Melania Trump nails it every time with her impeccable style, unrivaled grace, and being a glamorous first lady. She makes it look easy, but most realize it's not. Prior to her husband's campaign she wasn't in the media glare in the same she is now. She represents the United States along with the president and has the kind of attention she may not have fully prepared for. No one realizes how difficult a role like "first lady" is unless they experience it firsthand.
Named source speaks out
While Melania Trump appears to have everything under control and shows no signs of having issues in her prominent White House role, a longtime friend of Melania -- Federico Pignatelli -- tells Life & Style magazine that Mrs.
Trump is out of her comfort zone despite the brave face she puts on.
“She feels the pressure,”Pignatelli said. “She always has to be kind, perfect, well-dressed, well-everything. It’s tiring. It’s a tough schedule. She has to be a mother, a first lady, the wife of a man as well.”
Federico adds that since Donald Trump became president, he and Melania share less togetherness. The couple have fairly independent lives despite Melania and their 11-year-old son, Barron, moving to the White House from New York in June. They may see one another just "once or twice a day," Pignatelli claims. He hastens to say that it's not really a bad thing because Donald doesn't want to bother Melania with his erratic sleep patterns.
They actually sleep together a couple nights a week. If Donald is out hitting golf balls or in briefing with staff members, his wife is shopping. Their separation isn't necessarily a sign of marital woes, but an arrangement that works well for them.
First lady's spokeswoman denies other reports
This report isn't as negative as several other reports that have claimed Melania Trump is suffering behind the scenes.
Her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, has shot down reports in the past in which sources tell magazines that the first lady is miserable and hates how her life has turned out. Grisham has outright denied any such claims about Melania, insisting that she's supportive of her husband and understands the importance of her role.
On a separate note, Grisham said on Tuesday that in the coming weeks Melania Trump's initiatives will be revealed and will be focused on the "well-being of children."
New initiatives to be unveiled in coming weeks
Melania Trump is expected to take on more public activities once Barron begins school in September. She's settling into the position as first lady more as time moves along. Her cyber-bullying initiative has gone by the wayside after being ridiculed for choosing a platform that directly conflicts with that of her husband and his bullying ways on Twitter. It's believed that Melania may not have fully thought out what her initiative would be when she decided on campaigning against cyber-bullying -- and made the grave mistake of picking the one cause that was literally a joke for her to take on.
