When an assassination attempt was made on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, The former First Lady released a statement “As I watched my husband Donald being struck by the violent gunfire, I realized that my life and Barron’s life were on the brink of devastating change,” she wrote the next day to express her thoughts and concerns. “A monster who recognized my husband as an inhuman political machine sought to extract Donald’s passion, laughter, creativity, love of music, and inspiration,” Melania Trump wrote. “The fundamental aspects of my husband’s life, the human side, were buried beneath the political machine. Donald is the generous and caring man I have been with through the best of times and the worst of times.

Less than a week after the assassination attempt, Melania Trump made a surprise appearance. 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. This time, he didn’t make a speech like he did the day before. 2020 RNC in Washington, D.C., but chose to sit in the Trump family box and later take the stage with Donald Trump when he formally accepted the Republican nomination.

Barron Trump was the only person urgent Person from Trump’s family who did not attend 2024 RNC.

It was also reported that Barron Trump did not attend the October 27 Trump rally held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, even though it was less than five miles from New York University. Meanwhile, that weekend, NYU Alumni and Families Weekend. It is unknown whether Donald and Melania Trump’s only son attended the college event.

Here’s a summary of the highlights 2024 campaign events attended by Melania Trump on behalf of her husband, Donald Trump.

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Melania Trump attends Trumpet Gala at Mar-a-Lago in Florida

On February 10, 2024, Melania Trump and former president Donald Trump attended a Trumpettes Gala at the family’s private club, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida. In February, she accompanied him to a speech to the Trumpet fan club and then to a dinner the former president hosted for Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán.

On Primary Election Day 2024, Donald and Melania Trump They cast their votes in Palm Beach, Florida

Florida presidential primary Election Day on March 19, 2024, Donald and Melania Trump They cast their votes at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida. “Stay tuned,” the former first lady said with a smile when asked about returning to presidential campaign politics.

according to Palm Beach Post’s image at the polls is a rare sight: Melania Trump has largely stayed out of the spotlight while her husband is campaigning for a third term, and she didn’t attend his “Super Tuesday” victory party the night he swept more than a dozen primaries and moved within her range. clinched his third consecutive GOP presidential nomination.

While Melania Trump attended Trump’s ‘awards night’, Jack Nicklaus presented her with the ‘most improved actor’

On March 24, 2024, Donald and Melania Trump attended the 2024 Senior Club Championship awards ceremony in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the former president also attended. added two more wins to his self-proclaimed long listhe says on his social media site that he won not only the Club Championship but also the Senior Club Championship at the golf course in West Palm Beach.

According to The Hill and Tom D’Angelo’s column in GolfweekTrump’s statement at the awards night of Trump International, a USA TODAY broadcast, was as follows: President Biden mocks online: “Congratulations Donald. Quite an achievement,” Biden wrote. At the awards ceremony attended by Melania Trump, Jack Nicklaus presented Donald Trump with the 2024 Trump International Golf Club Most Improved Player award.

Melania Trump attends fundraiser at billionaire investor John Paulson’s home

On April 6, 2024, Donald and Melania Trump arrived at billionaire investor John Paulson’s home in Palm Beach, Florida. According to the Palm Beach Post report Trump campaign expected to pocket $33 million From the hedge fund guru’s meeting.

According to an invitation obtained by USA TODAY, the small group of billionaires there include Palm Beach County candy king Jose “Pepe” Fanjul; Palm Beach resident and former Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross; Howard Lutnick, chairman of investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald; mega GOP donors Rebekah and Robert Mercer; Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts; investment banker Warren Stephens; and real estate mogul Steve Witkoff.

Price Entry to the invitational was $250,000 with a maximum contribution of $814,600, according to an April 2024 Palm Beach Post story.

Melania Trump hosts fundraisers Log Cabin RepublicansLGBTQ+ friendly conservative group

Despite the group’s complicated history with her husband, Melania Trump hosted a fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans on April 20, 2024. at Mar-a-Lago. Less than three months later, the former First Lady hosted another Log Cabin Republicans Fundraiser in New York on July 8, 2024. Donald Trump addressed the conservative gay rights organization at its December 2022 gala, also held at the Palm Beach club.

Log Cabin Republicans describe themselves as “the nation’s largest Republican organization.” Represents LGBTQ+ conservatives and allies.” They refused to support the former president in 2016, but Log Cabin Republicans in the 2020 elections approved it, they reverse their previous stanceAccording to USA TODAY. The group’s executive director, Jerri Ann Henryhe resigned soon after.

But the 2024 Republican presidential candidate has faced criticism from LGBTQ+ advocates for frequently mocking transgender athletes in his rally speeches. The Palm Beach Post reported that at an event in West Palm Beach in the fall of 2023, Donald Trump said he didn’t like the former First Lady performing a particular “routine” (in which she made fun of a transgender weightlifter). He told him he wasn’t presidential..

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Melania Trump makes rare appearance at the 2024 Republican National Convention

On the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024, Melania Trump made a rare appearance wearing a red suit and waving to the crowd.

First family in 2020 — Melania Trump, Barron TrumpDonald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump – joined the RNC in unity to support former President Donald Trump. Most of the Trump family attended the 2024 RNC. except one: Barron Trump.

Melania Trump makes a rare appearance at the RNC

Melania Trump appeared at the Republican National Convention in solidarity with her husband Donald Trump and his family.

Again he didn’t make a speech Melania Trump sat in the Trump family box for the 2024 RNC, as she did for the 2016 and 2020 RNCs. She also surprised her husband on stage Weird viral moment after Donald Trump He accepted the Republican nomination.

Melania Trump attends controversial Trump rally at Madison Square Garden ahead of Election Day 2024

donald Trump hosts rally at Madison Square Garden In New York on Sunday, October 27. Melania Trump made a surprise appearance there. By chance, Barron Trump’s college, NYU, was hosting Alumni and Families Weekend less than a few kilometers away.

Trump rally was controversial because of Donald Trump’s salacious jabs at Democrats and a comedian at the inauguration Who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Trump’s campaign distanced the candidate from the racist comment, saying it did not reflect his views.

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters, Melania introduced Trump As the “First Lady of the United States,” she walked in listening to Guns N Roses’ “Paradise City” and later shared a clip of the viral moment on Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter .

Donald and Melania Trump vote in person on Election Day near Mar-a-Lago, Florida

On Tuesday, November 5, 2024 — Election Day — former president Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump cast their votes for the 2024 general election at the Mandel Recreation Center, located less than three miles from Trump’s private club, Mar-a. -Lago is in Palm Beach, Florida.

The former first couple spoke to reporters after the vote.

Credit: Kate Kealey, USA TODAY Network; Kinsey Crowley and Margie Cullen, USA TODAY; Tom D’Angelo, Palm Beach Post

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