Must Reads: Melania Trump's complicated life as first lady
Compelling, ambitious reads you can’t afford to miss. National political reporter Mary Jordan first wrote about Melania Trump in 2015 when her husband was campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. This week, Jordan teamed up with White House reporter Josh Dawsey and Reliable Source columnist Emily Heil to examine Melania's complicated life as the wife of the president. "She's only been in this country 22 years, and she's now the first lady," said Jordan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former foreign correspondent. "It's quite an American story." Melania's 16 months as first lady have been mostly low key and sometimes nearly invisible. With guidance from Style editor Krissah Thompson, who covered Michelle Obama and the East Wing of the White House during the Obama presidency, Jordan, Dawsey and Heil set out to understand the role Melania was playing. Or as Jordan put it: "Where is she, what's she doing and what
