Ivana, Marla Maples, Melania: the stories behind Trump’s much-talked about marriages
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While it was noted that current wife and new first lady Melania Trump was rarely seen during the campaign trail, she has confirmed she’s packed and ready to move into the White House. And she went viral when she went on Fox and Friends daily morning news show to defend him during the lead up to the result. The key line picked up? “He is not Hitler and his supporters stand behind him because they want to see the country successful. We see what kind of support he has.” It was a response to her husband’s previous false claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris called him Hitler.
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But it isn’t just his current wife who has come forward to defend the Republican candidate in recent years. Amid a litany of backlash to the man — whose most famous line about women is that he could “grab ‘em by the p****” — his two ex-wives, Ivana Trump (before she passed away in 2022) and Marla Maples have praised Trump publicly, even after seemingly acrimonious divorces. His partners have called one of the world’s most divisive men a “companionable co-parent”, “magnetic” and “charming” in their various memoirs — including Melania’s self-titled one, which was released in October.
The former president and business tycoon has barely been out of a relationship since the Seventies. In this time, he has either been dating or married to one of his three wives: Ivana Trump, Marla Maples and Melania Trump. During these years, he’s also been accused of sexual misconduct by at least 26 women with allegations dating up to 2016. Plus multiple affair allegations have emerged, including with Stormy Daniels and former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal, both of which have been denied by his team.
