Donald Trump won the elections and is set to enter the White House for the second time. Networks like CNN and Fox, along with agencies such as the Associated Press, had declared the business mogul the winner by Wednesday morning.
Trump’s journey to the White House has been quite different compared to that of 2016 when his wife Melania followed his every step and was heavily involved in the campaign.
This time, she wasn’t around, which sparked controversies, but Trump claimed she was absent because she stayed in New York where their son Barron started college.
The newly-elected president have spoken about his wife in the past, saying that her life revolves around their son, as well as the country, since she’s been someone who has always helped others and who has raised plenty of money for charities over the years.
Late Tuesday, networks and newspapers began announcing Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. With this win, Trump becomes only the second President in history to secure two nonconsecutive terms, and he’s expected to move back into the White House in January. Early Wednesday, Trump addressed his supporters in Florida, expressing gratitude for their loyalty.
During his speech, Trump praised Melania for her hard work and her recent memoir, calling it the best-selling book in the country. Trump also vowed to address the nation’s issues, promising “every single day I will be fighting for you” and claiming this would be the “golden age of America.”
In her memoir, Melania openly disagreed with her husband’s stance on abortion, supporting women’s reproductive rights.
“It is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government,” she wrote in her memoir Melania.
“Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?” she added. “A woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.”
People close to the First Lady believe she would be splitting her time between Washington, New York, and Palm Beach.
“If Melania becomes first lady again, of course people expect her to move into the White House and perform appropriate duties,” a source close to Melania told People. According to them, she isn’t very excited about relocating to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
“She will have her private living apartment there, and she has her home in New York, and her home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. She will spend time in all of these places,” the source added, concluding that it’s “not likely” that the White House will be her primary residence.
Melania’s looks on election day caused a stir among the public. She and her husband cast their votes at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, but many agreed that she looked like she was “attending a funeral.”
Speaking to Metro, body language expert Judi James made parallel between Melania’s former and current style, noting that she lacked the power-suit look she often wore during Trump’s presidency.
“By Melania’s normal standards this is a very subdued, down-played look as she accompanies her rather low-energy-looking husband with his slumped shoulders and face partly-covered by a baseball cap to cast their votes,” Judi told the Mirror. “Her smile seems almost compensatory here as Trump’s facial expression is rather solemn and he graciously and gallantly motions for her to walk in first.”
The body language expert added: “Melania’s FLOTUS looks tended to be high-vis numbers that became increasingly tailored, high-status power-suits towards the end of their term, so this casual shirt dress with her hair softly flowing to the side has no echoes of that previous stint. The Trump’s mood here might have been self-described as ‘confident’ but that sentiment is not reflected in their body language in these photos.”
Recent videos and photo of Melania triggered a conspiracy theory that she used a double. The “fake Melania” theory first started when Medias Touch editor Ron Filipkowski shared a clip with Melania stating that she had “been wearing sunglasses inside all day today.”
“This is absolutely, categorically not Melania,” one X user commented, as per Daily Mail. “This imposter’s been wearing sunglasses indoors all day.”
A second said: “How is a man who walks around with a fake wife even a contender for president?” Another X user claimed: “The check didn’t clear in time for the real Melania to make an appearance, so they had to bring the doppelganger off the bench.”
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