All eyes turn to the White House today, with Donald Trump returning to be sworn in at his second inauguration alongside his wife, former First Lady, Melania Trump.
Trump may cause controversy wherever he walks and talks, but the people of the US have once again by popular vote deemed him the individual best suited to take their country forward.
In case any of you have forgotten or didn’t know – basically if you moved to Earth from an alien planet yesterday – Trump served as US president between 2017 and 2021, and his exit from the Oval Office was typically dramatic.
We need not get into the nitty-gritty of what made the transition between the Trump and Joe Biden administrations as distasteful as it was, but it can be assumed that onlookers will hope for a smooth swearing in ahead of his second term as White House chief.And they’re not alone. If reports are anything to go by, Melania Trump is also hoping that she and Donald’s move to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will be seamless and without issue.
It’s been widely reported that Melania won’t be living full-time at the White House this time around. Donald, obviously, is expected to make the place his permanent residence for the next four years, but his wife, it’s speculated, will split her time between a number of abodes.With the couple’s son, Barron, now having started studying in New York, it’s claimed that Melania will want to spend a portion of her time there, the better to offer him support. Not only that, but one gets the feeling that resuming her duties as first lady hasn’t been an idea Melania has been overly enthused by. Sure, she’ll don the mantle and stand by her husband’s side, but personally (author speaking here) I don’t think she would have been utterly heartbroken had her husband lost last year’s election.
Anyway, I digress. The fact of the matter is that Donald and Melania will today be sworn in for their second term, and we know that their opinions on the respective tasks they will carry out over the next four years differ from those they held prior to the era of the first Trump administration.Trump has hardly been quiet regarding his thoughts about being president again, while Melania’s 2024 memoir, appropriately titled Melania, gave her the chance to vent a lot of feelings that had gone under the radar.
In an interview to discuss her book, Melania was asked if there would be a difference relating to she and Donald’s moving in to the White House this time around, compared to when they did so following the Obama administration.
“The difference is I know where I will be going, I know the rooms where we will be living. I know the process,” Melania explained.
“The first time was challenging, we didn’t have much of the information, the information was upheld (withheld) for us from previous administration.
“But this time I have everything, I have the plans. I could move in, I already packed – I already selected the furniture that needs to go in.
“So it’s a very different transition this time, second time around.”