Melania Trump Criticized for Promoting Memoir While Being ‘Barely’ Visible on Campaign Trail
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On Oct. 8, Melania Trump is finally sharing her memoir, Melania, with the world during a crucial time in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. She’s busy promoting the book while her husband is trying to win the White House again, and not everyone loves her timing.
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Fox News personality Howard Kurtz criticized the former first lady on Sunday, Sept. 29 because she had “barely been visible in this campaign,” per Newsweek. Fox News analyst Kat Timpf agreed with Kurtz calling it “very odd timing” to be so absent since Election Day is just 36 days away. Melania is a popular figure in the Republican Party and as Kurtz noted, “When she speaks, I feel like I listen because she doesn’t speak often.” Her voice could be an important one for the close election, but Melania prefers to promote her own projects.
Melania’s former BFF and adviser Stephanie Winston Wolkoff told the Associated Press on Sept. 25 that the former first lady has likely scheduled her calendar this way on purpose. “She is capitalizing on the time she has left before the election. Her (market) value is gone if she is no longer a prospective first lady,” Wolkoff explained. “If Harris wins, I believe people will want to move on.” The GOP wants her on the road, but Melania found another way to keep herself firmly planted in New York City and away from the campaign trail.
Barron, 18, went to New York University this fall, but he didn’t leave home to do it. “I could not say I’m an empty nester. I don’t feel that way,” Melania Fox News Channel‘s Ainsley Earhardt on Thursday, Sept. 2. “It was his decision to come here that he wants to be in New York and study in New York and live in his home, and I respect that.” So, Melania is still helping her son navigate this next chapter in his life since he’s opted out of the college dorms.
Melania has found a way to also opt out of Donald Trump’s campaign even though the former president promised to NBC News in September 2023 that she would be joining him on the road when “it’s appropriate.” He added, “She’s a private person, a great person, a very confident person, and she loves our country very much.” Melania may love the U.S., but it doesn’t sound like she wants to serve as first lady again.
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