Melania Trump doesn’t want to play the role of first lady – but she doesn’t mind making $28m
Arwa Mahdawi
She has been all but absent from Washington since her husband returned to the White House. Instead, her energy has been poured into monetising her status, writes Arwa Mahdawi
Trump’s meme coin sparks more than 700 copycats posing as official crypto
Army of digital imposters uses names associated with president’s family in apparent bid to deceive investors
‘Money does not whisper – it shouts’: how Trump 2.0 ushered in a brutish new era of power dressing
In the president’s second term, it’s out with the quiet decorum of the Bidens and in with loud American bling. What do the big hair, vulgar slogans and expensive logos promise for the future?
January 2025
‘Overt femininity’: from Maga makeovers to Texan blowouts, big hair is back
American power: what does her official portrait reveal about Melania 2.0?
‘Trump’s grifting tendencies’: how the president’s crypto ties could spur corruption
Why Labour should put green before growth
What does the inauguration’s authoritarian-chic fashion tell us? Designers are suddenly eager to dress the Trumps
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Designers ‘afraid’ of getting on Trump’s wrong side … and still put Melania in that hat
‘You want to see my eyes, you pay extra.’ The Secret Diary of Melania Trump
Catherine Bennett
Weekend
My mum the family vlogger and child abuser; Marina Hyde on Trump’s ‘golden age’; and Spotify’s Billions Club – podcast
Trump’s inauguration day: a who’s who from Biden to Musk – in pictures
So this is Trump’s ‘golden age’ – chaos, dysfunction and a coalition of creeps
Marina Hyde
Experts alarmed by Trumps’ crypto meme coins: ‘America voted for corruption’
Trump family cheat sheet: who was at the inauguration
Brimful of menace? Melania strikes sombre note at Trump inauguration
Melania's hat stops Donald Trump kissing her at inauguration ceremony – video
Melania Trump launches meme coin as crypto conflicts worry experts
Access to Trump and Vance is twice as expensive for donors at inauguration
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Melania’s $40m Amazon deal: another sign Bezos is capitulating to Donald Trump
