Does Melania Trump Agree With Her Husband’s Politics and What Is Her Net Worth?

Does Melania Trump Agree With Her Husband’s Politics and What Is Her Net Worth?

AMERICA'S First Lady has gone from living in a tower block in Communist Yugoslavia to being one of the world's most recognisable women.

But just who is Melania Trump and how did she meet her billionaire husband and US President Donald? Here's the lowdown.

Melania visited Westminster Abbey with her husband as part of their state visit

Does Melania agree with her husband's politics?

Despite being an immigrant herself, Melania has been supportive of her husband's tough stance on migrants.

After the Republican Presidential candidate referred to some Mexicans immigrants as "criminals" and "rapists", the mother-of-one hit back at critics pointing out that Trump was talking about "illegal immigrants".

The model said she never broke the law while living here on a visa, telling MSNBC: "I follow the law. I never thought to stay here without papers."

In 2011, when Trump was pushing for President Obama to release his birth certificate, Melania — who became an American citizen in 2006 — backed up her husband in an interview with Joy Behar.

“In one way, it would be very easy if President Obama just show it,” she said.

“It’s not only Donald who wants to see it; it’s American people who voted for him and who didn’t vote for him.”

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pay their respects at the casket of former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

What is Melania Trump's net worth?

According to CelebrityNetWorth the 49-year-old is worth an estimated £39.5million.

In the early days of her romance with Donald, as her fame and modelling career soared, Melania brushed off suggestions she was a gold digger.

“The press could be sometimes very mean,” she told the Times. “But I think you can’t be with the person if it’s not love, if they don’t satisfy you."

Since marrying her billionaire husband, Melania has launched her own jewellery and watch line which she reportedly designs herself.

Photos of the Trump Tower penthouse suite she shared with Donald and Barron give her 900,000 Twitter followers a glimpse into their opulent Manhattan lifestyle.

The Louis XIV-style apartment is adorned with 24-carat gold and marble. There are crystal chandeliers and murals painted on the ceilings.

She launched her own line of jewellery in 2010 as well as putting her name to a range of skin care products.

Who is Melania Trump and what nationality is she?

Donald Trump's third wife, born Melania Knauss, is the only First Lady to be born in a communist country.

She was born on April 26, 1970 and raised in a tower block in communist Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), making her only the second First Lady to have been born outside the United States after Louisa Adams, the English wife of President John Quincy, who left office in 1829.

The Trumps pictured in Westminster Abbey during their three-day UK state visit

She began modelling aged just five years old after posing for a Slovenian fashion photographer Stane Jerko.

Melania, 49, was later signed to a modelling agency in Milan, Italy, when she was 18 years old.

As a teen she went on to study architecture and design at the University of Ljubljana and later started travelling to Milan, where she signed on to an agency.

While in Italy, Melania — who changed her surname from Knavs to the more Germanic-sounding Knauss — was set on the path to meet her billionaire husband.

She moved to New York in 1996 on a work visa and has since appeared on the covers of New York Magazine, Vogue in Italy, Harper’s Bazaar in Bulgaria and GQ in the UK.

In 1995, she appeared in a lesbian-style shoot with fellow model Emma Erikson in which the pair posed naked alongside each other.

Three years later she started dating Donald Trump in 1998, before marrying him in 2005 and gave birth to their son, Barron, the following year.

Her husband described her as an "incredible" mother to their son Barron who she is lived with in New York until he finished the school year - the pair then joined Trump in Washington in June 2017.

She refers to him as "Little Donald" because of his love of wearing a suit and tie.

Despite being viewed as a trophy wife, insiders say she is key part of Team Trump and arguably the most powerful woman on Earth.

The 49-year-old speaks five languages, including: Slovenian, English, French, German and Serbian.

And at 5ft 11ins she is one of the tallest First Ladies in history.

The pair have one child together, 13-year-old Barron Trump

When did Melania marry Donald Trump?

Her best friend at the time, Edit Molnar, said Melania met the 52-year-old Mr Trump (now 72) at a party at the Kit Kat Club during New York Fashion Week in 1998.

According to Molnar, the model was initially “turned off” by the billionaire.

“Melania said ‘He’s here with a woman. I am absolutely not giving him my number.’ She wouldn’t even consider it,” she told the New York Times.

Instead, Donald gave her all of his numbers — business and home — and she called him when she returned from a modelling trip.

She started dating notorious ladies-man Trump following the collapse of his second marriage to Marla Maples.

They married in 2005 at a star-studded bash, which included Bill and Hillary Clinton, at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

GQ magazine reports that Melania’s Dior wedding dress cost $100,000 and took 550 hours to make.

Her 12-carat diamond wedding ring cost a whopping £1.5 million.

The Trumps arrive at Stansted Airport for their three-day state visit

The couple got married in 2005

When did Melania Trump undergo kidney surgery?

On May 14, 2018 the White House released statement advising that the First Lady had undergone surgery to treat a benign kidney condition.

An embolisation procedure was carried out at Walter Reed Hospital Military Medical Centre and was a success.

The statement read: "This morning, First Lady Melania Trump underwent an embolisation procedure to treat a benign kidney condition.

"The procedure was successful and there were no complications.

"Mrs Trump is at Walter Reed Hospital Military Medical Centre and will likely remain there for the duration of the week.

"The First Lady looks forward to a full recovery so she can continue her work on behalf of children everywhere."

On June 5, 2018, Melania made her first public appearance in almost a month following the surgery.

By skunty empire