Melania, son won’t stay in White House for now
New York, Nov. 21: Incoming First Lady of the US Melania Trump and son Barron will not move to the White House immediately after Presidentelect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January with both the parents wary of pulling their child out in the middle of school year.
“There’s obviously sensitivity to pulling their 10year-old out of school in the middle of the school year. A more formal statement will be coming in the future,” transition team communications director Jason Miller told reporters.
His remarks came in response to a New York Post report, which citing sources, said the President-elect’s 46-yearold wife and their son will stay put at the family’s glitzy Trump Tower penthouse so that Mr Barron can continue attending his Upper West Side private school. “Melania is extremely close to Barron, and they have become closer during the campaign,” a source close to Mr Trump’s transition team was quoted as saying.
“The campaign has been difficult for Barron, and she is really hoping to keep disruption to a minimum,” the source said.
Asked if he was planning on moving into the presidential residence, Mr Trump, while speaking to reporters in New Jersey, said “yes, White House”.
Another source quoted by The Post said Ms Melania will travel to the White House as needed, but that her primary focus is on Mr Barron.
“Melania is very supportive of her husband and is fully on board of doing everything that’s needed as first lady,” the second source was quoted as saying. The source said there is a possibility that Ms Melania and Mr Barron may move to the White House at the end of the school year, but no plans are in place.
“She is really devoted to Barron,” the daily quoted a source close to the family as saying.
Ms Melania has not relied on nannies to raise the child and is frequently seen picking the fourthgrader up from his prep school, where tuition is over $40,000, the report said. The decision to remain in their Midtown home will increase the security presence around Trump Tower.