Former First Lady Melania Trump asked an employee to write thank-you notes to White House officials “in her voice,” according to a CNN report.
Presidents and first ladies often write thank-you cards to butlers, cooks, housekeepers, maintenance workers and other White House employees who remain in the building during administration shifts, but this year Melania chose to outsource the work.
Instead of writing them alone, she asked an employee who worked in the East Wing to type about 80 thank-you cards. Melania then signed everyone with her name, sources told CNN.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the former first lady had been “emotionally checked” in recent weeks, having made few public appearances.
Yesterday, President Joe Biden’s daughter said Melania had not contacted her mother, now First Lady Jill Biden, in the weeks leading up to Wednesday’s inauguration.
The Washington Post reported that she worked “quietly” with White House chief Usher Timothy Harleth to help coordinate logistics around the Bidens’ move to the White House.
The day before the Trumps left the White House on Wednesday morning, Melania delivered a farewell speech in which she said the past four years had been “unforgettable”.
“When Donald and I finished our time at the White House, I think of all the people I took home in my heart and their incredible stories of love, patriotism and determination,” she said.