Melania Trump is breaking her long silence and returning to the campaign trail in her own way

Her husband is in the presidential campaign, she is in the campaign. Melania Trump will publish her memoirs on October 8, less than a month after the presidential election, in which Donald Trump is the candidate. To promote this upcoming book ex First ladywhose every move has been commented on for years, published a series of videos on his social networks. “As a reserved person who has often come under public scrutiny and whose actions have been caricatured, I feel a responsibility to clarify the facts,” he says in one of his black-and-white clips.

In other videos, the Slovenian-born former first lady of the United States discusses a series of recent events about which she has had little or no comment since the assassination attempt on her husband in July, during an anti-racism demonstration in Washington in 2020. . The former model also didn’t shy away from talking about the 2016 publication of nude photos of herself by American tabloids, of which she says she was “proud,” and the FBI raid on the couple’s Florida home in August 2022.

“The mistress of his life”

But why has Melania Trump, known for being so reticent and mysterious, finally broken her silence? According to Kathryn Jellison, a professor at Ohio University and an expert on presidential couples, the videos are primarily intended to promote her book, an autographed version of which (complete with photos) sells for $250. “But I also think that she is trying to develop the image of a strong woman, the master of her own life and her own destiny,” she analyzed to AFP. According to this researcher, it is for this reason that Melania Trump has so far “played no role in the 2024 campaign” except for a few fund-raising evenings and her participation in the ceremony held by the Republican Party in Milwaukee (Wisconsin).

The Slovenian-born fifty-year-old has virtually ignored all of her husband’s campaign meetings so far. He also did not go to court in the spring of New York, where Donald Trump was criminally convicted of hidden accounting payments to a porn star familiar with the politics of complicity for couples like the duo formed by Democratic candidate Kamala Harris with her husband Doug Emhoff.

Interview with Fox News

The apparent distance between Melania and Donald Trump has fueled speculation about the nature of their relationship for years. “I really think she loves her husband,” the Republican candidate said in an interview in mid-September. “This probably surprises many people. But she loves her husband,” the former president said on Fox News.

This same channel, well-liked by conservatives, will host Melania Trump on Thursday morning for her first interview in more than two years. A chance to talk about his book, according to Fox News, but also to discuss “Trump’s campaign strategy in the six weeks before the election.”