn’t amount to much since Melania hides behind a veil of privacy. That said, there is a part of herself that seems carefully engineered. She knows how to grift and as her husband continues to hemorrhage money, Melania seems to know what she’s doing.
Melania and Barron are seen leaving their cushy abode here:
Melania, Barron Trump spotted for first time since Donald’s historic ‘hush money’ conviction pic.twitter.com/7M7MVrYV8l
— New York Post (@nypost) June 4, 2024
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