Just because Melania Trump hasn’t been by Donald’s side in court that doesn’t mean she doesn’t support him. In May 2024, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff wrote in The Daily Beast, “[T]he truth is Melania knows and supports Donald and his viewpoints. When he goes full brass knuckles on his supposed enemies, she’s often encouraging him to aggressively go for it. She’s his biggest cheerleader.” Melania just hasn’t backed Donald publicly. Like Stephanie Grisham, Wolkoff suggested that the former first lady worried about how she would appear to the public while her husband’s hush money trial played out in the press.
As for how Ivanka Trump feels about her dad’s legal troubles, that’s a bit more unclear as she has chose to step away from politics since leaving the White House. In March 2024, before Donald’s trial began, a source told People, “She is very happy, living her best life. She left politics totally in the rearview mirror and so this time around, even if her dad is the leading Republican candidate, she basically doesn’t care. She told him when he said he was going to run again that she didn’t want to be involved.” It looks like Ivanka kept the same mindset when it came to her father’s hush money case — avoiding it at all cost.
