During the presidential campaign, Melania Trump largely stayed out of the public eye. She missed a number of events, including his Super Tuesday primary election victory party and was absent from the courtroom amid his legal cases such as his criminal hush money trial in New York.

Her absence came as there has long been speculation about the couple’s relationship, with the media and critics frequently speculating about her whereabouts.

What to Know

The account PatriotTakes, which generally takes a critical stance toward Trump, shared a clip of Melania Trump at the presidential address to Congress, where she appeared to be pursing her mouth or wincing as her husband was speaking.

The clip quickly went viral and had been viewed almost 300,000 times at the time of reporting.

Melania was doing that lip thing again https://t.co/0OVv5hUBla pic.twitter.com/tuYnTxf1E7

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) March 5, 2025

The caption for the photo read, “Melania was doing that lip thing again.” On January 25, PatriotTakes posted an identical video that showed Melania making the same lip motion as Trump spoke.

The caption for this photo read: “Today on the California tarmac, Melania was making some odd lip movements. It was almost like wincing. I hope everything is going well. As of reporting, 5 million people had viewed it.

Other accounts, however, posted videos of Melania Trump grinning and applauding during the presidential address. A video of Trump pointing at Melania Trump and her grinning was shared by the account FLOTUS Report, which frequently posts news and updates about the president. The caption read, “This is so cute.” When President Trump spots Melania in the crowd, he smiles and gestures toward her. More than 63,000 people have viewed this post.

This is so cute. President Trump sees Melania in the crowd and points to her and smiles 🥰 pic.twitter.com/7l19dKTduT

— FLOTUS Report (@MELANIAJTRUMP) March 5, 2025

In the speech, Trump declared that the United States would “reclaim the Panama Canal,” that he would enact reciprocal tariffs on April 2, and that he needed Greenland for “international world security, and I think we’re going to get it.” We will obtain it in one form or another.

What Individuals Are Saying
“I just feel that people didn’t accept me maybe, they didn’t understand me the way maybe they do now,” Melania Trump said in an interview with Fox News about her first four years as first lady prior to Trump’s inauguration. And I had very little help. I’m independent, stand on my own two feet, have my own opinions, and have my own “yes” and “no.” Perhaps some people only see me as the president’s wife.

Next Steps
Melania Trump will probably continue to captivate the public, and videos of her at events might continue to go viral on social media.

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