First Lady Melania Trump will skip a public event at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, a day after she briefly returned to public life following an extended…
First Lady Melania Trump will skip a public event at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, a day after she briefly returned to public life following an extended absence.
Trump will forego the «Celebration of America» at the White House, according to Stephanie Grisham, the communication director for the first lady.
Grisham noted that the first lady is expected to join President Trump at a FEMA hurricane briefing on Wednesday.
Melania Trump’s absence from Tuesday’s event comes after she reemerged on Monday at a reception for military families, the first time she’d been seen following a 24-day absence from the public eye.
Grisham did not say why the first lady would not attend Tuesday’s celebration, which was announced Monday after President Trump abruptly cancelled a planned visit by the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team.
The first lady largely disappeared from public life last month after she underwent treatment for what her office described as a benign kidney condition.
The weeks that followed prompted speculation about where she was, although the first lady in a tweet criticized the media for «speculating» about her absence.
