Melania Trump has been furiously mocked online after admitting she would split her time between the White House and New York City to care for her 18-year-old son Barron.
The 54-year-old wife of the sitting president is reportedly trying to stay out of the spotlight during husband Donald’s second term, with many insiders claiming Melania will take on a ‘part-time’ First Lady role.
Melania has been virtually invisible throughout the 2024 race and it appears her reluctance to pursue a political life will continue into the newly elected president’s second term.
Melania appears to want to avoid the chaos surrounding DC, with reports that she will only make occasional visits to the White House.
After Donald is inaugurated in January, Melania will split her time between Florida and Manhattan, spending most of her time in the Big Apple, where Barron attends college.
Although the former model is shying away from her duties as First Lady, she will focus full-time on mothering their son, who is enrolled at New York University’s Stern School of Business.
While her 18-year-old may be eager to run around Manhattan, Melania appears to be keeping a tight leash on her son, a move that has sparked a wave of backlash from people telling her to “cut the umbilical cord.”
After it was revealed that the mother wasn’t ready to give her son a taste of freedom, people flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to furiously tease Melania as many accused her of ‘smothering’ her child.
Melania Trump has been furiously mocked online after admitting she would split her time between the White House and New York City to care for her 18-year-old son Barron
One person said, “He’s an adult at NYU… any other woman following her son to college would be laughed at for suffocating her adult man child… but the clapping seals will applaud this as a good thing. Foreign.’
Another user added: ‘Barron is studying lol.’
Someone else wrote: ‘Why does an 18 year old need a full-time mother?’
A fourth person commented: ‘Isn’t he an adult? Get a hobby lady.’
“That boy is studying – let him live!” wrote one user.
‘Mind you, Barron is in college and an adult. She just doesn’t want to be with Donald any more than she has to,” one commenter chimed in.
Another added: “Barron is in college now. Cut the umbilical cord, Melania!!”
Melania will reportedly be the First Lady on “her terms” and will split her time between the three cities, a Mar-a-Lago source told the newspaper. New York Post.
People flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to furiously tease Melania as many accused her of ‘smothering’ the 18-year-old.
The source told the newspaper: “Melania will be a part-time first lady, while being a full-time mother and wife.”
Although the Trump family lives primarily in their home in Mar-a-Lago, they still maintain their residence in Trump Tower in Manhattan, where Barron lives while taking classes at NYU.
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that Barron would be attending NYU in September.
Donald told DailyMail.com: “He got accepted into a lot of colleges. He’s a very smart guy and he goes to Stern, the business school, a great school at NYU.”
Barron graduated from the prestigious Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach in May.
He has supported his father in his presidential race, appearing at a Trump campaign rally in Miami on July 9, where he confidently mirrored his father’s fist-pumping stance and received a standing ovation.
Four days later, he was not present when gunman Thomas Crooks tried to kill his father.
However, Donald revealed that his son saw the horrific events unfold live on television.
Melania (pictured with Barron in 2016) appears to be avoiding the chaos surrounding DC
While the 18-year-old’s father loves the spotlight, his mother has revealed she takes a very different approach
He did not attend the subsequent Republican National Convention, but received a shout-out from his father at the July 18 event when he told the delighted convention-goers, “We love our Barron.”
While the 18-year-old’s father enjoys the spotlight, his mother has revealed she takes a very different approach.
In her memoir, published last month, Melania wrote how much she values her privacy.
“I have chosen to maintain a more discreet presence in the public eye, in stark contrast to Donald,” she wrote.
‘I have always valued my privacy and have opted for a more selective lifestyle.’