Melania Trump surprises with rare appearance
Former First Lady Melania Trump is reluctant to appear at public events after her time in the White House. This makes her appearance at a ceremony at the National Archives - the agency responsible for auditing Donald Trump's records - all the more surprising.
Melania Trump made a rare public appearance on Friday. The former First Lady attended a naturalization ceremony for new US citizens at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. as a guest. According to a press release, 25 people from 25 nations were sworn in as new US citizens on the occasion of the annual Bill of Rights Day on December 15. According to the press release, Trump, who was born in Slovenia in 1970 and was herself naturalized in the USA in 2006, gave a speech at the event.
Trump's appearance at the National Archives is noteworthy for several reasons. Firstly, public appearances by the 53-year-old have been a rarity since the end of her husband Donald Trump's presidency in January 2021. She last appeared at the funeral of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter (1927-2023) on November 29.
The appearance at the National Archives is also surprising, as it was precisely this agency that had asked the US Department of Justice to investigate Donald Trump's handling of White House documents after the end of his presidency. This led to several indictments against the ex-president.
The US daily newspaper "Politico" also criticized the fact that it was unusual for a government agency to invite the wife of a candidate for the US presidency (Trump wants to run for the Republicans again in 2024) to a photo opportunity around a month before the "Iowa Caucus" - an important date in the US primaries. A spokesperson for the National Archives told Politico that Trump had not been invited in a political capacity, but as the country's only naturalized First Lady.
According to sources close to her, Melania Trump is keen to keep a low profile and lead "her own life". The 53-year-old has not yet appeared on the campaign trail for 2024 or at her husband's court appearances. "Melania publicly supports her husband, but prefers to lead a life with 100 percent privacy and no press," People quotes insiders as saying.
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Melania Trump's appearance at the National Archives was significant given the U.S. Department of Justice's previous investigation into her husband, Donald Trump's, handling of White House documents. Despite her husband's plans to run for the U.S. presidency again in 2024, Melania Trump attended the ceremony as the country's only naturalized First Lady, not in a political capacity.
Source: www.ntv.de
