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Melania Trump

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

Alive and serving as first ladylife / 2026-09-03Wife of Donald Trumprelationship / 2026-09-03First lady of the United Statesoffice / 2025-01-20–2026-09-03

Exact relationships

  1. wife who launched the separate $MELANIA memecoinbusinessfamilypoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source reference
  2. wife whose branding appears in allegations against other token operatorsbusinessfamilylegalalleged · 1 file · 2 source references
  3. wife whose $MELANIA launch produced measured wallet outcomesbusinessfamilyestimate · 1 file · 2 source references
  4. spouse income reported on Trump's disclosurebusinessfamilydocumented · 1 file · 1 source reference
  5. spouse and subject-producer of Amazon-distributed documentarybusinessfamilypersonalreported · 1 file · 2 source references
  6. first lady in Trump administrationfamilypoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source reference

Money, power & fallout

  1. Melania Trump launches the $MELANIA memecoin before inauguration$MELANIA launched and entered public tradingwife who launched the separate $MELANIA memecoin · documented · 1 source
  2. Melania Trump returns as first ladyIn office as first ladyfirst lady in Trump administration · documented · 1 source
  3. Pre-announcement $MELANIA wallets cashed out $99.6 million24 wallets tracked; $99.6 million cashed out; price 98% below peak by May 7wife 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 operatorsSecond amended complaint filed October 21, 2025wife 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 publishingObserved income disclosed for the reporting periodspouse 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. Disclosure reported $10.71 million net film proceeds; Amazon paid $40 million for rightsSpouse income disclosed after the documentary's January 30, 2026 releasespouse and subject-producer of Amazon-distributed documentary · reported · 2 sources
    1. otherReported documentary marketing spend$35,000,000
      Reported source
      Amazon MGM Studios
      Reported recipient
      Advertising and distribution vendors
      reported · 2026-02-01 · observedPopulation Amazon MGM marketing for the Melania documentaryPeriod 2025-01-01 to 2026-02-01Basis Use AP's approximate marketing-spend figure.Limits Approximate distributor outlay; it is not paid to Melania Trump and is not added to the rights price as a personal benefit.Open cited evidence
    2. revenueDomestic opening-weekend box office$7,000,000
      Reported revenue source
      Moviegoers
      Reported revenue recipient
      Theaters and film distributor
      reported · 2026-02-01 · observedPopulation Melania documentary domestic opening weekendPeriod 2026-01-30 to 2026-02-01Basis Use AP's approximate domestic opening-weekend ticket-sales figure.Limits Box-office gross is shared among theaters and distributors and is not net profit or Melania Trump's income.Open cited evidence
    3. paymentDocumentary rights payment$40,000,000
      Paid by / source
      Amazon MGM Studios
      Received by
      Documentary rights holders
      realized · 2026-02-01 · observedPopulation Amazon MGM acquisition of Melania documentary rightsPeriod 2025-01-01 to 2026-02-01Basis Use AP's reported rights-acquisition price; do not add marketing spend or box-office gross to it.Limits The source does not identify the complete recipient allocation, production costs, net revenue, or Melania Trump's personal share.Open cited evidence
    4. revenueDisclosed spouse-linked film net proceeds$10,710,000
      Revenue source
      Designers Manager
      Revenue recipient
      MKT World LLC
      realized · 2025-12-31 · observedPopulation MKT World LLC net proceeds from the Designers Manager license agreement for Film ‘Melania’Period 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31Basis Direct observation: the net-proceeds amount from Part 5 of the certified annual disclosure.Limits Entity-level net proceeds reported as spouse income; the same $10.71 million is also carried in the baseline annual-income entry and must not be added twice. The filing does not equate this amount to the full Amazon rights price or disclose the complete production and recipient waterfall.Open cited evidence
  7. Donald and Melania Trump marryMarriage ongoing as of the 2026 reviewspouse · documented · 2 sources
Source: The White House · Rights/use: Public domain, United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized