Where's Melania? First Lady hasn't been seen in 18 days as her husband Trump floods the zone

Melania Trump hasn't been seen successful nationalist since January 24th, erstwhile she accompanied Donald Trump to North Carolina and California to sojourn devastated areas successful the state.

While President Trump has travel into bureau full throttle - signing enforcement orders, holding property conferences, and cutting the national authorities - Melania Trump has been mostly absent.

The archetypal woman was notably missing astatine the Super Bowl this past play arsenic Trump cheered connected the Kansas City Chiefs.

It was archetypal daughter Ivanka Trump who rode connected Air Force One to New Orleans with the president and stood by his broadside during the game. Meanwhile, erstwhile archetypal lady Jill Biden was connected manus to ticker her Philadelphia Eagles triumph a smashing victory. 

Melania besides was missing from high-profile White House events, specified astatine erstwhile Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, and erstwhile he's greeted assorted overseas leaders, like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and King Abdullah of Jordan.

She met with Queen Rania of Jordan astatine Mar-a-Lago a fewer days earlier Trump was formally sworn-in arsenic president. The Queen didn't travel the king to the White House connected Tuesday, however, mitigating the request for a statesmanlike spouse to beryllium present.

But the archetypal woman was missing from a large lawsuit wherever spouses were invited: a meal President Trump hosted astatine their Mar-a-Lago location for Republican senators and their spouses. Melania was nary wherever to beryllium seen arsenic the couples dinned, dished and took selfies with the president. 

The East Wing did not instantly respond to DailyMail.com's petition for comment. 

Melania besides has been quiescent connected societal media. 

The @FLOTUS X relationship has 2 posts - 1 of Melania's authoritative representation and 1 expressing sympathy for those killed successful the January 29th aerial collision betwixt a subject chopper and American Airlines pitchy astatine Reagan National Airport. The FLOTUS instagram account lone has 1 post: Melania's authoritative portrait.

Hello Magazine featured Melania successful photograph dispersed earlier this month. The glamorous  black-and-white photos were taken astatine an airdrome extracurricular of New York a fewer days aft the California trip.

Melania Trump besides was a low-key beingness successful Trump's archetypal term. Her nationalist appearances were uncommon and, erstwhile she made them, each glance, point of covering and facial look was dissected. 

At the clip she said she was engaged raising the couple's lad Barron, who was lone 10 erstwhile his begetter became president. But Barron is present 18 and successful his archetypal twelvemonth of assemblage astatine New York University. 

Melania is believed to walk overmuch clip successful New York, wherever Barron lives astatine Trump Tower erstwhile he's not successful class.  

Going into the 2nd Trump term, Melania Trump made made it wide she intends to play a starring relation but lone connected her terms.

That includes selling her NFT and her jewelry line. It besides includes producing and starring successful a documentary astir herself successful a reported $40 cardinal deal with billionaire Jeff Bezos's Amazon.

The movie unit followed Melania Trump from aft the predetermination until a fewer days ago. 

They had unfettered entree - joining the archetypal woman arsenic she packed up Mar-a-Lago, prepared her East Wing office, and adjacent made it up into the White House residence to instrumentality footage.

Director Brett Ratner shot for much than 30 days and had specified unfettered entree to the White House that Secret Service agents were said to beryllium uneasy, Puck News reported. 

Meanwhile, Melania Trump has made immoderate moves toward getting her authoritative White House beingness successful order.

She hired immoderate East Wing staff.  Before Inauguration she told Fox News she planned to revive her Be Best programme and proceed her enactment with foster children.

But the lone connection her East Wing bureau has sent retired was her authoritative portrait, which was released connected January 27th - a week aft the inauguration.

In the achromatic and achromatic photograph, Melania stands gangly successful a achromatic pantsuit with a crisp, achromatic garment by Dolce & Gabbana, 1 of her favourite European designers. She looks businesslike with her hands connected a array earlier her, the Washington Monument disposable successful the background.

She's besides brought back interior decorator Tham Kannalikham to decorate some the authoritative authorities rooms and the family's backstage quarters. Melania worked with Kannalikham during the archetypal Trump term.

But the interior decorator said determination wasn't overmuch for her to do.

Joe and Jill Biden didn't alteration overmuch upstairs during their clip successful the White House, she told told The Washington Post.

Jill Biden 'retained overmuch of the plan intact, with lone a fewer prime pieces of artwork and furnishings swapped out,' Kannalikham said.

Melania Trump was beforehand and halfway connected January 20th, Trump's inauguration day. In her navy bluish suit and matching boater hat, she was astatine his broadside for hours, holding the book portion helium took the oath of office, saying goodbye to Joe and Jill Biden, and hours viewing the inaugural parade - each portion wearing 4 inch heels.

She joined Trump for 3 inaugural balls, dancing with him feature to cheek.

And she was determination erstwhile the president made the archetypal home travel of his term. In skinny jeans, a trench jacket, shot headdress and achromatic sunglasses, she traveled with him to North Carolina to presumption harm from flooding aft Hurricane Helene.

The mates continued connected to California to presumption areas deed by wildfires, which person caused 29 deaths, burned astir 50,000 acres and caused millions successful spot loss.

She sent hearts astir and societal media chattering erstwhile she spoke to 1 pistillate successful her autochthonal Slovenia, giving comfort. 

She sat successful connected briefings and adjacent accepted a buss connected the feature from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, her husband's governmental nemesis. 

But, since that archetypal week of Trump's presidency, she's been retired of the nationalist eye.

She near California separately from President Trump, who went from Los Angeles to Miami, wherever helium stayed astatine his Trump Doral play course. 

Melania has addressed reports she'd beryllium a part-time archetypal woman successful the 2nd term. She didn't contradict them but simply said she'd beryllium successful the White House arsenic needed.

'I volition beryllium successful the White House. When I request to beryllium successful New York, I volition beryllium successful New York. When I request to beryllium successful Palm Beach, I volition beryllium successful Palm Beach,' she told Fox News successful aboriginal January.

Meanwhile, Usha Vance has been a disposable beingness of late. 

She joined Vice President JD Vance connected his archetypal overseas trip, adjacent bringing 2 of their children to conscionable Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Paris stop.

But Melania Trump hasn't been wholly unspoken of successful the White House.

During a property league alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba past week, Fox News' Peter Doocy asked President Trump what Melania would deliberation of a station that time from Elon Musk that read: 'I emotion @realDonaldTrump arsenic overmuch arsenic a consecutive antheral tin emotion different man.'

Trump was blasé successful his response.  

'Oh I deliberation she'll beryllium OK with it.'