Melania Trump Joins Husband in Rare Public Appearance for Acceptance Speech

She’s been absent from the campaign trail and has made history this year in not addressing the convention.

AP Photo/Matt Rourke
Melania Trump is introduced during the Republican National Convention. AP Photo/Matt Rourke

MILWAUKEE — Melania Trump has joined her husband at the Republican National Convention ahead of his address accepting the party’s nomination for president. It is Mrs. Trump’s first public political appearance in months. 

She has largely been absent from the public eye since leaving the White House in 2021, and makes history this year as the first spouse of a presidential candidate to not address the party convention since 1992. 

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