According to the CNN report the first lady is … again, reportedly not particularly … eager to return to the White House although discussions about how and where she will spend her time continue.
One of her first official decisions is to skip the traditional and symbolic meeting with outgoing first lady Jill Biden at the White House, while President Joe Biden hosted the president-elect in the Oval Office on Wednesday. After Jill Biden extended the invitation, the presence of the incoming first lady was discussed, with members of Donald Trump’s team making it clear that it was important that she go.
But the episode signals that Trump, who has spent the first four years in office redefining the role, shows she will have even more autonomy the second time around.
“I’m not worried because this time it will be different. I have much more experience and knowledge. I was in the White House before. When I go, I’ll know exactly what to expect,” Melania said in a recent Fox News interview to promote her book.
According to the American television network, citing authoritative sources, Melania is expected to spend most of her time in the next four years not in the White House, but between New York and Palm Beach, Florida. However, she insists that she will be present at the big events, but will have her own platform and her own priorities as First Lady.
During his first term, Donald Trump spent his winter weekends in Mar a Lago and his summer weekends in New Jersey on the golf courses, and everyone assumes he will continue to do the same.
For her part, Melania has built a life and circle of friends in Florida over the past four years, so she’s expected to spend a lot of time there.
After all, even after the 2016 election, she had significantly delayed her move to Washington and went to the White House months after her husband’s inauguration, as their son Barron, then 10, finished the school year first. Now 18-year-old Baron attends New York University.
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