In fact, Melania and Donald’s relationship had some glaring red flags from the get-go.

Despite these, Melania gave Donald a chance.

Melania also suggested that from the beginning, their significant age gap was a non-issue.

President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump smile at the Liberty Inaugural Ball in Washington, DC (2025)

“I was struck by his energy.

He has an amazing sense of vitality,” she recalled.

Melania was quick to deny the accusations that she was with Donald, then 52, for his money.

Donald Trump and Melania Trump smile at a premiere of ‘Star Wars: Episode I - the Phantom Menace’ in New York City (1999)

“People who talk like this, they don’t know me,” she told Dahler.

You could feel very empty.

She then insisted that she had genuine feelings for her then-boyfriend.