A strong gesture in parallel with discussions. While her husband tried to negotiate conditions towards a peace in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin, Melania Trump tried to whisper in the Kremlin ear with her pen. The first American lady sent a letter to the Russian president in which she calls her in particular to “laugh at children”, to “protect the innocence of these children” in order to “do more than serve only Russia, [mais] serve all humanity ”.
A gesture that received the thanks from Olena Zelenska, the wife of the Ukrainian president. In turn, she wrote a letter transmitted by her husband to the American president. The content remained confidential but her husband also praised the approach. “I would like to thank Melania Trump for the attention she pays to one of the most painful and difficult problems of this war: the kidnapping of Ukrainian children by Russia. “Although he is absent” his voice counts, and his support gives strength to this cause, “applauded Volodymyr Zelensky on X.
Could Melania Trump and Olena Zelenska weigh in the peace efforts of their husbands? “Maybe Melania Trump has a certain influence on her husband,” welcomes Nicolas Tenzer, specialist in strategic and international questions, teacher at Sciences Po and author of Our war (The observatory).
An influential first lady
If it is difficult to know what is rumored on the pillows of the White House, Donald Trump’s wife could have more weight than it seems. It ranks in the 10th position of the most influential people in the American administration, according to Paris Match. In the same weekly, Emmanuel Macron stated when he trip to Washington, that Mrs. Trump “has a real role with [Donald Trump]it is a voice that weighs, especially on the humanitarian level. »»
In an interview with the magazine Hello !the official photographer of the presidential couple, Régine Mahaux, says that Melania Trump, “gained insurance and started her second term as First Lady with new authority”. “There is something in her – the strong woman – but at the same time, there is the soft power. »
Thus, Donald Trump, in a rare admission of weakness as to his influence on the moods of Vladimir Putin, had himself recognized at the beginning of the summer that his wife, opened his eyes, sometimes on the double game of his Russian counterpart. “I go home in the evening. I say to the first lady: ” I spoke with Vladimir today. We had a great conversation. ” And she replied: “Ah, he was still bombed another city” “
“Some may see me as a simple wife of the president, but I have my own ideas,” she said at the start of the year at Fox News. I do not always agree with what my husband says or does, and that’s normal. I give him my advice, and sometimes he listens, sometimes not, and it does not matter. »»
Our file on the war in Ukraine
“There is something sincere in the message addressed to Vladimir Putin by Melania Trump, she tackled this subject of deported children with other first ladies,” added Nicolas Tenzer. From there to move the Russian president, “I doubt it,” he nuance. Especially since on the side of Moscow, no first lady in sight which could try to weigh in the discussions and on the intransigence of the chief of the Kremlin. The latter would maintain a long -standing relationship with the former gymnast and now patron of an important media group Alina Kabaeva, with whom he would have had several children, a relationship he has never officially confirmed, quite the contrary. A taboo subject in the Russian media for many years.