MELANIA: “It’s been 20 days since the public has laid eyes on first lady Melania Trump. In the early hours of May 10, Trump welcomed home three American hostages from North Korea, accompanying President Donald Trump to greet them on arrival at Joint Base Andrews; it would be the last time public appearance by the first lady for more than two weeks. Four days later, Trump was checked in to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham in a press release described as, ‘an embolization procedure to treat a benign kidney condition.’ That statement was released post-procedure, allowing Grisham to add that it was ‘successful and there were no complications.’ Yet 16 days later, the most anyone has heard from Trump has come via Twitter, with just one addressing her medical procedure…Since her almost week-long hospital stay, Trump has also tweeted about the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas; the Navy SEAL who was awarded the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony, which she did not attend, on May 24; and most recently, a tweet supporting the military in honor of Memorial Day. Still, conspiracy theorists abound. Is the first lady OK, asks Twitter? Where is she? Why the long disappearance from public view? Trump is just fine, it’s the internet who’s overreacting, according to Grisham.”
-Kate Bennett, “Melania Trump hasn’t appeared in public for 20 days,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 30, 2018 9:40 am