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OmegaX

(42 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:38 AM Thursday

Melania Reportedly Considering Moving Out ...

...After Report She & Trump Live ‘Separate’ Lives— ‘She’s Done’

What a shock...

https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1234969205/trump-melania-live-together/

...“D.C. was always temporary in her mind,” the insider said. “Melania is a New York woman.” The source explained, while Melania will continue to travel regularly to Florida (where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is based in Palm Beach), she’s planning to make New York City her home base.

Another reason Melania is considering moving back to New York City is her reported plan to launch a lifestyle and luxury brand called Melania, which will include premium fragrances, skincare, luxury home goods, fashion items, and more collectibles, according to Shuter’s source. “This is about turning Melania into a global luxury brand,” the insider said. “New York is where that happens—not Washington.”

The source continued, “She’s done being decorative. This is about control, creativity, and cash.”

Shuter’s post also comes after Michael Wolff told “The Daily Beast Podcast” in May 2025 that Melania and Trump “live separate lives.” A source also told People in January 2026 that the couple have very “little interaction” outside of their public appearances together. “There is little interaction between them, just what is expected,” the insider said. ”Then they go back to doing their own thing.”

The source also claimed that Melania and Trump have their own “quarters in the White House,” and that Melania “leads her own life and joins him when appropriate.” The insider also reported that Melania typically “keeps to herself” when the couple are in Palm Beach for work, though she does accompany her husband to dinner “on occasion.”

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Melania Reportedly Considering Moving Out ... (Original Post) OmegaX Thursday OP
May the Melania TRUMP luxury brand fail miserably n/t luv2fly Thursday #1
Bezos will secretly buy up the stock BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #8
Better hurry. Once Trump is out of office, no one will fund the grift Raven123 Thursday #2
Fashion items? SheltieLover Thursday #3
Trump will be one of the richest men in the world when he leaves office. Irish_Dem Thursday #4
She is too lazy to put in the work needed to do this. Irish_Dem Thursday #5
Bezos will manage it for her. Lonestarblue Thursday #17
Yes he will keep the money flow going for Madam. Irish_Dem Thursday #23
Sounds like someone who is idlely rich is bored Tim S Thursday #6
Since others have... 2naSalit Thursday #7
1st term- when she was in Pootin's presence get the red out Thursday #34
Yeah sure... been hearing that for ten years. And somehow that power hungry MAGA monster sticks with him. Takket Thursday #9
LOL. Pretty obvious that Michael Wolff is the source for this... hlthe2b Thursday #10
When was she ever in DC to now "move out" DUMember24 Thursday #11
Her son Delarage Thursday #13
Probably so she can flee the country easier Captain Zero Thursday #36
What a waste of potential to do something good Ilsa Thursday #12
Trouble in paradise? twodogsbarking Thursday #14
I think they should call her line of crap "Bribe" mdbl Thursday #15
How about Triple S? Slovenian Sex Worker. Botany Thursday #20
they haven't been together for years. Javaman Thursday #16
She's rather long in the tooth to sell "modeling"... 3catwoman3 Thursday #18
Ha! Good luck with that. She is about to become a pariah. Joinfortmill Thursday #19
Nah lonely bird Thursday #22
She could come clean about what happened with Epstein AllyCat Thursday #21
Oh no! Who will oversee the next round of hideous White House Christmas decorations? tanyev Thursday #24
Sounds like she knows the time is coming soon newdeal2 Thursday #25
"decorative"??? niyad Thursday #26
The smell was getting too much for her. Doodley Thursday #27
She's getting a little too old to pose in the nude again... CTyankee Thursday #28
I don't care, do u? sinkingfeeling Thursday #29
She's got $28M of Bezos money in her pocket now underpants Thursday #30
The skin care line will be called "Emoluments." Scrivener7 Thursday #31
She's almost never there anyway Johnny2X2X Thursday #32
Wonder if she'll set up JustAnotherGen Thursday #33
The smell of rotten roast beef is too rich for her? C_U_L8R Thursday #35
Does it matter? OC375 Thursday #37
One of my favorite Billy Joel songs DFW Thursday #38
Dem First Ladies are held to the highest standard NCDem47 Thursday #39
Yeah, but she's white so it's okay MustLoveBeagles Thursday #41
Is she coming back for the, well, funeral? twodogsbarking Thursday #40
Party's over. Putin called. usonian Thursday #42
Get ready for the second Melania documentary, covering six days in Melania's life struggle4progress Thursday #43
She didn't live Greg_In_SF Thursday #44
Is she still keeping a lover in Manhattan? nt City Lights Thursday #45

Irish_Dem

(80,603 posts)
4. Trump will be one of the richest men in the world when he leaves office.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:07 AM
Thursday

Stealing US and world resources is a lucrative haul.

But this is not enough for madam Melania.

Irish_Dem

(80,603 posts)
5. She is too lazy to put in the work needed to do this.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:09 AM
Thursday

So she is perhaps just going to sell her name to someone else to create and run the company.
She hopes a rich investor buys it right away.

Or it is a way for Putin and US enemies to launder the cash they send her.

Tim S

(124 posts)
6. Sounds like someone who is idlely rich is bored
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:24 AM
Thursday

And needs a new way to kill time while burning money

2naSalit

(101,499 posts)
7. Since others have...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:33 AM
Thursday

Taken on the role of handler for pootin, she can retire her role as 'the wife'.

I can hardly wait for her trials to begin. I hope I live to see that.

get the red out

(14,007 posts)
34. 1st term- when she was in Pootin's presence
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:32 AM
Thursday

I remember seeing her and Trump officially greeting/being greeted by Pootin (I can't recall if it was here or in Moscow) and my first thought was "that woman is scared to death". I figured she was worried that she would get a bad "performance evaluation", which would be far more serious than with most supervisors.

Takket

(23,589 posts)
9. Yeah sure... been hearing that for ten years. And somehow that power hungry MAGA monster sticks with him.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:12 AM
Thursday

hlthe2b

(113,433 posts)
10. LOL. Pretty obvious that Michael Wolff is the source for this...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:32 AM
Thursday

That said, I don't care, do you?

DUMember24

(101 posts)
11. When was she ever in DC to now "move out"
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:38 AM
Thursday

Thought NY is where she reportedly was all the time...to be near her son while in school. She never made a point to pretend she was in DC. Not sure why this is new info for "the source" to be reporting on unless they're implying a legal separation or divorce - which would be old speculation.

Delarage

(2,557 posts)
13. Her son
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:08 AM
Thursday

Is going to school in NY to be near her (or the MONEY), I'm sure. If he chose to go to school in Idaho, I doubt she'd be so doting as to move there to be with him.

Unless she's still rubbing his body down with fish oil crap after his baths---like she did when he was 7+ years old. They're a strange family.....

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1131129/melania-trump-news-donald-trump-japan-first-lady-twitter-pictures-barron-spt

Captain Zero

(8,833 posts)
36. Probably so she can flee the country easier
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:43 AM
Thursday

As more and more Epstein perfidy emerges, and that could lead to her being more connected to it all.

Ilsa

(64,127 posts)
12. What a waste of potential to do something good
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:04 AM
Thursday

in the world. She, Baron, the other Trump lugnuts are a waste of carbon, pushing more consumerism, more fancy junk.

mdbl

(8,423 posts)
15. I think they should call her line of crap "Bribe"
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:23 AM
Thursday

That's how she got the money to start it all.

Botany

(76,881 posts)
20. How about Triple S? Slovenian Sex Worker.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:35 AM
Thursday

Nobody is gonna buy that crap except members of the International Crime Ring that Trump is
part of or the fossil fuel industries.

3catwoman3

(29,076 posts)
18. She's rather long in the tooth to sell "modeling"...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:30 AM
Thursday

…(aka soft porn) photos anymore, so gotta make a buck somehow.

“Luxury brand” my ass. Based on her taste, whatever she hawks will be expensive but ugly and tacky. Luxury price tags only.

lonely bird

(2,855 posts)
22. Nah
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:38 AM
Thursday

I wish but it won’t happen. There are enough wealthy and morally vacant people out there who like being celebrity adjacent that she will have a relatively soft landing at least for a while.

The sickness of celebrity worship in this country is amazing.

tanyev

(48,968 posts)
24. Oh no! Who will oversee the next round of hideous White House Christmas decorations?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:57 AM
Thursday

😮

newdeal2

(5,128 posts)
25. Sounds like she knows the time is coming soon
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:58 AM
Thursday

She better set herself up now because she’s not getting anything more than what’s in the prenup and he will probably try to screw her out of that too

CTyankee

(67,996 posts)
28. She's getting a little too old to pose in the nude again...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:05 AM
Thursday

I'd post the photos but I don't think I should...

Johnny2X2X

(23,916 posts)
32. She's almost never there anyway
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:23 AM
Thursday

Moving out means something different to these global elites who own property all over the world.

OC375

(608 posts)
37. Does it matter?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:46 AM
Thursday

People in that space travel the planet at will, and can buy/rent one of thousands of vacant luxury properties anywhere, anytime. “Moving” is a highly subjective term in this instance. Perhaps “distancing” would be more appropriate?

NCDem47

(3,385 posts)
39. Dem First Ladies are held to the highest standard
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:05 AM
Thursday

My GOD how we heard about the daily inner workings of the Clintons, Obamas and Bidens.

Here with the Trumps? Zero. Zilch. Nada. "Nothing to see here! All-American couple!"

And while we're on Melania...who long has she been in the U.S? 30 years? Right Wing bitches and moans about immigrants and foreigners and Melania sounds like she can barely form basic English sentences.

usonian

(24,371 posts)
42. Party's over. Putin called.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:48 PM
Thursday

Preparations are being made.
For the last ride.




To the landfill.

struggle4progress

(125,850 posts)
43. Get ready for the second Melania documentary, covering six days in Melania's life
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:53 PM
Thursday

as she decides what her second documentary will cover!

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