Melania Trump reportedly spent some of her time as First Lady meeting with lawyers to discuss her prenuptial agreements with former President Donald Trump.
According to Katie Rogers’ new book, which sheds light on Melania’s tenure as First Lady, the 53-year-old rarely visited her office in the East Wing. Due to a lack of use, White House staff opted to convert the space into a “swag room” for gifting.
Stephanie Grisham, a prominent First Lady adviser, spoke with Rogers about her time with Melania for her new book, “American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden,”
According to Grisham, Melania spent much of her time as First Lady consulting with lawyers to review her assets and discuss pre- and postnuptial arrangements with her husband.
Another journalist, a Washington Post reporter, discussed the prenup in her biography of Melania, “The Art of Her Deal.” She said that Melania used her position as First Lady at the time to renegotiate the agreement and protect her son, Barron.
Jordan sent a letter to the Daily Mail, stating: “She wanted proof in writing that when it came to financial opportunities and inheritance, Barron would be treated as more of an equal to Trump’s oldest three children.”
According to a recent Page Six source, Melania has renegotiated her marital arrangement for at least the third time. However, their source stated that the negotiations are not because she intends to leave Trump or relocate.
Jordan stated in her book that Melania merely wanted to ensure Barron’s “rightful share of inheritance” was secured.
“According to three people close to Trump, a key reason was that she had finally reached a new and significantly improved financial agreement with Trump, which had left her in a noticeably better financial position,” Jordan stated in an email. “Those sources did not know precisely what she sought, but it was not simply more money.”
Rogers offered more information regarding the prenuptial agreement renegotiation, stating that it has been happening since the beginning of and throughout Trump’s presidency. Grisham informed her that Melania had “separate finances,” which were closely monitored.
A spokeswoman for Melania spoke with Rogers about the prenup. They disputed the renegotiations, but admitted that she had spoken with her attorney.
“Mrs. Trump had a successful career before meeting her husband, and she has always owned her own businesses and assets.” According to the Daily Mail, the spokesman stated that she regularly consults with her counsel as an experienced professional.
Melania’s renegotiation was apparently timed to coincide with Trump’s recent legal struggles. It was also presumably driven by his anticipated battle with President Joe Biden for a second term in office.
According to a source on Page Six, this deal was required due to the legal fights that [Donald] has faced. The source stated at the time that “Trump remains very rich, but with mounting legal bills and judgments,” and that the renegotiated prenup would assure a “solid future” for Melania and her son.
“It’s not that [Melania] threatened to leave him,” the insider stated. “It’s definitely the underlying idea.”
Trump currently owes hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of his court disputes. After the E. Jean Carroll trial, the former president was fined more than $83 million for slander. In the fraud case brought against him by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, he was fined $355 million and forbidden from conducting business in New York for the next three years.
According to author Rogers’ upcoming book, aides could only recall Melania walking from the second-floor White House residence down to her East Wing office on two occasions: one in response to a meeting request made by then-aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, and the other “occurred when she was nearby and felt like surprising her staff.”
Melania supposedly only visited her office in the East Wing twice, so White House staff decided to convert it into a “swag room” where they could wrap and store gifts because her “desk was the only empty surface large enough for gift assemblage.”
In her book, Rogers revealed that the gifts kept in Melania’s office included keychains and coins with First Lady themes, bowls with the White House etched on them, a variety of pewter dishes, robes for Executive Residence guests, leather desk sets, golf balls, golf towels, crystal bookends, and crystal rattles.
Melania frequently sent gifts to Trump’s friends and associates.