Melania stays out of public eye as Donald Trump runs for US president

After Melania Trump missed key events in her husband's presidential bid earlier this year from the kickoff of the 2024 election in Iowa to Donald Trump's Super Tuesday victory party reporters asked the former first lady whether she planned to hit the campaign trail. Her response: Stay tuned.

But since making that comment in March, after she and Donald Trump voted in Florida's primary, Melania Trump has largely refrained from public appearances. The few exceptions have included a couple of fundraisers in April and their son's high school graduation.

The former first lady noticeably did not accompany the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on any of the days of his more than monthlong hush money trial in New York. She was not there last month for the guilty verdict or the following day for his remarks at Trump Tower. She also did not appear June 14 at a 78th birthday party organised for Trump by his fan club, or at any of the campaign rallies he has held in recent months.

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