Melania Trump, former and incoming First Lady, said in… Interview airs Monday She planned to live and work full-time in the White House during Donald J. Trump’s second term, prompting speculation about whether she would be a regular presence in Washington.
Mrs. Trump told “Fox & Friends” that she would travel as needed to New York, her old home where she regularly stayed during Trump’s first term, and his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, which became Trump’s resort. Official residence status.
“When I need to be in New York, I’ll be in New York,” she said. “When I want to be in Palm Beach, I’ll be in Palm Beach. But my first priority is, you know, being a mother, being a first lady, being a wife.”
Mrs. Trump offered some hints about her potential role in a second Trump White House. She said she would continue her Be Best campaign, a program targeting youth mental health issues and social media use, and said she was still hiring staff for her office — people she said wouldn’t have “their own agenda.”
Mrs. Trump did not immediately move to the White House when her husband was inaugurated in 2017, but she said the second move would be more routine.
“This time I have everything,” she said. “I have plans. I can move in. I’ve already packed my things. I’ve already chosen what furniture to bring in.”
The Fox interview came as Ms. Trump has increased her public profile after largely disappearing from public view following Mr. Trump’s 2020 defeat.
Mrs. Trump released a series of videos this fall, ahead of the publication of her memoir, “Melania.” Amazon said earlier this month that its streaming service would release a documentary about Mrs. Trump’s life, which began filming in December. Mrs. Trump will be an executive producer of the film, which is scheduled to be released in theaters and on streaming services in the second half of the year.
“I feel like people may not have accepted me,” Mrs. Trump told Fox. “They didn’t understand me the way they might understand me now. And I didn’t get a lot of support.”
She said some people might have considered her “just the president’s wife.”
She added: “But I stand on my own two feet, independent.” “I have my own ideas. I have my yeses and nos. I don’t always agree with what my husband says or does. And that’s okay.”
When asked whether President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed the order during the transition, Mrs. Trump avoided talking about whether she had interacted with them.
“They are still living there and will be moving out on January 20,” she said. She said there were only five hours to get the Biden family and the Trump family out, “so everything has to be planned to the minute.”