Never can say goodbye
The departure still lingers in the mind. That exit out of the back door of the White House, when the tradition is for the president and his wife to greet the incoming First Couple at the front. That final flight from Andrews Air Force Base, when Air Force One took to the skies with Frank Sinatra’s My Way blaring out of the public address system down below. That arrival in Florida, when the Slovenian-born former supermodel emerged at the plane door wearing a boho Gucci-designed caftan, having left Washington dressed in an outfit that looked almost funereal – a black Chanel jacket and matching Dolce & Gabbana dress. Donald and Melania Trump choreographed one of the most dramatic, and graceless, farewells in US history, snubbing Joe Biden by leaving town hours before he took the presidential oath of office. Now the most compelling question in American politics is can they ever return?
“I think there’s a real possibility that he actually believes he didn’t lose.”
– Mary Trump
For Melania Trump, that change of outfit on the flight down to
