Trump, Melania trust each other blindly despite not spending time together, claims book: 'Happy to be separated'
President Donald Trump and Melania Trump have been married for over a decade, and their marriage is as "unusual" as it can get. They don't spend much time together, but their mutual trust remains unwavering.
In her new book about Melania titled 'The Art of Her Deal,' Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist Mary Jordan talks about the first couple's unconventional marriage, which doesn't impact the quality of their relationship. “[Melania's] the first call he makes after a speech or a rally, because he trusts her — he doesn’t trust many people — and she watches on TV,” Jordan wrote according to Express. “So they have a very unusual relationship, but there is a bond there: they have a deal, right from the beginning. He loves himself, he loves his job, he’s got his own life and he spends a lot of time apart from her. And she’s absolutely fine with that.”
According to Jordan, the husband and wife do not mind spending time apart as they are “happy to be separated”. “I don’t know any couple that spends as much time apart. They are often in the same building, but nowhere near each other,” Jordan added. “She rarely goes into the West Wing. She doesn’t like to golf. She has her own little spa. She likes to be isolated. She is a loner. He is a loner. They’re perfectly happy to be separated."
We reported earlier that two former employees of the Trump household, both immigrants who previously worked at Trump's New Jersey golf course, told Jordan that while visiting the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, the president and the first lady do not share the same bedroom — a ritual that reports have suggested is also followed in the White House. At the clubhouse, Trump's residence was on the second floor, while Melania and Barron had separate suites on the same floor.
Melania's suite also included a room where she enjoyed massages. Her room was often prepared with candles and music such as the sound of running water and other nature-themed calming numbers. “It’s a strange marriage,” former housekeeper Victorina Morales from Guatemala who worked at the residence from 2013 to 2018 and also personally prepared Melania's massage room, told the author. “I never saw them like a normal family, sitting together at a table, eating together, talking. Never, never, never. They spend time in the same place but they don’t interact.
She added that a typical day for Trump at the Bedminster golf club — which has long been a favorite place for his family to spend a vacation together — would be to spend the day golfing outdoors. After having lunch and dinner at the clubhouse, the POTUS might decide to join his wife and youngest son, Barron. But even then, the three would not be interacting like a close-knit family, asking each other about their day. Instead, Trump would sit on the couch, with his feet up on the coffee table, while the FLOTUS would be immersed in her computer. Barron, on the other hand, would be sitting on the floor, either watching television or playing a video game.