She hadn't really spoken since January 2021, when she and her husband Donald left the White House without welcoming their successors Joe and Jill Biden. Former First Lady Melania Trump gave her first interview since the end of her mandate, to Fox News, a conservative channel on which the former president, telephage, had taken to discussing everything about the time of his presidency. .

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On the show "Fox

On the general state of the country since her husband is no longer in charge, she said that it is “sad to see what is happening, if you really look deep. “Many people are “struggling and suffering”, “I hope that will change quickly”, she said, not very talkative.

“We have accomplished a lot”

As former President Trump campaigns across the country for various Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections in November, Melania cast the same doubt over a possible re-nomination in 2024. Will she return to live in the White House ? "Never say never," she responded. "I think we've accomplished a lot in four years of the Trump administration."

The former model has become more vocal about never having graced the cover of Vogue magazine. Hillary Clinton posed in the front page when she was First Lady, Michelle Obama was honored there three times, Jill Biden five months after her husband's accession to power, after Vice President Kamala Harris, who made the cover of Conde Nast magazine just before taking office. None have been honored there, Republican women do not correspond to the standard of the prestigious magazine because it is "biased", she reproached. “They have likes and dislikes, it’s so obvious,” she reproached. “I think the American people and everyone sees it. It was their decision and I have much more important things to do - and I did it in the White House - than being on the cover of Vogue. “People always criticize me, no matter what I do, and I'm used to that,” she added. "I'm moving forward, and I'm here... helping people, and that's the mission."

Precisely, what is its mission? It is common that, after a term at the head of the United States, the former president creates a non-profit foundation and that his wife continues to defend the causes she has supported for four years. During her tenure, Melania was committed, through her “Be Best” program, against the cyberbullying of children. After returning to Florida, she embarked on "her NFT projects" in late 2021.

The most recent work available on his site is called “The MetaRose”. It's a blue rose that comes alive on a yellow background, "inspired by a series of photographs Mrs. Trump took with her camera and then re-imagined with her design team to create the final 3D animated piece." , says the description. Its unit price is 150 dollars and the marketed number is 3,000.

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“Part of the proceeds” from the sale of the NFTs will be used to support foster children, she said on Sunday. It was already this cause that she intended to support when she launched her first works in NFT: a digital image of a watercolor of her blue eyes, which had sold well, and a unique print of a portrait of profile. The bidder also took home the original watercolor and the hat worn by the First Lady during the official visit of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron to the White House in April 2018. Announced sale price: nearly 221,000 euros during the most enviable of the cryptocurrency chosen by Melania. On the day of the sale, the solana had plunged, going from around 150 euros at its start, to 84 at its conclusion. The hammer had virtually knocked for a final price of 163,500 euros but… The buyer was Melania Trump, the American media had discovered. "The transaction was carried out on behalf of a third party," Trump said in a statement.

Since she entered this NFT market, several American media have asked Melania Trump's collaborators to know the charities supported as well as the sums donated. They never got any precision. As if Melania, always so mysterious, cultivated her own version of the royal maxim. “Never explain but you can complain”…