Former President Donald Trump’s children Tiffany Trump, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. have supported their father at the courthouse where he was standing trial earlier this month. However, a reporter could be heard shouting distinctly, “Where’s Melania?” via The Daily Beast.
It’s a question that has echoed around the courtroom for weeks as Trump endured day after day in Manhattan criminal court, accused–and on Thursday, found guilty–of falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
It has been noted that over the six-week trial, the former president was repeatedly asked—and always ignored the question—“Where’s Melania?”
All of Trump’s children–except Ivanka and 18-year-old Barron–appeared at the trial. And even though she never showed her face at the proceedings, Ivanka still posted a four-word message on Instagram Thursday night in support of her father: “I love you dad.”
Hours later, Melania still has yet to speak out.
“Every member of Donald Trump’s immediate family has now expressed support for him, showing up at the courthouse or, in Ivanka’s case, posting on social media,” Olivia Nuzzi, Washington correspondent for New York magazine noted on X Thursday.
“The exception is Melania Trump, who never attended the trial and has said nothing about today’s guilty verdict.”
On April 26, speaking outside the courtroom, Trump had wished his wife on her birthday, while lamenting the fact he couldn’t be with her due to his court appearance. The trial, of course, centered around Trump’s alleged affair with Daniels—said to have occurred while wife Melania was looking after baby Barron.
The former president’s wife has been a notable no-show not just at the trial, but elsewhere—her absence raised eyebrows when Trump took part in a Mother’s Day lunch at Mar-a-Lago on May 12 without her.
