{"id":2398472,"date":"2025-02-03T21:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T02:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-lady-melania-trump-lands-a-magazine-front-cover-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T21:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T02:21:13","slug":"first-lady-melania-trump-lands-a-magazine-front-cover-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-lady-melania-trump-lands-a-magazine-front-cover-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"First lady Melania Trump lands a magazine front cover &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-lady-melania-trump-lands-a-magazine-front-cover-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Melania Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recently made \u2064headlines<\/a> with her return to \u2064the White House\u2063 and her feature\u2062 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twice-failed-candidate-beto-orourke-considering-run-for-texas-governor\/\" title=\"Twice-Failed Candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke Considering Run For Texas Governor\">front cover<\/a> of \u200d*Hello!* magazine, marking her first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">magazine cover<\/a> in 16 years. The\u200c article, titled &#8220;Melania Trump\u200b 2.0&#8221; \u200cdiscusses\u200d her\u200c transformation and renewed confidence \u200cas she takes on the role of First \u200dLady once again. <\/p>\n<p>Photographer Regine \u2064Mahaux, a close collaborator, shared insights about Melania&#8217;s journey, highlighting her blend of strength and soft power. Mahaux emphasized Melania&#8217;s growth \u2064in confidence since her last time in the\u2063 White House,\u2064 stating that she is now\u2063 more at ease to express herself. The magazine portrays her as a figure of \u2064competence and independence, dressed in a style \u2062suited for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-united-states-and-china-trade-blows-at-alaska-talks-what-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"The United States And China Trade Blows At Alaska Talks: What You Need To Know\">business environment<\/a>, signaling her readiness to embrace her responsibilities as a First Lady.<\/p>\n<p>This feature also contrasts with \u2064recent critical\u2062 commentary from *Vogue*, which critiqued Melania&#8217;s choice \u2063of attire \u200cin her official White House portrait. \u2062The *Hello!* magazine article underscores Melania&#8217;s adaptability and\u200c dedication to her family&#8217;s values, reinforcing her supportive role behind her husband as\u2063 he navigates his presidency. the narrative paints Melania as a more empowered and assertive personality\u2063 than\u2063 in her previous tenure.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">First lady Melania Trump lands a magazine front cover<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1973045\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>First lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Melania Trump\">Melania Trump<\/a> is featured on <em>Hello! <\/em>magazine&rsquo;s front digital cover.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In the magazine article, Trump&rsquo;s photographer and one of her most trusted advisers, Regine Mahaux, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/celebrities\/810983\/melania-trump-inner-circle-exclusive-interview\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=hellouk&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shared new insights\">shared new insights<\/a> and photographs of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/first-lady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"first lady\">first lady<\/a> in an exclusive interview. Trump herself was not interviewed in it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is something in her &mdash; the strong woman &mdash; but at the same time, there is the soft power; she&rsquo;s really good at balancing her husband,&rdquo; Mahaux said in an interview published Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: in our latest digital cover, we have new photos and interviews all about the FLOTUS &#10145;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jnymrj2qDC\">https:\/\/t.co\/jnymrj2qDC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FK6wgDPzXI\">pic.twitter.com\/FK6wgDPzXI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HELLO! (@hellomag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hellomag\/status\/1886480467949477994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The feature article of the magazine is titled &ldquo;Melania Trump 2.0 &mdash; Exclusive photos and insight as she returns as First Lady.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The subheadline reads &ldquo;In a world exclusive, FLOTUS&rsquo; inner circle take us behind the scenes to reveal how the president&rsquo;s wife is back &mdash; and ready to take the world by storm.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mahaux was behind <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FLOTUS\/status\/1883975986683007036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"her White House portrait\">Trump&rsquo;s White House portrait<\/a> that was revealed last week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Looking directly into the camera and exuding a no-nonsense confidence, the new First Lady means business. Dressed in a sleek, crisp outfit that wouldn&rsquo;t look out of place in an executive boardroom, this is Melania Trump 2.0, an impressive and independent strong woman who knows what she wants and how she&rsquo;s going to get it,&rdquo; <em>Hello!<\/em> magazine journalist Laura Benjamin wrote in her article of the portrait.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First Lady Melania Trump&rsquo;s Official White House Portrait <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pMdooFZW53\">pic.twitter.com\/pMdooFZW53<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS\/status\/1883975986683007036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the world at her feet as her husband starts his second term as US President, the former model has grown hugely in confidence since she last set foot in the White House four years ago,&rdquo; Benjamin added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She is ready to embrace the responsibility that comes with being one of the planet&rsquo;s most recognisable women,&rdquo; the journalist continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s always been hands on, but she&rsquo;s more free nowadays to make a statement,&rdquo; Mahaux said to the magazine. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s a different person than she was eight years ago and has always been true to herself. This time, it feels like a different energy with new people that the President has surrounded himself with.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mahaux revealed the dynamic of the Trump marriage in how she sees her role in making her husband &ldquo;first&rdquo; and keeping their marriage &ldquo;happy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Melania Trump 2.0 &ndash; Exclusive photos and insight as she returns as First Lady <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cjREH11kP6\">https:\/\/t.co\/cjREH11kP6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HELLO! (@hellomag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hellomag\/status\/1886387832916148565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s always in the right place,&rdquo; Mahaux said. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s always behind her husband. He&rsquo;s in the light; she doesn&rsquo;t need the light. She&rsquo;s a very good number two. It&rsquo;s always her husband first, and I like that; she has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eagle-forum-51-years-strong\/\" title=\"Eagle Forum: Still Going Strong After 51 Years\">strong family values<\/a>, to be a good wife and to make sure they&rsquo;re happy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Hello!<\/em> magazine&rsquo;s exclusive featuring photos of Melania Trump and insights from one of her top advisers is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3305120\/vogue-melania-trump-freelance-magician-white-house-portrait\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"a stark contrast from the vitriolic Vogue magazine commentary\">a stark contrast from the vitriolic <em>Vogue <\/em>magazine commentary<\/a> last week when the magazine&rsquo;s writer Hannah Jackson accused the first lady of cosplaying <em>The Apprentice<\/em> in her White House portrait.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The choice to wear a tuxedo &mdash; as opposed to a blazer or blouse &mdash; made Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant,&rdquo; Jackson&rsquo;s article read.<\/p>\n<p>While <em>Vogue <\/em>has long been a fashion bible for the latest trends, it is also run by Anna Wintour, who has unapologetically attempted to prop up Democratic politicians as fashionable while shutting out the first lady for her Republican politics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former President Joe Biden spent his time wrapping up his presidency by giving a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Wintour.<\/p>\n<p>Wintour&rsquo;s <em>Vogue <\/em>magazine has featured former first ladies Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, and former Vice President Kamala Harris on multiple magazine covers but no cover yet for the glamorous and fashionable current first lady. Trump previously was featured on and in numerous magazines during her modeling career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1973045\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1973045\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melania Trump graces Hello! magazine&#8217;s digital cover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2398473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melania-Official-Photo-e1738367946785-1024x648.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[16146,32641,42813,32423,32076],"class_list":["post-2398472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-fashion","tag-first-lady","tag-magazine-cover","tag-melania-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melania-Official-Photo-e1738367946785-1024x648.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398476,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398472\/revisions\/2398476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}