Melania Trump Was Already President — in a Clothing Commercial
Melania Trump could potentially become the next first lady, but very few know about a former role she played — that of the first woman president of the United States — albeit in a 1993 clothing advertisement.
At the time the video was shot, then 23-year-old model Melania Knauss was acting as the U.S. leader for a Slovenian clothing ad campaign. The producers of the video told Univision that the commercial featured “the first woman president of the United States on the day of her inauguration,” and it was shot in just one day.
In the video, the future Mrs. Trump is seen exiting an aircraft in a long trench coat, flanked by security guards, and waving to the crowd. She is immediately rushed by media personnel and escorted to a waiting Chevrolet Caprice Classic by her “secret service agents,” who are all dressed in a similar fashion.
Melania’s motorcade promptly whisks her away from the airport, and close-up shots of the model applying makeup take over the screen. Footage of her waving is then juxtaposed with old footage of President John F. Kennedy supporters to make it appear as if she is being watched by a large group of people, Natalija Gorscak, director of Slovenian National Television, told Univision.
A mock inauguration scene follows at the library of the National University of Slovenia, purporting to be the U.S. Capitol, in which the model, dressed in a tan double-breasted suit jacket and a white blouse, participates in an oath-taking ceremony. The flag of Slovenia, Melania’s birthplace, and the European flag can both be identified in the sequence of scenes. The commercial concludes with Melania sitting at her desk signing a document, which Univision noted appears to be concerning immigration.
“In the document she is approving three people to cross the border between two countries, it’s an immigration document,” said Gorscak.
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