National Post

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT FLOTUS &BAR RON

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1 MOVING DAY

After nearly five months of living apart, President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, announced Sunday that she and the couple’s young son have moved into the executive mansion at 1600 Pennsylvan­ia Ave. Mother and son broke with tradition by living at Trump Tower in New York since the inaugurati­on so that Barron, now 11, could finish the school year uninterrup­ted.

2 THE NEWS CAME IN A TWEET

“Looking forward to the memories we’ll make in our new home! # Movingday,” the first lady tweeted Sunday evening after she and Barron arrived at the White House with Trump. The tweet accompanie­d a photo of the Washington Monument as seen from the White House Red Room. Her spokeswoma­n, Stephanie Grisham, confirmed the move on Twitter. “It’s official! @ FLOTUS & Barron have made the move to DC! # WelcomeHom­e,” Grisham tweeted.

3 BARRON’S TRANSFER

Barron finished the school year at Columbia Grammar and Preparator­y School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He will transfer to the private St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Maryland in September.

4 FROM VISITOR TO RESIDENT

Melania has scarcely been seen at the White House since Trump’s presidency began. While she has joined him to receive foreign leaders and their spouses, April’s Easter Egg Roll, which she cohosted, was arguably her most high- profile appearance since the inaugurati­on.

5 MELANIA UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Now that’s she’s at the White House full time, pressure will build for her to be seen more. She said during the campaign that she would work on the issue of cyberbully­ing as first lady, but she has made no further announceme­nts about the subject.

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