Former First Lady Melania Trump has suggested to reporters that she may soon join her husband on his presidential election campaign trail.
Reporters caught up to Melania Trump on Tuesday as she and President Donald Trump voted in the Florida primary.
She was asked whether she would join President Trump on the campaign trail.
The former first lady teased her plans, only saying, “Stay tuned.”
Melania has been mostly absent from the public eye since her husband left office in 2021.
She appeared at his campaign announcement in 2022 and could be seen at her mother’s funeral in January and on a few other rare occasions.
However, she does not seem to crave the spotlight like some first ladies do, at least according to her husband.
She has not been with her husband at any of his court appearances, rallies, or victory speeches following primary wins.
The 45th president was asked last month at a Fox News town hall about Melania’s many absences.
He said that she was a “private person” who would rather be with their family than on camera or in public.
“You know, a lot of first ladies would go out — they want to be everywhere,” Trump said.
“They get angry at their husband because he’s not introducing them.
“If I didn’t introduce Melania, she’d be very happy about it.
“She’s just a different kind of a person.”
Melania did tell Fox News in May 2023 that she supported her husband’s re-election bid.
“He has my support, and we look forward to restoring hope for the future and leading America with love and strength,” Melania Trump said in an interview at the time.
“My husband achieved tremendous success in his first administration, and he can lead us toward greatness and prosperity once again,” she added.
Other reports have corroborated Trump’s explanation that she is focused on her family, notably their son Barron, who turned 18 on Wednesday.
But with Barron going to college in the fall, she will have a lot more time on her hands for last-minute campaigning.
A former top aide to both Melania and Donald Trump, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, recently made claims about the former first lady.
In a post on X, Wolkoff accused President Trump of a “lack of chivalry” toward Melania that she thought was concerning.
Let me bottom line this for you
Perception is everything to the Trump Family so Donald’s lack of “chivalry” towards Melania is quite a “tell.”
Chivalry for Donald was waiting for Melania to go first & ensuring she walked by his side. He’s been doing neither recently. Take a 👀 pic.twitter.com/D82WGO8iHB
— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (@SWinstonWolkoff) March 10, 2024
Whether or not Wolkoff was ever a friend of the Trumps, she now spends her time criticizing them for media attention, so we really can’t take her observations at face value or as proof that their relationship has deteriorated.
Whatever is going on behind the scenes, if anything, it’s obvious the Trumps will try to keep things under wraps for now.
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