First lady cancels trip to Davos
Melania Trump won’t join husband as initially planned
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND— First lady Melania Trump will not accompany U.S. President Donald Trump to a global summit in Davos this week.
Stephanie Grisham, a White House spokesperson, said Tuesday that Melania Trump will not attend the World Economic Forum because of “scheduling and logistical issues.”
The White House had previously said she would accompany the president on the trip to the annual summit, which is held in a Swiss Alpine resort. Melania Trump has not made a public statement since Jan. 12, when the Wall Street Journal first reported that her husband’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, had arranged a $130,000 (U.S.) payment to prevent porn star Stephanie Clifford from publicly discussing an alleged affair with Donald Trump.
Clifford, who goes by the stage name Stormy Daniels, told In Touch in a 2011interview that was first published this month that she met the future president in 2006, shortly after Melania Trump had given birth to their son, Barron.
The presidential couple marked their 13th wedding anniversary on Monday.
The brief U.S. government shutdown this week had threatened to upend the president’s trip to Davos, but it is back on.
A cabinet delegation was expected to leave Tuesday, and the president later in the week.
The president is set to address the gathering Friday.