UPDATE: Donald Trump Gets Cold Shoulder from Melania Trump Amid Divorce Rumors
UPDATE: Melania Trump refuses to attend any arraignment hearings; the former First Lady has already been absent for three arraignments,
Tristan Green
UPDATE: Melania Trump refuses to attend any arraignment hearings; the former First Lady has already been absent for three arraignments, refusing to show strength and support for her husband, Donald J. Trump.
UPDATE [July 29, 2023]: CELEB source close to Melania Trump has told us she is really concerned for her husband as his legal issues are stacking up fast—former President Donald J. Trump could be facing multiple counts of prison time if found guilty, and Melania Trump is “praying for our President” and “she is distraught with the thought of her husband going to prison.”
UPDATE (July 4, 2023): Melania Trump subpoenaed in Stormy Daniels Case and faces unwanted involvement in husband’s legal troubles.
Former First Lady Melania Trump, who has maintained silence regarding her husband’s legal issues, is now faced with the need to address at least one case after receiving a subpoena in the Stormy Daniels affair. The Manhattan district attorney’s office, as reported by the Associated Press, has expressed interest in Melania’s emails, which have become relevant to the hush-money indictment.
This particular case involving her husband’s alleged affair with an adult-industry actress is undoubtedly one Melania would prefer to avoid. However, investigators are keen on examining her correspondence with Rhona Graff, an executive at the Trump Organization. Adding intrigue to this unexpected twist, former senior adviser to the former first lady and author of “Melania and Me,” Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, revealed intriguing insider details on her Twitter account.
Wolkoff shared that Melania Trump utilized various email addresses, texts, and the encrypted messaging platform Signal to communicate with her and others during her time in the White House. Prosecutors are now seeking access to these communications, presenting a significant development that Melania would prefer to distance herself from.
Original Story (April 6, 2023): Donald Trump is facing an unprecedented challenge as a former President:
Criminal Charges.
Trump was arraigned and indicted on 34 felony charges which come from a 2016 illegally paid hush money settlement to a porn star he allegedly had an affair with, Stormy Daniels.
Trump entered the courtroom looking sullen and embarrassed, immediately pivoting back to his fist-pounding fury and righteous indignation once he returned to Florida Tuesday night.
But there was one person who was conspicuously absent from his side: his wife Melania.
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Donald Trump Thanks Family – but Not Melania
What do I think about Melania’s silence and living in an Ivory Tower of Denial?
Read it here @PageSix https://t.co/kswNEI9Xmo
— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (@SWinstonWolkoff) April 5, 2023
This week, rumors began swirling that there was trouble in Trump town between Donald and Melania.
That’s because throughout all of his Tuesday legal peril – the court appearance, flight home, and speech at Mar-a-Lago – Melania was conspicuously absent.
During his speech in Florida late Tuesday, Trump paused to thank family, telling the crowd, “I have a son here who’s done a great job and I have another son here who’s done a great job; and Tiffany, and Ivanka. And Baron will be great someday. He’s tall and smart. But I have a great family and they’ve done a fantastic job and we appreciate it very much.”
But no mention of Melania.
And there’s a good reason for that. Sources close to the former First Lady say that her silence towards Donald is her way of coping.
PageSix reports, “Former Melania aide and best friend Stephanie Winston Wolkoff — who previously revealed that the former first lady privately referred to Daniels as ‘the porn hooker’ — told Page Six, ‘Melania lives in an ivory tower of denial.’
Wolkoff, a former senior Vogue staffer who was Melania’s adviser until 2018, said of the former first lady’s absence at Mar-a-Lago’s ballroom, ‘I never expected to see her there. Her silence is deliberate, it is her weapon of choice and her protective armor.’
‘Of course she knows about Donald’s affairs, she knows everything. But her silence is her dignity. She will stand by her husband, as she always does. I don’t think Melania is humiliated by his affairs — but she is angry.'”
Melania Isn’t Going Anywhere Though, her Former Aide and Bestie Says
Not many people could bear having their lives ripped open and all their regretful, hateful, humiliating moments splayed out for the world to see. Melania & Donald, a perfect match, could tolerate any amount of ridicule & flick it aside. I interpreted that as her resigning herself…
— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (@SWinstonWolkoff) April 6, 2023
But despite knowing the kind of person he is and punishing him with a cold shoulder, Wolkoff tells PageSix that Melania won’t leave Donald. “Still she isn’t leaving him. This is a transactional marriage, she knew what she was getting into when she married Donald. Her means of survival is to just act like it never happened.”
She adds, “Privately, Melania says people are just jealous, and she hoped the Stormy Daniels scandal would be swept under the carpet. Her way of coping is to never let her feelings show or affect her. I predict we will see her back at his side at the next social event at Mar-a-Lago.”
Wolkoff’s explanation tracks with what the public knows about Melania’s private motivations, which is precious little.
As First Lady, she was closed-off, distant, and uninvolved. While she did participate in charities and events supporting her husband, Melania was often out of the spotlight or seen at the side of her son, Baron.
And it’s likely she will continue to hold her silence and distance but stay by the former POTUS.
After all, their relationship doesn’t appear to be about love – it appears to be about an agreement, one she’s happy to stick with as long as she receives her end of the bargain.
So the divorce rumors may be premature and unfounded – but her silence is not.