According to a report from US Weekly, Melania Trump may not relocate from New York City to Washington D.C. once 10-year-old Barron, the son she shares with the President, finishes up the school year as was originally planned.
Speaking with the publication, a family insider said, “They will reevaluate toward the end of the school year if they will keep this arrangement or if Melania and Barron will move to Washington.”
“They could go either way right now. They will ultimately do what’s best for Barron,” says the source.
The First Lady and President Donald Trump share a son together, Barron.
Mrs Trump currently resides at the couple’s $100 million Trump Tower triplex apartment with son Barron in New York City.
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If the 46-year-old does choose remain some 323 kilometres away from the nation’s capital, it will be an unprecedented move – never before has a president and first lady lived apart.
If history is anything to go by, it’s clear the news will not affect the 70-year-old President.
On January 25, ABC News anchor David Muir asked President Trump if he was lonely without his wife Melania and son Barron around the halls of the White House, to which he responded, “No, because I end up working longer. And that’s OK.”
Despite their separation, the publication’s source says Mrs Trump is taking her First Lady duties seriously.
“Melania is actively building her team, including hiring a chief of staff, a senior adviser and a social secretary, among other key positions,” the insider told Us Weekly. “While she is a mum first, she is very much embracing the role and responsibilities of First Lady.”
Thus far, it seems the current arrangement is working nicely for the spread-apart family. President Trump recently told the New York Times, “They’ll come down on weekends,” before adding “She’ll come down on Thursdays and stay.”
The couple wed in 2005.
Mrs trump is the second First Lady to be born outside of the United States, and only became a US citizen in 2006 (the same year she gave birth to her and President Trump’s son, Barron). She grew up in Communist apartment block in the small Slovenian town of Sevnica where her parents were as factory workers.
Interestingly, she initially turned down President Trump when he asked for her number at a New York party in 1998 (Donald was there with another woman at the time). Instead, she asked for his details. “If I give him my number, I’m just one of the women he calls,” she told GQ magazine. He subsequently gave her all him numbers, business and personal.
The couple started dating shortly after and wed in 2005.
