When Melania Trump and Donald Trump first met in 1998, she disclosed the two things that drew her to him.
In her memoir, Melania, which was released in October of last year, the soon-to-be First Lady wrote a memoir in which she discussed her connection with the Republican president-elect, who will formally take office at his inauguration ceremony on Monday, January 20.
Melania recalls meeting Trump in a nightclub in New York City, who will be the first person with a felony conviction to become president.
She remembered that fateful meeting that happened during Fashion Week at the Kit Kat Klub in New York City.
Melania, a Slovenian model, had just immigrated to the US to further her career, and Trump was recently divorced from his second wife, Marla Maples.
Despite being on a date with another lady, Trump asked his future wife for her number when he and his “attractive blonde” partner arrived to see Melania at a table in the VIP area.
However, she refused and instead requested his phone number.
The two eventually went on their first date at his Seven Springs home in Bedford, New York, after Melania called him a few days after they first met.
Melania, 54, described the two qualities of the 78-year-old that she was most “captivated” by throughout the exchange.
“From the moment our conversation began, I was captivated by his charm and easygoing nature,” she wrote in the memoir.
Melania previously opened up about the meeting in a 2016 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, recalling: “He wanted my number, but he was with a date, so of course I didn’t give it to him.”
Clearly unimpressed with the move, she then reportedly told him, “I am not giving you my number; you give me yours, and I will call you.”
“I wanted to see if it was a business number. What if it’s business?”
Melania was immediately impressed by Trump’s purported “vitality” and “energy” after he responded by giving her all of his numbers.
Trump proposed at the 2004 Met Gala after the couple had been dating for a number of years.
After getting married at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort the following year, they welcomed Barron, their first son, into the world in 2006.
Before Trump took office again, Melania made a daring comment.
She stated to FOX News: “Maybe some people see me as just a wife of the President, but I’m standing on my own two feet, independent, I have my own thoughts, I have my own ‘yes’ and ‘no.’”
