Another source familiar with Melania Trump’s mental state said, “She just wants to go home.” Asked how the first lady would feel about the rumors her husband might announce in the 2024 bid, the source added: “It won’t go well.”
The first lady quietly brought Marcia Lee Kelly to her Scand East Wing staff in April as a special government employee who could add gravity and experience. He is unpaid and serves in the capacity of a volunteer but his job as a special adviser to Trump proved to be as helpful as the months of his first-term tenure.
Kelly previously ran the White House Office of Fees Administration and it became clear she would need to prepare for her life after Trump and Washington. The first lady politely asked Kelly to acquaintances in the West Wing and a member of the Office Fees Management and Budget. According to two sources familiar with the discussion, the funds allocated to the former first ladies.
The short answer is no. While there are post-presidential permissions for the chief outgoing commander for such matters, a budget to establish an official office and staff and meet some travel expenses, nothing from the government for the first lady, a પે 20,000-a-year pension to save a pallet, which her Paid only if the husband dies.
Intel – which Kelly has collected on a budget by Kelly – which is not the case there, has not stopped Trump from turning to energy and Washington to Washington. According to discussions with three familiar sources, an inventory of Trump’s own furniture and art and personal items is currently being taken at the White House.
And the first lady focuses too much on her legacy of late. One thing Trump is considering is a book, although that may not be a memento – post-White House writing, whose tradition most women cling to. Michelle Obama’s memoirs, “Be Bec King”, and Laura Bush’s memoirs, “Spoken from the Heart,” were largely bestsellers.
Instead, according to a source in the publishing industry familiar with Trump’s initial discussions, focusing on writing a photo-centric coffee table book about the history of White House hospitality or perhaps a design project focused on the first lady when he created the first lady. . Trump reports that one of the last things most first ladies did before leaving office was to choose the official China service of administration.
“Mrs. Trump is focused on her role as the first lady. On Monday she unveiled her current efforts in defending the White House by announcing the closure of the tennis pavilion. She also recently unveiled a new piece of art in the newly renovated Rose Garden. “Christmas Decor has just been revealed. Her schedule is full of duties as a mother, wife and first lady of the United States,” Stephanie Grisham, the first female chief of staff, told CNN.
Easy transition
Trump is now focused on Mar-a-Lago, a source said, adding that moving out of Washington guarantees an easy transition for himself and his 14-year-old son, Baron, to whom a source confirms he finished his school year in Florida. Will and No Posh He has attended the Maryland Public School for the past three years. Trump has yet to admit, while Melania Trump is already overseeing a shipment of personal belongings to Mar-a-Lago from the White House in New York City and her Trump Tower penthouse, resort sources confirmed to CNN.
Tham Kannalikham, interior decorator Trump hired to redesign the individual quarters of the White House executive residence in 2017, when they moved, had been focused on Trump’s “home” in Mar-a-Lago for the past several weeks, a source said. . It includes painting, overseeing new fabrics and providing assistance for an aesthetic facelift for the space that will now be the family’s permanent residence.
Minor renovations are also taking place in the bathrooms, although nothing large can be built on the property without a tedious permission process, as Mar-a-Lago is a national or historical landmark and permission to change or add opacity by the city council. Furthermore unlikely. According to sources, minor updates were planned before the election.
For families living in many of Manhattan’s penthouse structures, such as reflecting Trump’s Trump Tower residence, they will significantly reduce living in Mar-a-Lago, which is why First Lady is now becoming more organized in private quarters, where, like the White House, , She has her own bedroom suite and dressing room. The Mar-a-Lago building consists of approximately 3,000 square feet of the main building of the property, which is a generous amount for many families, but the 55,000 square feet is the respective studio apartment after living in the White House mansion.
“It would be nice to stay in a nice hotel full time,” said Lure Rance Leimer, author of “Marn-a-Lago: In Gas Power in Power at Donald Trump’s Presidential Palace.” “It’s good for a little bit, sure, but can you imagine Donald Trump just sitting there for six months of the year? It seems to be limiting very quickly.”
Not to mention the steady influx of club members who would wander from the pool to the dining room every time through the East President’s door, or into the patio at the spa.
“That would be a strange thing,” Lamar said, suggesting that if he claims to be as rich as Trump, he should close the club and keep the whole mansion as his home.
A source familiar with the preparations for Trump’s arrival in January said that Mar-a-Lago currently has “indeed a comprehensive secret service presence” as security elements are being assessed for Trump’s long-term protection.
Melania Trump sees Mar-a-Lago as a peaceful relief from the sun, solitude and self-care.
“Her parents have a lot of rooms there too, not far from the family part,” said Lamar, who has spent enough time in Mar-a-Lago as a guest of many members. Trump’s parents, Victor and Amalija Knews, often live in Mar-a-Lago, and have been with their daughter Donald Trump for two decades.
Even the first lady knows that Mar-e-Lago is a place where her husband can find the sliver of admiration he has now spent four years in public view.
“He knows he’s not the type of former president who would turn to a quiet life to write his memoirs or take oil paintings,” said a source referring to the post-White House habits of Barack Obama and George. W. Bush.
“Members will promote his ego,” Lemmer added, noting the loyalty of the Palm Beach group, which is associated with Mar-a-Lago, many of which supported Trump during his presidency.
A familiar source adds to the club’s rituals when Trump makes one of his frequent visits “always” involves playing “God Bless America” when Trump and Melania enter the Trump dinner room or outside patio.
“It’s … weird,” the source told Mark-a-Lago’s Night Lounge singer about how to show a patriotic song from Jazz-up rendrew L’Ed Webber’s ambient playlist, and everyone stands up when Trump comes down to dinner. .
At a Georgia rally on Saturday, Trump told the crowd he would look forward to life after the White House in Mar-a-Lago.
“I’ll go to Florida … I’ll take it easy,” he said.
Melania Trump’s future efforts
Speaking of the official Trump China, the first lady recently chose patterns and colors for hundreds of place settings, which is the standard procedure for an outgoing first lady.
China has traditionally been at the White House as part of the official collection of presidential administrations and, as President James Monroe could be used by the future administration. However, a source familiar with the order said Melania did not rely on the White House Historical Association to select the tab for the Trump set, which is not necessary, but is an option.
The last administration not to use White House Historical Associations’ funds for official China was Reagans, the source notes, confirming that the association was “not involved in the Trump China-related acquisition project.”
A full official administration of China service is not a cheap attempt.
Obama China, launched in 2011, was delivered in 2015, a color inspired by Hawaii’s blue water. Each of the 11 pieces had 320 settings, valued at more than 11,000. Laura Bush’s choice of China was a total of 50,000 pieces and she was also good at six figures. (Bush ordered additional, less formal formal 75-location settings for use in private residence recreation that were not paid for by the White House Historical Association.)
Melania Trump has chosen to borrow place settings from the official Clinton China, most commonly prepared for White House events, including two dinners hosted by Trump. The selected props when Hillary Clinton was first lady are ornate, shiny gold plates and 300-place settings of dishware.
Whether or not Trump’s personal choice reflects the ambiguity of the Trump era will only tell the future.
Jamie Gangle of CNN contributed to this report.
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