Melania imagined being First Lady while still dating Trump 20 years ago in 1999 interview
First Lady Melania Trump had spoken at length with ABC News years before her husband secured the highest office in America. At the time, she was a supermodel dating real estate mogul Donald Trump, who would later become the president of the United States. During the interview, the outlet asked her what she thought about being in the White House someday. Melania said that, if she ever became the First Lady, she "would be very traditional, like Jackie Kennedy and Betty Ford."
Following a photo shoot in New York City for a North Shore Animal League America campaign on December 3, 1999, the Slovenian supermodel, who was 26 at the time and was named Melania Knauss, sat down with ABC News correspondent Don Dahler and discussed her life. Melania had met the real estate tycoon the year before during a party at the New York Fashion Week.