10 Interesting Facts About Melania Trump

Interesting Facts (9)

1. #001

   Broke with a tradition dating to 1952 by not asking Jill Biden, who succeeded her as U.S. first lady, to the White House for the customary meeting and tour of the presidential residence.

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2. #002

   In the mid-1990s, before she became Mrs. Trump, she shared a place in Paris with Swedish model Victoria Silvstedt while both were struggling to get by.

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3. #003

   According to Stephanie Winston Wolkoff ("Melania and Me") and Mary Jordan ("The Art of her Deal"), no one has heard her speak any language other than English and Slovenian, apart from "Bonjour" and a few similar basic phrases.

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4. #004

   For three years, comedian Lauren LoGiudice performed a Melania Trump impression on the standup circuit and in online comedy videos.

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5. #005

   Drawing on what that impersonation taught her, LoGiudice wrote a book called Inside Melania: What I Know About Melania Trump by Impersonating Her.

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6. #006

   LoGiudice argues that Melania Trump's silence makes it easier to mold her public image around Donald Trump's needs.

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7. #007

   Mary Jordan's book The Art of Her Deal alleges that Melania Trump put off moving to the White House in order to strengthen her hand in renegotiating her prenup.

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8. #008

   Jordan's book also claims Melania Trump wanted Barron to be treated the same as the first three Trump siblings.

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9. #009

   LoGiudice dismisses the notion that Melania Trump is a covert subversive force inside the White House, saying that fantasy is very far from the truth.

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10. #010

    USA Today reported on July 29, 2016, that Melania Trump's personal website had been taken down. Her biography there had stated that she earned a "degree in design and architecture at University in Slovenia," but a biographer challenged the claim, suggesting she never finished her studies. The Wayback Machine at www.archive.org preserves a 2012 snapshot of the site showing the now-disputed statement.

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