The first lady hasn’t been seen in public since her release from the hospital after a routine procedure.
She’s left the White House and moved back to New York City.
She’s cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller.
She’s holed up with the Obamas, working on a tell-all book about her husband — unless she had a secret nip and tuck, in which case she’s just healing.
During the two weeks since Melania Trump returned to the White House following what was described as a relatively minor surgery — a period during which she has been absent from ceremonial events like a Memorial Day wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery — conspiracy theories have flooded in to fill the void of information about the first lady’s health, and whereabouts.
The White House has released almost no information about Trump’s condition since May 14, when her spokeswoman said the first lady was undergoing a routine embolization procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center “to treat a benign kidney condition.”
Her team chose to leave unexplained her extended five-day hospital stay for a procedure that is typically completed in one, or her subsequent disappearance from events at which the public has come to expect to see her next to her husband.
The directive to reveal less, not more, has been coming straight from the first lady, according to people familiar with the situation. In contrast to her husband, who has a symbiotic relationship with the media, Melania Trump is nonplussed by any attention, people close to her said. And she views most of the questions about her health not as driven by real concern, but by nosiness. And she doesn’t care to play the game — even at the price of feeding the rumor mill.
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Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham would not say Tuesday when the news media or the public can expect to lay eyes on the first lady until at least the end of June, when the White House hosts a regular summer gathering for members of Congress. Grisham said the first lady has “had several meetings internally with staff, and will continue to do so this week. We are focusing on her initiatives, and also some longer-term planning for events, such as the congressional picnic and Fourth of July.”
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I really wish we could hear less about Trump and more about the First Lady.
I don’t blame her for wanting to stay out of the public eye, particularly since her recent medical procedure. She is correct. The media doesn’t care about her health and well being. They are just looking for gossip.
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