TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “With a single tweet on Sunday [6-11-17] evening, Melania Trump made it official: the White House is no longer operating with a first lady in absentia. FLOTUS has moved in.
‘Looking forward to the memories we’ll make in our new home! #Movingday,’ read the tweet, which featured a picture from inside the Executive Residence, past the Truman Balcony, overlooking the South Lawn. On what appeared to be a set dining room table, two tall, tapered candles in silver holders were lit.
Trump, who has performed duties as she can, when she can, during her brief visits to Washington over the past five months, has been far from a regular presence at the White House. The most consecutive days the public has seen the first lady were in May abroad, when she accompanied President Donald Trump on his first international trip.
Her choice to remain in the couple’s New York City penthouse until their son, Barron, 11, finished the school year, while unprecedented, was certainly her prerogative as a parent, as disruptions impact children.
However, her communications director Stephanie Grisham tells CNN that Trump is now more than ready to be a Washington resident.”
-Kate Bennett, “Melania Trump moves in,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 12, 2017 11:15am