Former US President Donald Trump will run again in the US presidential election this year, and if things go his way, Trump and his wife Melania will become US President and First Lady at the same time for a second time in 2025. While the US election day is November 5, 2024, the vote count is January 6, 2025. will decide whether Republican nominee Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is destined for the White House.
If Trump wins, it will be the second time Donald and Melania Trump will re-enter the White House. It was in 1998 that Donald Trump and Melania Trump (then Knauss) met by chance for the first time, and as fate would have it, they later married and lived together for nearly two decades. Here’s a look at their love story and relationship timeline:
When Donald Trump first met Melania
Back in 1998, Donald Trump separated from his second wife, Marla Maples, with whom he has a daughter. Meanwhile, Melania Knaus (her maiden name) was a model of Slovenian origin. It was at a New York Fashion Week party that year, hosted by former modeling agent Paolo Zampagli, where Donald Trump first met Melania. However, the duo didn’t hit it off right away as Trump was at the party with a date. And when he asked Melania for her number, she, a little hesitant, asked him for his number. Recalling their first meeting, Melania told Harper’s Bazaar in a 2016 interview: “He wanted my number, but he had a date, so of course I didn’t give it to him. I said, “I’m not giving you my number; you give me yours and I will call you.’ I wanted to see what number he would give me—if it was a company number, “What is it? I have no business with you.’ She added that he gave her all his numbers, including “the office, Mar-a-Lago, the house in New York, everything.”
FILE PHOTO: Businessman Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump arrive for the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live (SNL) in Manhattan, New York on February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
“Struck by his energy,” Melania said in an interview, she contacted Trump a few days later, and the duo soon began dating. A year later, Trump finally divorced his second wife, Marla Maples. By the way, Donald Trump first met his second wife, Marla Maples, when he was still married to his first wife, Ivana Trump, with whom he has three children!
Separation of Donald and Melania
It was in 2000, when Donald Trump first tried his hand at presidential politics, trying to get the nomination of the Reform Party. Earlier that year, Trump said in an interview that he and Melania had parted ways. However, fate had other plans for them, and the duo got back together in February 2000 after Trump dropped out of the Reform Party race, according to reports.
When Donald Trump finally married Melania
Donald Trump and Melania attended the 2004 Met Gala together as a couple, and it was here at the glamorous event that Trump finally proposed to Melania. Of course, she agreed, and the next year the couple married at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
In 2006, Mr. and Mrs. Trump gave birth to their only child, son Barron, and became parents.
Donald and Melania Trump with their son Barron
Melania absent from Trump’s US presidential campaign in 2024?
Melania in support of Donald Trump after he survived the assassination attempt
From meeting in 1998 to marrying in 2005 to now, Donald Trump and Melania have been together for almost two decades. This is Trump’s longest marriage; his first marriage to Ivanka Trump lasted 15 years, and his second to Marla Maples lasted six years. The couple has been through a lot of ups and downs over the years and they seem to be doing well so far. However, questions were raised when Melania was seen to be largely absent from Donald Trump’s 2024 US presidential campaign. But after Trump survived the assassination attempt, Melania not only posted messages of support for her husband, but appeared alongside him on stage – a reflection of their strong 20-year bond through it all.
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