Posted on 11/20/2016 6:59:04 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Future First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron will not be moving to the White House after Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, The Post has learned.
The president-elect’s 46-year-old wife and their 10-year-old son are staying put at the family’s glitzy Trump Tower penthouse so that Barron can continue attending his Upper West Side private school, sources told The Post.
“Melania is extremely close to Barron, and they have become closer during the campaign,” said a source close to Trump’s transition team. “The campaign has been difficult for Barron, and she is really hoping to keep disruption to a minimum.”
Another source said Melania Trump will travel to the White House as needed, but that her primary focus is on Barron.
“Melania is very supportive of her husband and is fully on board of doing everything that’s needed as first lady,” said the second source familiar with the Trump transition.
That source said also that there is a possibility that Melania and Barron may move to the White House at the end of the school year, but no plans are in place.
“She is really devoted to Barron,” said a source close to the family, adding that Melania has not relied on nannies to raise the child and is frequently seen picking the fourth-grader up from his prep school, where tuition is north of $40,000.
The decision to remain in their Midtown home will increase the security presence around Trump Tower — an effort that will involve both Secret Service and the NYPD, an expert familiar with high-level security told The Post.
“That building is going to become the White House of New York,” said Jim Reese, a former Delta Force commander and president of TigerSwan, a global security company based in North Carolina.
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Yes, and that makes sense. No WH glass bowl. Does that make sense?
You mean their family is strong enough to make decisions that are best for the children? Go figure.
The democrats said they wanted a “Change Agent”.
I believe we voted one in for them.
The downside is that presidential-level security for a public skyscraper in midtown Manhattan is far more difficult than more typical presidential residences. There are people who live in the building, and businesses that operate there, all of which mean there are visitors, members of the general public, deliveries and so on, who will come and go in that building and those adjoining it.
I sure hope Melania has enough time to completely redecorate the White Hut into a beautiful place once again.
Those people are in for torment from the angry left and maybe worse whether the trumps are resident or not
He also looked distressed at the GOP convention on nomination night.
I don’t think I’ve seen this youngster smile once in public. He looks overwhelmed.
Not a mention of the other reason they won’t be moving into the White House immediately.
The Oval Office is scheduled for remodeling to accommodate extensive security upgrades.
http://nypost.com/2016/11/17/trump-may-not-be-able-to-work-in-the-oval-office-for-over-a-year/
Obama has refused to allow the upgrades to proceed until after he leaves office.
That does seem problematic, although I have no problem with the Trump’s decision. There would be a cost associated with having the family in the WH, just as with Obama’s kids going to school there, so in that sense it’s a wash. Securing the building might become easier as those who live there who don’t wish to endure the added security measures might choose to relocate (I doubt there are rent controlled apts there ;-)) Trump Tower is certainly a target but on the other hand it is also “hidden in plain sight” so to speak, nothing is going to go in or out or over without being observed, recorded and hopefully dealt with.
I hope it's all rumor and speculation.
Leni
You can count on it that the MSM will run with this and have it all costed out line by line, what Barron Trump will cost the taxpayers! Idiots.
It was 3AM and he’s ten years old.
Give him a break.
I was a military brat. Every 2-3 years my father was transferred and the entire family moved. My siblings and I learned to be resilient and flexible when adapting to new situations. I learned to be respectful of different cultures and regional preferences. By the time I entered college I understood economic and social class differences much better than other college students who grew up in one sheltered community with a narrow set of friends. We learned to make relationships and preserve relationships across distance and time. Over 40 years later I still correspond and visit good friends I made at various military installations around the country.
From my life experience I’ve always had a difficult time understanding parents who want to shelter and protect their children from the “change” associated with a relocation. I’ve seen many managers and executives turn down job opportunities because they didn’t want to put their children through the trauma of a move. Others have accepted a distant assignment with one spouse staying in place with the children and the second spouse living in the new location and seeing the rest of the family on the weekend or less frequently. While some families cope well with the commuting situation, I’ve seen many marriages collapse, or teenage children experience drug addiction and pregnancy, when the family is dealing with the stress and disruption of one parent living outside the household.
We forget that children can be resilient when they are not coddled. In the formative years of our nation families moved from other continents to American, leaving behind forever relatives and friends. Once here for a few years, many uprooted again heading west for the frontier, again leaving friends and family behind. Children learned to be self reliant, adaptable, and emotionally strong.
I hope for Mr. Trump and his family the desire to shelter Barron doesn’t result in Barron becoming another “snowflake” unable to deal with life outside his protected bubble. Mr. Trump will have extreme stress in his new job where he would benefit from having the love and companionship of his family supporting him daily. Trump has already experienced two failed marriages and his decision making will not benefit from marital and family stress. Perhaps once the school year is complete, the Melania and Barron will move to Washington.
And the NY Post knows this how...
Not that my opinion matters to them, but I would rather see them all living at the White House as a family.
Many military children change schools midyear. It will not ruin the boy. He could be homeschooled at the WH to finish out this grade while his parents consider school choices.
I don’t like this one little bit. Sorry...
It wasn’t 3 AM at the GOP convention.
Yeah. I’m 50/50 on this. I understand not moving while the kid is still in school, but I want to see them all in the White House together.
My Special Ed teacher niece suggests that maybe he is slightly autistic?
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