Former US first lady Melania Trump had been in the headlines for her absence throughout her husband Donald Trump’s latest presidential run. It seems that it was due to make her first campaign appearance of 2024 later this month – albeit without leaving the comfort of her own home.
As per Politico, Melania Trump will host a fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans (LCB) group on Saturday 20 April, an event being held at the Trumps’ Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.
LCB describes itself as “the nation’s largest Republican organisation dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies”.
It is noted that Melania Trump has long-running ties to the collective and was presented with an award at its 2021 gala dinner at Mar-a-Lago while Trump himself addressed its 2022 gathering at the club.
According to Politico, which obtained an invitation, this year’s event’s host committee includes Republican donors Saul Fox and Amanda Schumacher and Richard Grenell – who served as the 45th president’s ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence as well as Elizabeth Ailes and Deborah Magowan, the widows of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and San Francisco Giants owner Peter Magowan respectively. Grenell is openly gay.
Melania Trump has made few public appearances at all in recent months. She has become such a figure of intrigue that spoof “Missing Melania” flyers were dropped over an Iowa football game her husband was attending last September.
