In the least surprising news of the week, Melania Trump didn’t give AF about being first lady. Nor did she give AF if people thought she didn’t give AF about being first lady. Basically, she had zero F’s to give then, and she has even fewer F’s to give today.
That’s according to Kate Andersen Brower, bestselling author of First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies.
In a new interview with She Knows, Brower shares some of the insight she gleaned from researching the first ladies of the modern era, including the most divisive and disliked one of the bunch.
“I always felt that [Melania] didn’t want to be the first lady and she was unapologetic about it,” Brower said. “She wasn’t interested in doing what we expected of her.”
Ya think?!?
She didn’t move into the White House until six months after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, and then she never did anything once she finally got there. (Aside from rip out Jackie O’s rose garden and rebuild that tennis pavilion that nobody ever uses.)
Like, she literally wore a jacket with the words “I really don’t care, do u?” printed on the back while going to pose for a photo opp at the Southern border.
Then as soon as Trump left office, Melania retreated even further from the spotlight and now spends her days purportedly hiding inside the gilded walls of Mar-a-Lago, getting spa treatments, hawking NFTs, and avoiding pretty much everyone, including her husband.
Brower says Melania “lowered the bar” for what’s expected of a first lady, as well as what’s expected of a political spouse. As her husband makes his third bid for the Oval Office, she says, “We don’t expect to see or hear from her. If we do, it’s surprising.”
Indeed, Mrs. Trump hasn’t stepped foot on the campaign trail on behalf of her husband and has only given one interview with Fox News, during which she said she fully backed his candidacy.
“My husband achieved tremendous success in his first administration, and he can lead us toward greatness and prosperity once again,” she said. “He has my support, and we look forward to restoring hope for the future and leading America with love and strength.”
Brower also notes how Melania’s complete lack of interest in her husband’s political career is a stark contrast to America’s Karen Casey DeSantis, who has been campaigning hard for her husband, Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis, in his futile effort at winning GOP nomination for president in 2024.
“Casey DeSantis is filling that more stereotypical wife, mother, advisor [role],” Brower says. “She reminds me a bit of Nancy Reagan. She’s his biggest protector.”
Unlike Melania, who couldn’t even be bothered to accompany her husband to his last arraignment… or the arraignment before that… or the arraignment before that. She hasn’t attended a single one of his court appearances or commented on any of his latest legal troubles.
An insider told People earlier this year that Mrs. Trump, who once aspired to be a world famous supermodel and is said to still be pissed about getting snubbed by Vogue, now has absolutely no desire to be a public figure.
“Melania can be aloof and not particularly friendly because she simply wants to be left alone,” the source said. “At this stage of her life she does not want to be in the spotlight.”
In April, the ex-FLOTUS’s office put out a statement saying, “People should read stories about Mrs. Trump and her feelings with caution, especially those citing sources that are anyone but Mrs. Trump.”
Pantherman007
“Now has absolutely no desire to be a public figure.” Funny coincidence – i have a lot of desire for her to not be a public figure.
Colorado Couple
100% agree! And that goes double for her husband – other than being publicly known as a convicted criminal.
Bob
I wonder if there will be a Trump wing at the local jail. Put that nasty Jared thing in next to Donnie. Maybe raise money for the deficit by doing guided tours???
abfab
BUILD THE WALL!!!!! around Mara lago and throw them all in there.
still_onthemark
Lately she doesn’t even need to try to avoid Trump because he’s been living in New Jersey all summer. It’s too hot and humid to golf in Mara-Lardo. Plus he enjoys visiting his first wife’s grave, especially when he has to retrieve a stray ball.
Jim
well yeah that grave gave him a significant tax break
abfab
The pig is also hangning out with all the Little Piggies AKA The Deplorables at the pork tent.
”Trump was followed around the fair by a mob of supporters, shaking hands and signing autographs outside the pork tent and walking though the animal center to examine cattle. A crush of people gathered around him, with some climbing on top of a parked work van to glimpse the former president.”
abfab
In Iowa. “Where Democracy Starts”. Yeah, right, sure, okay.
Harrisonk
Are they still married?
Jim
Melania will get involved as long as it pays.
abfab
She must work very cheap. I bet she hopes he croaks real soon….. as much as we all do. Bastard.
dbmcvey
She was a willing accomplice. No rehabilitation for her.
abfab
They still have Marla Maples roped, tied and muzzled. Melania will be fitted and debriefed.
ScottOnEarth
In my opinion, this do-nothing dimwit was a low-rent call-girl whose sole goal in life was to hook-up with a rich man and do nothing for the rest of her life. Of course she didn’t want to be First Lady. Not only does she have absolutely no personality, she’s basically an uneducated moron who probably doesn’t like to wake up before noon. Being First Lady was highly inconvenient for her….and it showed. She was a horrible representative of this country and will always be a stain on its history.
abfab
ScottOnEarth………..I had to play on this, so I am begging your pardon:
In my opinion, this do-nothing dimwit Donald Trump, whose sole goal in life was to hook-up with a eastern european magazine poser bimbo and do nothing for the rest of his life. Of course he didn’t want to be President. Not only does he have absolutely no personality, he’s basically an uneducated moron who probably doesn’t like to wake up before noon. Being First Man was highly inconvenient for him….and it showed. He was a horrible representative of this country and will always be a stain on its history.
mildredspierce
Agreeing to breed with a kingpin in exchange for the high life probably did not include having to fool everyone with having discernible taste, poise, or charm in the beginning. She knew quite well how ill equipped she was to be First Lady. She’s the butt of off colour jokes and she knows only the rubes are buying her crappy merchandise. I’m surprised she’s not in rehab. I’m more surprised she hasn’t stabbed that SOB in his sleep.
abfab
She’d need to hire a few Palm Beach butchers or a few of Tony Soprano’s crew. This tonnage doesn’t go with just one or two pokes……
Sotzume
I don’t care, do you?
abfab
I don’t really care, but does anyone know why she wore that stupid jacket and who the idiot was who made it for her?
Vonna
Whoever this Broer person is, she must live under a rock. Pretty sure she/he also wrote all those disgusting replies. You have no inkling about who she is or what makes her tick. We are thrilled that she is nothing like Hillary or Michelle both of whom have zero class. It says about you that you don’t know high class when see it.
bachy
“My husband achieved tremendous success in his first administration, and he can lead us toward greatness and prosperity once again.”
Some of her asides are so hilarious I’ve done spit takes. I’m convinced that Manalia has a bright future on the standup comedy circuit.
Paulie P
I would go as far to say that Jackie Kennedy was the most beloved first lady, so to rip out the garden that she built for no reason is clearly a cruel act.
No one advised Mellie that the woman whose husbands brain matter was splashed across her suit who when asked if she wanted to change her outfit replied, no let America see what they’ve done to my husband.
No one said destroying the garden she built is not an option.
Fahd
She´s easy to hate on, but Melanoma is not nearly as newsworthy as the frequent Gremore summaries would suggest. Maybe there´s a biography (compilation of Queerty postings) in the works. lol
alex1435
I don’t care about this woman, it’s tedious even reading about her.
HankHarris
No sympathy at all. She deserves all of it.
LumpyPillows
I think Melania is a very bad person. That said, I had a discussion for a horticulturist for the White House just the other day, a liberal gay guy, and he said the roses did need to be ripped out and replaced. I know how you all hate facts that contradict your narrative, which is why I enjoy bringing them to you. Funny how our echo chambers of hate distort reasonable discussion. Just like the commentors on Queerty.
Now, back to bashing Melania for being an insurrectionist enabler – I can get behind that narrative.
Kangol2
She married Don the Con, so she’s stuck with him until and unless she cuts the cord and divorces his @ss.
Whether she does that or not, she could do the country and world an incalculable favor and convince his corrupt, treasonous psychopathic Orange Ogre @ss not to run and instead plead guilty to ALL his crimes!
Mike Ryan
This article has made so many false claims.
Firstly the jacket. She wore it as a message to the Liberal media not for the children. If she had never cared for the children she would have never visited the border in the first place or convinced Trump to sign an executive order to stop family separation.
Secondly the rose garden. The garden went through numerous changes since Jackie and its not even the original rose garden. The garden itself was dying and was in dire need of being completely replaced as the plants were dying and the roots were so tangled. The first pictures we saw were just after it was all done but since then it has grown and looks as how a white house garden should look.
Thirdly the claim that she has done nothing in the white house is completely false. She has done way more than Jill Biden let’s just say that. I could go on and name so many things she has done and I bet no one who wrote this article or the people in the comments could name one thing Jill has done except remind Joe what day it is.
LunaSol2010
First her sons $25k a month school was central to University entrance and their view of bouncing around grade 8 – 12 being a detrimental aspect. He needed to just finish the term. Jan , May.
Second as 3rd wife (of a hyperbolic obese self-centered sociopath) she was negotiating a better marriage and post nup agreement benefits to her and their son. She didn’t need best offices, art, furniture and committees which were gobbled up by First Daughter.
If she was expected to serve up to 8 years without changes to her longterm outcome she would be a fool. Her ‘husband’s’ will needed to include herself and their son with better benefits with real estate and financial assets. Who gets the 2 storey Barron’s New York Trump Tower condo and the main larger family condo. Properties, business assets and x millions a year for staying in the marriage.
She took the greatest precision of having lawyers do all the work to secure her future.
Lackluster. Yes. Her trips overseas, her shopping in Miami NYC were over. Her every move would be known by all security and #45. She lost all her independence.
It was reported she had an open marriage but it only included #45, exempting her infidelity. She at one time lived in Barrons 2 story condo next door only seeing her marriage partner 4 times in 2.5 months for organized dinners as hostess to guests. She was also negotiating a distance away private first lady suite in the East Wing. And personal perks, needs and exact agreed upon duties and no more.
She was playing the long game and won. If he was going to prison, serving 2 terms, or dying mid term or surviving 10 years more, … she won.
Her we are at 3+ years out after his term and it looks like 4 criminal defense teams against charges of security, security documents not returned upon request, racketeering and what is that? 70 individual charges total?
If he goes in a security ankle cuff to stay only at Maralago and 1 golf course OR 10-25 years of prison means she knew where the bodies are buried and if he was convicted- living fulltime with him or dealing with his imprisonment or having a divorce out for criminal convictions are all things I would want and notarized to the last penny and sq ft of property.
For marrying a complicated narcissistic personality she knew if it wasn’t in writing she would just be offed and put in a golf course grave that would be neglected day #2.
I think she did a poor job as lackluster especially with the dark European abstract modern art Christmas ? decor 2017.
No critic of her at all.
She was marking her territory having no say in his decision to run for president twice. And now a third attempt.
Maybe she demanded 2 term campaigning only. No third term campaign work will ever be considered