Melania Trump Spotted At Trump Tower Instead Of Husband’s Rally

The former president’s wife, Melania Trump, made a rare public appearance when pictures were captured of her arrival at Trump Tower in New York City on Wednesday while her husband was at a rally in North Carolina.

Melania, 54, was photographed entering the iconic Manhattan skyscraper, dressed in a black-and-white striped midi dress from designer Adam Lippes, cinched with a Michael Kors belt. One of her garment bags was embroidered with the word “FLOTUS,” a nod to her former role as the First Lady of the United States. The former fashion model was accompanied by her Secret Service detail, and doormen were seen loading her luxurious Louis Vuitton luggage onto a trolley as she made her way into the building.

Melania’s public appearance comes as a surprise since she has been absent from nearly all of Trump’s campaign rallies throughout the run; however, she did attend the RNC in July. Trump has characterized his wife’s behavior as that of a “very private person” who has expressed a distaste for the Washington social-political scene.

After the attempted assassination of the former president, Melania released a statement in which she expressed her fear at the moment the bullet struck her husband, and her gratitude toward the Secret Service agents and law enforcement officials who rushed him off stage. She wrote, “Let us not forget that differing opinions, policy, and political games are inferior to love.”

Melania recently came under scrutiny at the 2024 DNC, when former White House Secretary of State Stephanie Grisham shared a screenshot of a text exchange between herself and then-First Lady Melania during the January 6 riot. In the texts, Grisham urged Melania to tweet a message calling for peaceful protests and condemning the violence, but Melania simply responded, “No.”