Published when Donald Trump had not yet been elected President of the US for a second time, there was still a mild interest in the life of a woman who, like other first ladies before her, did not adopt much of a public role and was not seen standing by her husband’s side at events. Now that she is the First Lady again, she has to face even more intense public scrutiny, more so when her husband is a favourite of cartoonists and meme-makers. Her huge hat that came in the way of a kiss was a meme for days.

When Melania Knauss married the twice-divorced, 24 years older Trump in 2005, the Slovenian immigrant was a successful model, still she was called a gold digger by the tabloids. She writes, with a note of anger in her words, “Countless stories about my childhood have been published, yet they often miss the mark, painting a bleak and inaccurate picture of my upbringing.

In truth, my childhood was filled with happiness, beauty and positivity, far from the typical narrative of a girl raised in a communist society.” She quite rightly points out that as an international model with top fashion brands, she had enough of her own fortune and “could have easily captured the attention of numerous celebrities........

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