Long before their White House years, Donald and Melania Trump’s love story began with an unexpected moment in a Manhattan nightclub — and a surprising rejection. In her new biography Melania, the First Lady reflects on their first meeting in September 1998 during New York Fashion Week. Recently returned from Paris and exhausted, Melania almost declined a friend’s invitation to a party at the famous Kit Kat Club. But curiosity won out.
The venue was filled with models, designers, and celebrities. When she arrived, she noticed her friend greeting a man approaching with a blonde woman beside him. “‘I’m Donald Trump,’ he said,” Melania recalls. She recognized the name but knew little else. Despite being accompanied, Trump focused his attention on Melania, asking about her life, travels, and her native Slovenia.
