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First Lady Melania Trump will not attend the World
Economic Forum with President Donald Trump, according to a
statement from her communications director Stephanie Grisham,
who cited "scheduling and logistical issues."
The president's trip had also been in limbo during the
federal government shutdown over the weekend, but was confirmed
after Congress reached a temporary funding deal to reopen the
government on Monday.
The first lady's absence follows days of public silence
after revelations that one of Trump's lawyers paid the
adult-film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about
an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with then-citizen
Trump.
That alleged affair between Daniels and Trump
reportedly happened the year after he married Melania, his
third wife, in 2005.
First Lady Melania Trump will not be joining President Donald
Trump on his trip to mingle with elite global economic luminaries
in Davos, Switzerland.
East Wing communications director Stephanie Grisham cited
"scheduling and logistical issues" for the change of plans,
according to CNN. The president's plans to attend the World
Economic Forum were also in doubt during the federal government
shutdown over the weekend, but was back on the schedule after
Congress reached a temporary funding deal to reopen the
government,
which Trump signed Monday evening.
The first lady's absence follows days of public silence after
revelations that one of Trump's lawyers
paid the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep
quiet about a 2006 sexual encounter she said she had with Trump.
The alleged affair would have occurred the year after
then-citizen Trump married Melania, who is his third wife.
CNN also noted that despite having traveled to Mar-a-Lago with
the president over the long Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the
first lady was not seen with the president during two dinners he
hosted that weekend.
In a January 20 Twitter post marking the one-year anniversary of
Trump's inauguration, Melania celebrated "a year filled with many
wonderful moments,"
sharing a picture of herself with a military escort that did
not include her husband.
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