SHE PULLED A DISAPPEARING ACT!
MAY 10
Melania is last seen in public with Donald at Maryland’s Joint Base Andrews military facility when she welcomes three American prisoners who had been freed from North Korea.
MAY 14
“This morning, first lady Melania Trump underwent an embolization procedure to treat a benign kidney condition,” Melania’s communications director, Stephanie Grisham, said in a statement. “She was treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington, D.C.” Walter Reed never commented on Melania being there. When In Touch asked a hospital rep if there was an official comment confirming Melania’s stay, the rep responded, “All statements were provided by the White House.”
LATE MAY
An insider claims Melania is actually in NYC during this period when the White House maintains she is in D.C.: “She wants to move back there,” says the insider.
MAY 30
Nearly three full weeks after her last public appearance, Melania does not attend the White House Sports and Fitness Day event at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., even though she is supposedly inside, just steps away.
MAY 30
At 12:45 p. m., Melania tweets from the @FLOTUS account (see below). Speculation about who really wrote the tweet explodes online, with some pointing out that Donald often uses the phrase “working overtime” and ends his tweets with exclamation points. One Twitter user writes, “Please wave at us from your window. It doesn’t sound like you wrote this tweet. Wishing you the best.”
JUNE 1
Donald arrives at the presidential retreat, Camp David, without Melania. The White House says she will be staying behind. “She is fine, she’s doing great,” communications director Grisham insists.