She is making herself scarce again: What is Melania Trump actually doing?

She is making herself scarce again What is Melania Trump actually doing? 26.02.2025, 15:25

Donald Trump has been causing a stir every day since his return to the White House. His wife Melania, meanwhile, has been a scarce presence after her much-noticed appearance at her husband's inauguration. Behind the scenes, she is doing her own thing.

At her husband's inauguration, she made headlines with her hat, which almost looked like a kiss barrier against Donald Trump. But while the old and new US president has been setting off a fireworks display of political initiatives after his return to the White House, things have gone pretty quiet around Melania Trump. She is rarely seen in public.

But she is not said to be idle. According to US media, she is working on her own projects. This includes a documentary for Amazon Prime Video, which is about none other than herself.

"Melania was busy filming her documentary, and that took place in several locations," People magazine quoted an unnamed insider as saying. Brett Ratner is directing the film, and Melania Trump is executive producing alongside Fernando Sulichin. An official release date has not yet been announced. However, according to Variety magazine, the film is set to be released in the second half of 2025.

She stays "for herself"

An informant told "People" that the 54-year-old's withdrawal from the spotlight "should not be a surprise, because that's just the way she lives." Melania Trump has her own ideas about what she wants to do. "She will never be a traditional First Lady. That's not who she is."

Donald Trump's wife stayed at both Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach and the White House last month, but did not spend any significant time in an official capacity, the insider continued. She largely leads "her own life" but is at her husband's side "when appropriate." She usually keeps "to herself" at the Palm Beach property and only "occasionally" accompanies Donald Trump to dinner.

On February 22, 2025, Melania Trump made a rare appearance at a dinner for state governors at the White House. She was last seen with Donald Trump on January 24, when they visited disaster areas in North Carolina and California.

In addition to her documentary, the First Lady is said to be pursuing another project behind the scenes. In January, she told "Fox & Friends" that she wants to revive and expand her "Be Best" initiative, which she launched during her first term in May 2018 as an awareness campaign to help children fight online bullying and the opioid epidemic. She hopes that streaming platforms will support her in this, she said.