Donald Trump and Melania Trump’s Relationship Timeline: Wedding at Mar-a-Lago, Alleged Stormy Daniels Affair and More
06.04.2023 - 22:05
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First lady and the Trump. Donald Trump and Melania Trump’s love story began long before their stint in the White House.
The twosome’s paths first crossed in September 1998, two years after the Slovenia native moved to the U.S. to pursue a modeling career. Donald was introduced to Melania, who is 24 years his junior, at a New York Fashion Week party in Manhattan.
“He wanted my number, but he was with a date, so, of course I didn’t give it to him,” the businesswoman revealed of their first meeting during a January 2016 interview with Harper’s Bazaar. “I said, ‘I am not giving you my number; you give me yours, and I will call you.’”
Melania dialed her future husband a few days later and said she was “struck by his energy” and “amazing sense of vitality.” At the time, the real estate mogul was recently separated from ex-wife Marla Maples, with whom he shares daughter Tiffany Trump, born in 1993.
The pair began dating soon after they met and in April 2004, Donald popped the question at the Met Gala. “It was a great surprise. We are very happy together,” Melania told the New York Post at the time.
The lovebirds tied the knot the following January at the Apprentice alum’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Melania described the nuptials as “fantastic” during a May 2005 joint appearance with Donald on Larry King Live. When asked whether she’d been nervous on her wedding day, Melania told host Larry King: “Not at all. … We know what kind of relationship we have. I don’t think I should be scared of anything.”
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One year after exchanging vows, the duo welcomed their son, Baron, in March 2006. Donald is also father of sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump with ex-wife Ivana