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Melania Trump

Melania Trump during an official appearance in 2026.
Source: The White House · License: Public domain, United States federal government work · Crop: Centered 4:5 documentary portrait, 480 by 600 pixels
PersonFamily6 relationships

Donald Trump's wife and first lady during his 45th- and 47th-presidency terms.

Relationship to Trumpspousefamily · personal / 2 sources

Status

  1. Alive and serving as first ladylife / 2026-09-031 source · Lead source
  2. Wife of Donald Trumprelationship / 2026-09-032 sources · Lead source
  3. First lady of the United Statesoffice / 2025-01-20–2026-09-031 source · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpspouse

    familypersonalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  2. Donald J. Trump

    first lady in Trump administration

    familypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  3. Donald J. Trump

    spouse income reported on Trump's disclosure

    businessfamilyOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  4. Donald J. Trump

    wife who launched the separate $MELANIA memecoin

    businessfamilypoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  5. Donald J. Trump

    wife whose $MELANIA launch produced measured wallet outcomes

    businessfamilyOpen evidence · 2 sourcesestimate
  6. Donald J. Trump

    wife whose branding appears in allegations against other token operators

    businessfamilylegalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesalleged

Record timeline

  1. Melania Trump launches the $MELANIA memecoin before inaugurationwife who launched the separate $MELANIA memecoin · documented · 1 source
  2. Melania Trump returns as first ladyfirst lady in Trump administration · documented · 1 source
  3. Pre-announcement $MELANIA wallets cashed out $99.6 millionwife whose $MELANIA launch produced measured wallet outcomes · estimate · 2 sources
    1. revenueCash-outs by pre-announcement $MELANIA wallets$99.6 million
      Revenue recipient
      Twenty-four pre-announcement $MELANIA wallets
      realized · 2025-05-07 · observedPopulation Aggregate cash-outs attributed by the Financial Times analysis to the 24 pre-announcement wallets as $MELANIA rosePeriod 2025-01-19 to 2025-05-07Basis Use the $99.6 million wallet cash-out total reported by Fortune from the Financial Times blockchain analysis.Limits Wallet beneficial owners are unidentified, and the figure is not reconciled as gross proceeds versus net gain; no amount is assigned to Melania Trump.Open cited evidence
    2. investmentPre-announcement $MELANIA purchases$2.6 million
      Investor / source
      Twenty-four pre-announcement $MELANIA wallets
      realized · 2025-01-19 · observedPopulation Purchases by 24 blockchain wallets during the two and a half minutes before Melania Trump's public announcementPeriod 2025-01-19 to 2025-01-19Basis Use the aggregate pre-announcement purchase value from the Financial Times blockchain analysis as reported by Fortune.Limits Wallet ownership and direct trading counterparties are unidentified; one person may control multiple wallets and the reported figure is a secondary account of the FT analysis.Open cited evidence
    3. other$MELANIA drawdown from reported peakapproximately 98%
      Measured subject
      $MELANIA token market price
      observed · 2025-05-07 · observedPopulation $MELANIA market price from the reported $13.73 January 20 peak to approximately $0.32 on May 7, 2025Period 2025-01-20 to 2025-05-07Basis Use Fortune's reported 98% decline from the $13.73 peak to its approximately $0.32 May 7 price snapshot.Limits A market-price drawdown is not a realized holder-loss total; holder purchase times, cost bases, sales, and venue prices differ.Open cited evidence
  4. Investors add $MELANIA allegations against its technical operatorswife whose branding appears in allegations against other token operators · alleged · 2 sources
    1. lossNamed plaintiff's alleged $MELANIA net lossapproximately $10,000
      Loss or cost borne by
      John Winslow
      estimated · 2025-10-21 · observedPopulation John Winslow's January 20, 2025 $MELANIA purchase as described in the second amended complaintPeriod 2025-01-20 to 2025-01-20Basis Approximate net loss alleged for named plaintiff John Winslow in paragraph 28 of the pleading.Limits Plaintiff-reported approximate loss, not an adjudicated damages finding; the trade history is not independently verified and no recipient of the claimed loss is identified.Open cited evidence
  5. Trump disclosure reports Melania income from film, collectibles, and publishingspouse income reported on Trump's disclosure · documented · 1 source
    1. revenueNet proceeds attributed to Melania Trump from NFT and other collectibles in Donald Trump's 2026 OGE disclosure.$6,011,259
      Revenue recipient
      Melania Trump
    2. revenueNet proceeds attributed to Melania Trump from the film Melania in Donald Trump's 2026 OGE disclosure.$10,710,000
      Revenue recipient
      Melania Trump
    3. revenueNet proceeds attributed to Melania Trump from Skyhorse Publishing in Donald Trump's 2026 OGE disclosure.$521,161
      Revenue source
      Skyhorse Publishing
      Revenue recipient
      Melania Trump
  6. Donald and Melania Trump marryspouse · documented · 2 sources