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2025-08-11 16:25:08Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Melania Trump's "invisible" return, how is it influencing the US
Melania and Donald Trump

Michele Farina – Corriere della Sera

Now even the British government's strategists, their political forecasters and interpreters, tasked with understanding the desires and movements of the most powerful man in the world, are convinced: the influencer who has the most influence on Donald Trump is Melania.

It was she, the silent, almost always absent woman, who during the first five months of the presidency, according to some sources, spent only one night in the White House, preferring to stay in New York and deal with her life, taking care of her son, Barron.

The European Melania, 55, the second Catholic first lady in the White House after Jacqueline Kennedy and perhaps the only one born (in Slovenia) under a communist regime, albeit independent of Moscow, like the Yugoslav one, is the most influential figure (if one can say there is one) in Trump's circle, capable of influencing, perhaps temporarily or indirectly, the man she herself, many years ago, called with a slightly strange expression that made Americans laugh: "the Donald."

Anonymous sources within the British government have told The Guardian newspaper that yes, it is true that among world leaders, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is the one who has earned the most respect from the American president, but ultimately, "she is what matters."

Who matters is Melania. Almost a month ago, the Ukrainians had figured this out, calling her “agent Trumpenko,” after “the Donald” confessed to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that his wife had influenced his change of attitude towards Vladimir Putin’s goodwill: “I go home and tell Melania about the good conversations I had with the Russian leader, and she says to me: ‘Really? They just bombed a nursing home in Ukraine…’”

In those days, the media contacted the Slovenian Foreign Minister, Tanja Fajon: “I don’t know exactly how much influence Melania has on the president, but it’s nice to know that the First Lady is on the side of Slovenia and Ukraine.”

Slovenia was also the first European country, in early August, to announce a ban on arms sales to Israel due to the war in Gaza. Regarding the humanitarian tragedy that the Palestinian people are experiencing, in recent weeks, “the Donald”, who once shocked the world with the idea of a “riviera” in Gaza, has admitted, at least in words, that people in the Gaza Strip are dying of hunger.

Even in this case, the president publicly mentioned the woman and her sensitivity: “Melania doesn’t take sides, she’s a bit like me: she just wants people to stop dying.” On July 27, when Israel claimed that the photos of malnutrition were “fake,” Trump responded that the images could not be anything but real.

Now, the main source of these revelations about Melania's political influence is her husband himself, who may have an interest (even electoral) in presenting a family picture where the housewife has value, even though she remains in the traditional role: the "macho" man who deals with serious matters and the sensitive woman who thinks about the dying children.

On the other hand, Melania herself, earlier this year during an interview with Fox & Friends, emphasized her independence: "I have my yeses and my noes. I don't always agree with my husband. I give him my advice, sometimes he listens to me, sometimes he doesn't. And that's okay."

But for professional observers, such as British government forecasters and analysts of diplomacy around the world, this situation is far from easy. It’s hard to monitor such a disparate pair: the endlessly talking “Donald” and the invisible “Melania”; the egocentric who seeks the spotlight and the enigmatic First Lady who avoids the spotlight. There are many signals from the man, and almost none from the woman. In the end, except after the fact, it’s hard to know what’s really going on in their minds.


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