Melania Trump and the President of the United States began dating a long time ago, but the age gap had her admitting something about her initial thoughts.
It’s easy to see that Donald Trump is older than his wife of 21 years, but you might not know by how much.
The First Lady met Trump at a party at the Kit Kat Club in 1998 when she was 28 years old and he was 52.
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Now if you’re fast at math you can see that’s a pretty big age gap, and it has been the talking point online ever since the pair stepped into the limelight during his first presidency run in 2016.
By the time they’d met, Trump had been married and divorced twice, and fathered four children too.
However, Melania shared her thoughts on the prospect of dating a much older man, and if she was scared, worried about what others would think, or plain against the idea.Apparently, the 24 year age gap didn’t phase the First Lady at all.
According to Melania, she didn’t have a care in the world at the thought of being with Trump.
She explained in her self-titled memoir, that she was immediately smitten with the real estate tycoon and wanted to pursue things further.
“He was a bit older than me, but I, at the age of twenty-eight, felt an instant connection with him,” Melania wrote.
She added that the way he carried himself was attractive, noting: “He projected a sense of authenticity. He had a zest for life that was infectious. He was successful and hardworking, but also so down to earth and real. I really liked that about him.”
She went on to admit that after meeting him, she returned home and was ‘giddy with joy’. She added: “It’s truly a rare feeling to instantly connect with someone on such a deep level. I was immediately at ease in Donald’s company, as if our souls had known each other for a long time. Our chemistry was undeniable, and our connection felt natural.”But even if she doesn’t care, others might.
Online, one person reposted an early image of the couple, writing: “People don’t even realize Trump and Melania have been together since the 1990s.”
To this, someone commented: “Good point that when Trump was in his 50s he started dating a woman in her 20s.”
While a lot of people lamented that 28 is an adult, others were wary of the difference in power in their relationship, and others simply didn’t care.
« Who cares? » one person said, while another sarcastically said: « horror. »
But the couple seem to have progressed in the way you’d expect as since meeting, the pair married, welcomed a son, Barron Trump, and have been together ever since.
The White House has responded to a review which broke down how Donald Trump’s empire has amassed ‘at least $1.4 billion’ since his second term as President of the United States.
He’s known as a man who enjoys pushing things to the extremes, whether it be the number of executive orders he signed as soon as he was inaugurated for a second term, tossing threats out to take over other territories left, right and center or barely taking a breath before threatening to wipe Iran off the ‘face of this Earth’.
And Donald Trump has apparently made no exceptions when it comes to sucking as much money as he possibly can out of his latest presidential stint, a new report has revealed.
A review by the editorial board of The New York Times using analysis from multiple news organizations has revealed how Trump ‘used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion’.
And that’s an ‘underestimate’ too, the piece noting ‘some of his profits remain hidden from public view’. But how have the Trumps monopolized so much of his presidency?Overseas endeavours, golf clubs and resorts
Well, since he was re-elected, Trump’s name has been licensed overseas, raking in a reported $23 million, according to Reuters.
The Trump family have also reportedly earned a whopping $33 million from the president’s golf clubs. Not only that, but Trump has buttered up other countries to get a sweeter deal to expand his property empire.
For example, in Vietnam, the Trump empire has just amassed a $1.5 billion golf complex outside of Hanoi after backtracking on the severity of the tariffs it threatened to impose.
The Trump Organization is currently reported as chasing hotels and office towers from everywhere to Oman to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, deals of which have cashed in millions.
And that’s not ignoring Qatar’s gifting of a $400 million jet to Trump to use as Air Force One while he’s president. However, it doesn’t come with a return label, even after he’s left the White House.
And that’s only a fraction of what the Trump family have raked in from their crypto assets.Last year, the Trump administration made a big push towards cryptocurrency, with the President aiming to make America the ‘crypto capital of the world’.
According to Reuters, a pitch was made to a Chinese businessman and his associates to buy at least $20 million in World Liberty tokens, owned by the Trump family, as ‘governance tokens’.
However, in June last year, the Trump family pot actually ended up increasing by even more than pitched, $100 million of World Liberty tokens bought by a company, Aqua1 Foundation, said to be based in the United Arab Emirates, with a spokesperson for the foundation telling Reuters that their investment in World Liberty tokens ‘was a commercial decision consistent with its focus on advancing regulated, scalable digital-asset ecosystems’.
By the end of the first half of 2026, Reuters reports Trump crypto ventures amassed a staggering $802 million – more than $463 million coming from sales of World Liberty tokens alone and then $336 from sales of a Trump meme coin, $TRUMP.
And if that wasn’t enough yet, along came the idea of an Amazon documentary about Melania Trump.Amazon documentary about Melania Trump
Melania, via her agent, pitched the idea of an Amazon film about herself in which she’d not only star but also executive-produce, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The First Lady reportedly scooped up a huge paycheck of $40 million, which is said to be released on the streaming platform and in cinemas in ‘the second half of 2025′.
As well as a film, a docuseries of two or three episodes was also reported to be part of the deal.
Amazon said in a statement: « Prime Video will be sharing more details on the project as filming progresses and release plans are finalized. We are excited to share this truly unique story with our millions of customers around the world. »
However, what exactly the project entails or what it’s even called hasn’t been made clear yet.Tech and media companies’ settlement payouts
From X, Meta and YouTube to ABC News and Paramount, multiple companies have been forced to pay out to Trump.
The US president previously slammed Paramount for its editing of a 2024 Kamala Harris CBS interview, claiming it was to ‘tip the scales in favour of the Democratic party’.
Paramount agreed to pay the $16 million settlement, though they added: « The settlement does not include a statement of apology or regret. »
They also said that the money would be allocated to Trump’s future presidential library or any of his charitable causes, and wouldn’t be paid ‘directly or indirectly’ to him.
In response to a request for comment, WH spokesperson Taylor Rogers told UNILAD: « The media’s continued attempts to fabricate conflicts of interest are irresponsible and reinforce the public’s distrust in what they read.
« The President is and always has been motivated solely by what is best for the American people. »
