Welcome to the whole story. Im Anderson Cooper in so many ways, the 2024 Election Season has been unprecedented and unpredictable part of the unusual nature of that campaign includes who end up as the President Ial spouse traditionally known as the Office Of The First Lady if former president Donald Trump wins, Melania Trump will return to the East Rain For The Second Time after exiting four years ago. Now, this has only happened once before in the countrys history. And then theres Vice President harriss husband, Doug Emhoff, potentially the first man to ever serve in this role over the next hour, Cnn Anchor Kaitlan collins, who covered the trump White House reporter, takes a closer look at the history of the first spouse and how it may be redefined by the next person who will hold that title. As a White House reporter, it can be easy to overlook the First Lady, but that role, and those who have occupied id have long had a deep influence on the West Wing and the country. It can be part diplomat got to coach step. A medical. First lady let me she goes she is starting up a wealth of information to pass onto the retina fulltime campaigner where a mother march the Lady Bird special for i was stopped on the south where democratic Defections Threat and sometimes even Fashion Model was Dwight Eisenhower models are glittering an Odd Ball Gowns Brash and full of enthusiasm. The First Lady has a sampling of our role for the next lawyer. A view that hasnt evolved much over the more than 50 women have served in the position since that very first inauguration. And 17, 89 Martha Washington complaints sometimes feeling like a State Prisoner because she was so observed and commented on as kind of a thankless job as kind of no win and job. The role of First Lady is typically included White House traditions like hosting world leaders, planning State Dinners, and congressional balls the 2007 White House Easter Egg roll to the annual Easter Egg roll s china its a way that the First Lady can show her own Preferences Case Exercise that soft power of Diplomacy And Politicking and being in charge of the White House, Christmas Decorations high Pressure Role filled with scrutiny. Thats unpaid. An illdefined Wilson House where Ms Wilson hosted first ladies first ladies are really known for oftentimes rising above the politics. And its a tough job. Its not clearly defined what your role is as First Lady, you have no Position Description and no salary are not on the federal payroll. You get to pick and choose what you want to do or nothing. Americans have come to expect that the position is one that you could make a difference and you do have influence and it is a partner to the president theres no closer confident to a president than their spouse represents a sense of Peace And Calm and can be there in times of harrell, they want someone whos maternal warm. They want someone who is beautiful and welldressed and a good representative of our country. And its impossible to be all of those things for everyone given the womens movement, given how we are trying to have more Gender Equality that we still have this well, very antiquated, oldfashioned rule where we have women who have graduate degrees who are spending the majority of their time picking out china and what theyre going to wear and seating placements. It mirrors womens place in American Society and that there are two steps forward, one step back the China Room and the Gold Room and the library, which isnt finished yet in 1962, thirtytwoyearold Jacqueline Kennedy ushered in the modern era when she gave the first televised tour of the White House by a First Lady, River Kennedy has been showing us about the White House and all the changes that theyve made therein. Jackie kennedy understood Peoples Fascination with her. Opening up the White House and bringing in cameras for that first time in 1962, she transformed our expectations and more than 50 years later another First Lady would also upend those expectations this is the. Longest belonging to trump is wearing this Jackie Kennedy, esq. 19 suit. We are a country that has sort of trained on what the First Lady is wearing. And that was a real sort of big moment to see her emerge in that light blue suit with the gloves Kate Bennett is an author and former cnn White House correspondent. Who covered melanias time as First Lady Melania Trump in designing that sit with Ralph Lauren and her stylist knew what it was going to look like and photographs she wanted to think of the most iconic First Lady that americans think of and reflect that are at least plant that seed, that like, oh, she going to be the next jackie but even as Melania Harkened back to a former era with her style as First Lady. She also blazed a new path for herself from the very beginning. First lady Melania Trump im surprises with her decision to delay moving into the White House. Its unprecedented that she wont immediately move into the White House. It could be First Lady Melania Trump. Shes going to stay in New York for the rest of the school year. So their son, baron can finish school in New York city. She established a different precedent. She took a lot of criticism for that, but she remove that burden of precedent for anyone that came after her who might want to do the same thing. Thats millennia. I do what i want married jordan is a pulitzer prizewinning Journalist And Author of the art of her deal. You write in your book about why she was so delayed in part and moving to the White House. She was renegotiating her Prenuptial Agreement with Donald Trump melania, when she got married to him. He wasnt in politics. So she dug your heels in and said, hey, i didnt sign up for this. You want me on the Campaign Trail you got to do a little more and mainly she was interested in the share for baron she wanted baron to be considered more like the children from his first marriage, Ivanka Donald Junior and eric. And it really bugged her that she felt her kid got second trip hes a tough negotiator. So rishi with jordan released her book in june of 2020. Melania trumps then chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham said, quote, this book belongs in the Fiction Genre by 2021, grisham had resigned and published her own scathing book about the trump white House Donald for 18 years. And i have been aware of his love for this country since we first met for many americans, the first time they may have heard Melania Trumps voice was when she took Center Stage at the Republican National Convention in july 2016. We all remember the disaster when she spoke at the convention and many lines were plagiarized lifted from Michelle Obamas Speech you work hard for what you want in life that your word is your bond that you do what you say youre going to do, you work hard for what you want . Life. That your word is your bond and you do what you say, parts of Millennia Speech came directly from Michelle Obamas 2008 convention remarks. There were the allegations of plagiarism of mrs. Obamas thats a tough way to start but as she faced let me in public, launia remained deeply influential in private how much influence would you say she has on him at certain times . A lot. He brought in his Vice President ial picks the last time random all through Millennia And Melania said, i think Mike Pence because some of the others are going to be gunning for your job. But her most crucial political move may have been when she sat down with Anderson Cooper and October 2016 dont feel sorry for me dont feel sorry for me. I can handle everything that was just ten days after the now infamous Access Hollywood Tape leaked. The one in which her husband joked about grabbing women by the genitals when youre a star, they let you do it you can do anything, whatever you want that damaging Tape Service just three weeks before the election and melanias stepped in as a lifeline for the campaign. I said to my husband that the language is an appropriate its not acceptable and i was surprised because that is not demanded. I know they were kind of a Boy Talk and he was lead on like egg on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff. She went on tv and she backed him up. She minimized it. Its just locker room talk. She had a lot of power at that moment and if she said the wrong thing or she walked or she said it disgusts me to he couldve lost the election. Now, in 2024, the former First Lady is facing a new wave of scrutiny you cant be go with your husband wheres Melania Trump . Melania trump still has barely appeared anywhere to support her husband this year. She didnt attend his hush Money Trial in New York. She did speak at to political fundraisers for the Log Cabin republicans. She was paid more than 237,000 for just one of those Events Convention and introduce her husband. What did you make of that . So she does like to have the attention, but its on her terms, her music, her lighting, her clothes, where she stands, what she looks like, those are all things that are really orchestrated by her herself, not by the campaign, not by the producers of the convention, not by her husband and thats what makes her very uniquely reliant melania, adding to the intrigue with her forthcoming memoir, i believe it is important to share my perspective the truth in the leadup to her books release, shes posted these promotional videos addressing motherhood, life in the White House and even her views on abortion rights, which stand in stark contrast to her husbands. There is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right . That all women possess from birth individual freedom what does my body, my choice really mean . The former First Lady also addresses the Assassination Attempt on her husband in butler, pennsylvania in her book. And then the videos that shes been putting out to help promote would it she does raise questions about trumps assassination. I Cant Help but wonder why didnt Law Enforcement officials arrest the shooter before the speech . There is definitely more to this story. And we need to uncover the truth. Its a pretty conspiratorial Book Promotion but again, eyeballs. And shes a trump and its great marketing that keeps her calling her the sphinx what is that faced . Hes making it an as you angry at and what does she think every marriage is different . There is this just more different than weve ever seen coming up lessons from meloni last time time as First Lady, i wish people would focus on what i do not, but i went and later, what life as the first gentleman could look like for doe emhoff, whether or not man or woman, Doug Emhoff has the personality to really make something of the Role Psoriatic authorize sooner they can be connected for me because santos works on both coasts six helps real people find clear skin. And in Psoriatic Arthritis can mean less joint Pain And Help stop further joint damage. Series allergic reactions, severe Skin Reactions that look like eczema and an increased risk of infections, some fatal have occurred. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms had a Vaccine Or Plan to or have ibd symptoms, develop are worsening predicament as you overdid it on the loaded fries, can now your gut is in the gutter. Im doing it with pepto fast mounts. 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Talking about revolution First Lady . Yes, i would be very traditional like Jackie Kennedy. I will support him i will do a lot of social applications that was then 29yearold Model Melania canals, in 1999, abc interview, she had just started dating real Estate Developer and Reality Tv Star Donald Trump. As he flirted with the idea of running for president under the Reform Party ticket. Youd have a lot less gridlock in washington if i decided to do this and if i want on january 22, 2005, Millennia Canals became the third mrs. Donald trump in an opulent Wedding Ceremony and starstudded party at maralago for the guest included bill Hillary Clinton that next year, millennia gave birth to bear in trump in march 2006. Hes everything to her. They are little cocoon, they are inseparable, very close here are. The trumps with fouryear old baron at Trump Tower and 2010 On Cnns Larry King live to have to go to school now well have lunch and then go now im going to go first have lunch and then you go to school you can do reading, writing, and arithmetic. Has an action he does he spend most of the time with me so barron trump, he was always a figure in the trump White House. He was their child to live there. He is now 18yearsold. Shes going to school in New York. If she becomes First Lady again, its going to be interesting because having a child and the white House Wont be a factor that might be a situation where she shows up for important events, state dinner, these are roles and the things that First Lady is expected to do the washington might not be where she wants to be for another four years are on full display at the Opening Vd for they even have a special first Ladys Cocktail Menu thats where i met with author of free melania, Kate Bennett when you were writing your book, you went to her hometown or in slovenia. What did you take away from Hell Slovenia shaped the Melania Trump that she is today influenced or, or led by communism the civilian people there for ours pretty stoic. Theyve been through a lot and i think that really reflected in Melanias Character and growing up formal and her mannerisms in her hometown, Little Town in the former Yugoslavia Mother would go to work in the early morning shift, the clothes factory. They used to call her mother, Jackie Kennedy she was so good looking so welldressed she were high heels across the bridge. She walked to the factory and to work all day there and then she came home and took care of the kids evan, im slovenia, and i grew up there as a teenager and i left it 15 years ago to come to vent to milan and then paris. And then i went to New York. I came to New York ten years ago. Want to be a model . Yes, i was modeling that she got work as a catalog model, a Fit Model she did a billboard for cigarettes she is the first First Lady to have ever posed new pictures and clubs promoting her new memoir why do i stand proudly behind my nude Modeling Work . The more pressing question why has the media chosen to scrutinize Musk Celebration of the Human Forum in a Fashion Photo Shoot but melania wasnt the only former model and the Trump Family theres also ivanka trump, who is 11 years younger than melania and his Donalds Daughter from his first marriage to ivana trump, also a model in her own right melania called ivanka, the princess. And ivanka called Melania The Portrait the portrait was gushed and speak. She was as interesting as the painting on the wall wow and i think people mistake her silence for shes not that smart. Shes quite savvy this is a woman who came to this country in 1996, 26yearold model. Thats old, sadly, to try to be still making it as a model. And she ended up in the white House Malatia kept her parents close, moving them into the third floor of the White House. Residents you know, its kind of funny when they were in the White House, she was very close to her mother, her father, and baron and they would be up in the private port. Is at the White House. All speaking slovenian. And i heard that donald would walk by and just it make him crazy because he had no idea but there recently what it was the impact like that, but on her, do you think single most important person to melania was her mother she was my dear friend, an irreplaceable treasure a gift bestowed on me by The Universe for that an entirely grateful helped her through some of her toughest moments. Jordan says, particularly the alleged cases of a sexual encounter for with a porn star, Stormy Daniels and the tenmonth long extra marital affair with Playboy Model Karen Mcdougal Both Liaison on tap. While meloni was home caring for newborn Baby Barrett according to Court Testimony Donald Trump has continued to deny both affairs her mother, who was quite religious and she was very traditional and she believed in the vau of marriage and its my understanding that her mother was saying, you know, no. Hes not a lot for you. Look at this, you have house in florida maralago. You have bedminster, you have Trump Tower. You have chet plane so it is a huge, huge blow when she lost her turbulent time in the White House breaking news, blondie of trump making a Surprise Visit to children at the border. But did she hurt the message he was trying to send with an unfortunate Wardrobe Choice . I really dont care. Do you Jacket Week and asked questions like, what does a Comedy Show doing On Cnn thats too muc