Melania Trump

Melania Trump, former first lady of the US

Are we now seeing a grumpy electorate demanding action?

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Fri Feb 06 2026 - 15:49

Melania Trump is the ultimate Stepford wife: silent, unseeing and uncaring

Melania, a documentary for which the nominal first lady was paid an obscene sum of €23.7m, demolishes any hope that under that big hat is a head swilling with profound thoughts

Fri Feb 06 2026 - 06:00

Melania documentary takes in €37,992 at UK and Ireland box office on opening weekend

Feature-length profile of Melania Trump takes in less than Lord Of The Rings re-release

Thu Feb 05 2026 - 09:29

‘Melania’: grift and greed on the big screen

In the News podcast: New Amazon documentary is big payday for US first lady, big bore for audiences

Wed Feb 04 2026 - 08:19

Law firm revenues rise and the effect of new rules on self-administered pensions

Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Tue Feb 03 2026 - 06:14

Melania the movie is a mash-up of Carmela Soprano and Eva Braun on the Zoolander set

Melania is a living demonstration of what happens when 20th century totalitarian kitsch reappears as 21st century luxury branding

Tue Feb 03 2026 - 06:00

Melania Trump is not Rapunzel in the tower, pining to be saved from the ogre imprisoning her

Melania is where she wants to be: in the bosom of a corrupt family that is prostituting the People’s House

Sun Feb 01 2026 - 08:00

Melania review: Shameless propaganda that could put you to sleep

If this supposed documentary weren’t about what it’s actually about, it could at times play as an unlikely meditation aid

Sat Jan 31 2026 - 07:25

Trump’s cabinet attends premiere of Amazon‑backed documentary Melania

Amazon studio bought film for $40 million and spent $35 million on marketing

Fri Jan 30 2026 - 08:04

Deported Venezuelans desperate to be reunited with their children

Across the US, a growing number of Venezuelan children whose parents were deported back to their home country have been left behind

Sun Nov 30 2025 - 14:47

Secret Service to investigate whether Trump was sabotaged by UN staff

Viral escalator mishap may have been caused by US president’s videographer

Wed Sept 24 2025 - 09:33

Laughter and darkness as Trump escalates grievances at the United Nations

Series of farcical mishaps confirm US president’s worst prejudices against the beleaguered organisation

Tue Sept 23 2025 - 19:18

Starmer bids Trump farewell and breathes a huge sigh of relief

Risky strategy of inviting US president on state visit seems to have paid off for embattled UK prime minister

Thu Sept 18 2025 - 19:56

In pictures: Who attended banquet with King Charles and Donald Trump at Windsor Castle

Guest list ranged from members of the royal family to titans of business and technology

Thu Sept 18 2025 - 09:21

Behind ancient castle walls, the rich and powerful celebrate Trump

Some of world’s wealthiest and best connected people turn up to stay on US president’s good side during UK visit

Thu Sept 18 2025 - 08:30

Donald Trump’s UK state visit: lots of royal pageantry but no speech to parliament

US president and first lady will be hosted by King Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle

Tue Sept 16 2025 - 23:29

Big Tech bosses court favour with Trumps at White House dinner

Heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Apple back AI initiative spearheaded by first lady Melania Trump

Fri Sept 05 2025 - 13:53

Never mind the shamrocks: White House showroom opens for business amid ‘Tesla Chainsaw Massacre’

Planet Business: Prime Video’s Apprentice nostalgia, Porsche executives’ sleepless nights and the EU’s proposed counter-tariffs. It’s another week on Planet Trump

Sat Mar 15 2025 - 06:15

Fartcoin’s farcical billion-dollar rise

Academic says the current meme coin mania makes 2021’s meme stock mania look sober

Tue Feb 04 2025 - 05:25

Melania Trump’s new official portrait: She looks ready to school the country

Melania Trump first lady photograph

Wed Jan 29 2025 - 10:59

Mr Cook goes to Washington and other tales from Trump’s inauguration

Planet Business: Executive order recap, the man who designed Melania Trump’s hat and how the television ratings compared to previous ceremonies

Sat Jan 25 2025 - 06:15

In pictures: Melania and Ivanka Trump go for glamour at Donald Trump’s inauguration balls

Melania Trump was dressed in a white gown with dramatic black pattern, while Ivanka Trump went for Givenchy Haute Couture

Tue Jan 21 2025 - 12:58

‘Mob wife at a funeral’: Melania Trump brings note of fashion menace to inauguration

New president’s wife chose to wear a dark, high-necked coat and a boater hat to celebrate her husband’s second inauguration

Tue Jan 21 2025 - 09:11

Donald Trump meme coin tanks after wife Melania also launches token

Cryptocurrencies have made significant gains since Donald Trump’s election victory

Mon Jan 20 2025 - 15:29

Dismayed by pop culture’s shift towards Trump? Then you might be one of the people to blame

Progressive principles held an iron grip on big-budget US entertainment in Donald Trump’s first term as US president. Did that serve those principles well?

Sat Jan 18 2025 - 05:00

Budget benefits that might help you beat the January blues

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Tue Jan 07 2025 - 06:30

Amazon Prime Video’s latest star is Melania Trump

Incoming first lady will be an executive producer of the documentary released by Jeff Bezos-owned streamer

Tue Jan 07 2025 - 06:00

Google boggles minds as it says quantum chip ‘lends credence’ to the existence of a multiverse

Planet Business: Ancient Rome auction update, the Murdoch ‘Succession memo’ and people/muppets who have rung the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

Sat Dec 14 2024 - 06:15

Maureen Dowd: Donald Trump and Elon Musk is hardly a match made to last

Melania won’t be spending much time in the White House, but someone else seems eager to fill the role of the president-elect’s helpmeet

Sun Nov 17 2024 - 19:59

‘Your body. My choice.’ A phrase that chills women to the bone

A segment circulating on the internet from Russian TV featuring a 20-year-old nude photoshoot by Melania Trump was interpreted as a coded message to the future president

Wed Nov 13 2024 - 06:00

Where are Melania and Ivanka? Inside Trump’s new family golden circle

Republican National Convention sees marked shift within the former president’s family playing out in public

Wed Jul 17 2024 - 13:00

The riddle of Melania Trump: How much can she put up with from a husband who has betrayed and humiliated her?

How much can the former first lady put up with from a husband who betrayed and humiliated her?

Sun Apr 21 2024 - 12:40

‘She’s learned how to close the door’: The striking silence of Melania Trump

The former US first lady has not appeared on the campaign trail as her husband seeks a second term as president, nor has she commented publicly on his legal peril

Tue Aug 01 2023 - 05:00