{"id":87885,"date":"2024-04-05T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/melania-trump-inches-ever-so-slightly-toward-campaigning-for-her-husband\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:43:11","slug":"melania-trump-inches-ever-so-slightly-toward-campaigning-for-her-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/melania-trump-inches-ever-so-slightly-toward-campaigning-for-her-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump Inches, Ever So Slightly, Toward Campaigning for Her Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">Last month, CNN reported that <strong>Melania Trump,<\/strong> mostly absent from the campaign trail to date, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/melania-trump-reportedly-still-deciding-how-much-effort-she-wants-to-expend-helping-her-husband-get-reelected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">still deciding<\/a> how much effort she wanted to personally put in to getting <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> reelected. (\u201cIt is her decision on how much or how little she will be campaigning,\u201d a source familiar with the matter told the outlet.) Now, it appears we have an answer: The former first lady is willing to expend at least a little bit of effort helping her husband\u2019s chances\u2014particularly if she can do it without being in his presence.<\/p>\n<p>According to an invitation obtained by Politico, Melania will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/04\/melania-trump-is-back-set-to-hold-event-for-log-cabin-republicans-00150717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">host<\/a> a fundraiser this month at Mar-a-Lago to raise money for the Log Cabin Republicans, which is launching its \u201cRoad to Victory,\u201d a plan to target voters in swing states. As Politico notes, Melania has \u201clong maintained\u201d a close relationship with the group, which <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/logcabin.org\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/logcabin.org\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/logcabin.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">describes<\/a> itself as \u201cthe nation\u2019s largest Republican organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies.\u201d In 2021, she was a special guest and received an award at a dinner it hosted at Mar-a-Lago. (For his part, the ex-president recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/trump-christian-day-of-visibility-trans-rights-rcna146225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went on a tirade<\/a> over International Transgender Day of Visibility <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/donald-trump-easter-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coinciding<\/a> with Easter this year\u2014and has vowed, in a second term, to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2023\/03\/13\/trump-vows-more-school-choice-parental-rights-less-crt-trans-insanity\/11465592002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut federal funding<\/a>\u00a0for schools that promote what he calls \u201ctransgender insanity.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Melania skipped Trump\u2019s Super Tuesday victory party at Mar-a-Lago (i.e. her home) last month, and, by CNN\u2019s count, has made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/29\/politics\/melania-trump-2024-campaign-role\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just two<\/a> formal campaign appearances: when the ex-president announced his 2024 candidacy (in 2022) and when she and Trump voted in the Florida primary last month. Asked during the latter about whether she planned to do more events, she answered, \u201cStay tuned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=roSGm4FAaIE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with\u00a0<strong>Megyn Kelly<\/strong>\u00a0last year, Trump attempted to claim that Melania\u2019s absence simply spoke to her off-the-charts confidence (and not, say, her aversion to him). \u201cI think part of the beauty is that mystery,\u201d he told Kelly. \u201cShe\u2019s introspective and she\u2019s confident; she doesn\u2019t need to be interviewed by you to get ripped apart for no reason.\u00a0She doesn\u2019t need to be out there. She\u2019s got confidence; she has a lot of self-confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/melania-trump-inches-ever-so-slightly-toward-campaigning-for-her-husband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, CNN reported that Melania Trump, mostly absent from the campaign trail to date, was still deciding how much effort she wanted to personally put in to getting Donald Trump reelected. (\u201cIt is her decision on how much or how little she will be campaigning,\u201d a source familiar with the matter told the outlet.) 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