Donald Trump, in crisis: how much money could Melania receive if she separates from the tycoon?

The presidency of Donald trump ends after his electoral defeat and with it could also end his 15-year marriage with Melania. Rumors in Washington claim that the First Lady “Count every minute” divorce the New York mogul and tabloids immediately pulled out the calculator to find out how much money he could receive.

According to her former assistant, Stephanie Wolkoff, Melania and Trump had separate rooms in the White House and describes their relationship as a “Transactional marriage”. the Mail on Sunday assured that Melania negotiated a deal to ensure the couple’s son Barron received a chunk of Trump’s fortune.

British newspaper The mirror argued that Melania could receive about $ 50 million and you would keep the jewelry you received as a gift throughout the wedding.

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The sum, although very high, would not allow him to maintain the lifestyle he was used to in the Trump Tower. Barron’s tenure would surely come back to him and Donald would have visitation rights.

Prenuptial agreements

Melania, like the two previous wives of the current US president, Ivana and Marla Maples, signed a prenuptial agreement before getting married.

After divorcing the mogul in 1992, Ivana was reportedly given $ 14 million, an apartment in New York and a mansion in Connecticut. During this time, Maples reportedly received just 2 million dollars, according to the magazine Vanity Fair.

However Melania knew profit from Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 for review the terms of your agreement with the magnate, according to journalist Mary Jordan, of The Washington Post, in the book The art of its solution: the untold story of Melania Trump.

Additionally, her delay in arriving in Washington in 2017 was said to have been because she wanted it to be established in writing that she would be financially protected and that her son Barron would have the same inheritance rights. than his four older siblings.

The relationship between Melania and Trump has been the target of rumors for years. In 2016, the world was stunned by how the Republican resisted Melania to enter the White House on his own. Then the “Free Melania” memes started popping up, which popped up with every argument between the presidential couple over the past four years.

Another former aide, Omarosa Manigault Newman, described the relationship as “a very strange marriage”. “Sometimes they love each other, but sometimes she is repelled by him.” And then he said, “Melania counts every minute until he leaves office and she can get a divorce.

After Biden’s victory, various memes showed that Melania was celebrating her husband’s defeat and running away.