![]() Appearances on the trail in 2016 were scarce, at best. While most presidential candidates barnstorm with their partners, or ask them to do so on their own, oftentimes relying on them to corral female voters, the idea of whipping up a constituency “was never her thing,” said the person who was close with her during the White House years. That Trump isn’t going to be a presence on the campaign trail – should there be one – is not unusual, given her track record as a reluctant political spouse. The office of Melania Trump did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. They have that same urge Trump has to (run) again Melania absolutely does not.” ![]() ![]() “Instead it’s going to be Lara (Trump, the wife of Trump’s son, Eric) or (Kimberly) Guilfoyle (the girlfriend of Trump’s eldest son, Don). “You’re not going to see her at rallies or campaign events, even if he ‘officially’ says he’s running again,” said another person aware of the disinterest Trump has shown in supporting the former President. She views her husband’s continued impact on the GOP landscape as his job, not hers. “For her, it was a chapter – and it’s over, and that’s that.”įormer first lady Melania Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on July 7 in New York City. “Being first lady again is not what she wants,” said one of the people, who had a close relationship with Trump during her White House tenure. Melania Trump’s disinterest in public political life runs deep enough that she has gone so far as to tell several friends that not only does she not intend to bolster her husband’s inflated political ambitions, she has zero desire for a White House redux, according to several people who spoke with CNN about her mindset. She’s giving up the Manhattan life she knew pre-White House, a period of time that granted her as much anonymity as possible for being the wife of Donald Trump. Last month she returned from her summer sojourn in New Jersey to Palm Beach, Florida, where friends say she will reside fulltime at Mar-a-Lago while Barron Trump attends a private high school. Other than that, with the exception of a few Instagram posts from random people who happened to glimpse her in the dining room at Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club, Trump – ever the enigma – hasn’t purposefully set foot in front of a camera. She has been seen publicly just once this summer, spotted in July by photographers leaving Trump Tower in New York City, accompanied by her son. Melania Trump, perhaps the most private first lady in modern history, has retreated more and more from the spotlight since departing Washington last January. As Donald Trump publicly mulls his political future, playing a game of “will he-won’t he” in a potential bid for the White House in 2024, all the while flexing influence in primaries for next year’s midterms, there is one key person noticeably quiet. ![]()
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