While PresidentDonald Trumpis set to make all kinds of headlines during athree-day state visit to the U.K.this week, sharp-eyed trip observers quickly noted a small butheavily scrutinized dynamicbetween him and the first lady when they arrived Monday:
They held hands.
President Trump took wifeMelania Trump‘s hand after they landed at London’s Stansted Airport.
The minor moment only attracted notice because the first lady has seeminglynot always responded wellto her husband’s overtures.
In 2017, she infamously appeared to swat his hand away when he reached out for it while they were traveling in Israel, and subsequent interactions between the couple were obsessively watched on social media. (The twohad another awkward interactionlast spring in France but were conspicuously seenholding handsmultiple times last year.)
Curiosity about the Trump marriage has flared in the past, as when multiple womenaccused himof being unfaithful. The president denied those allegations.
Omarosa Manigault Newman, the formerApprenticevillain who was later fired from the Trump White House,claimed in a book last yearthat she believes Mrs. Trump is “counting every minute until he is out of office and she can divorce him.”
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From left: First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump arrive in London on Monday morning for their first U.K. state visit.Leon Neal/Getty
“It is not a concern and focus of mine,” she told ABC News. “I’m a mother and a first lady and I have much more important things to think about and to do. I know people like to speculate and the media like to speculate about our marriage.”
“It’s not always pleasant, of course,” Mrs. Trump said. “But I know what is right and what is wrong and what is true or not true.”
source: people.com
