Donald Trump, the former US president, has responded to the rumors that his wife was having marital problems when she failed to show up for a family Christmas photo.
The majority of the Trump family, including Melania’s father and their 17-year-old son Barron, were shown in the Mar-a-Lago shot.
Melania is currently at her mother’s side at a nearby hospital, according to Trump, who was speaking to a throng at a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago home.
He verified that Melania’s mother, Amalija Knavs, 78, is “very ill,” adding that their family’s circumstances have been “tough,” as the former first lady was compelled to miss the New Year’s Eve festivities.
The former president stated that he had just gotten off the phone with Melania, who is at a Miami hospital with her ailing mother, and added, “Hopefully, she’ll be recovering.”
”It’s a tough one, a very tough one,’ Trump continued, saying Melania ‘sends her love’ to all the people gathered in Palm Beach, Florida.
‘She knows about 95 percent of the people in this room,’ he said, prompting cheers from the partygoers.
The New Year’s Eve celebration included entertainment by Vanilla Ice, who performed his greatest hits on stage while Trump stood motionless behind his chair in the middle of the ballroom.
‘The New Year’s Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago was awesome. We danced we celebrated. We had a great time,’ he said afterwards.