Former Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci posits that Melania Trump's diminished presence in the White House has contributed to her husband's more erratic behavior, suggesting she previously acted as a moderating influence. He explains the family's hesitance to re-enter the political spotlight stemmed from the harsh criticisms they faced during the first Trump administration, despite which Donald Trump pursued a second term, notably campaigning without his family's direct involvement.

Former Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci posits that Melania Trump's diminished presence in the White House has contributed to her husband's more erratic behavior, suggesting she previously acted as a moderating influence. He explains the family's hesitance to re-enter the political spotlight stemmed from the harsh criticisms they faced during the first Trump administration, despite which Donald Trump pursued a second term, notably campaigning without his family's direct involvement.

Former Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci posits that Melania Trump's diminished presence in the White House has contributed to her husband's more erratic behavior, suggesting she previously acted as a moderating influence. He explains the family's hesitance to re-enter the political spotlight stemmed from the harsh criticisms they faced during the first Trump administration, despite which Donald Trump pursued a second term, notably campaigning without his family's direct involvement.

A former advisor to US President Donald Trump has dissected the dynamic between the President and First Lady, stating that Melania Trump’s absence from the White House has made her husband more unhinged.

Anthony Scaramucci, an aide whose stint in the first Trump administration ended after just 11 days, stated that the difference between the two presidencies is that Trump no longer has his family lingering in the background at the White House.

“When she was more friendly with him, she would tell him to tone it down, and he would actually listen to her,” he said, adding, “There are very few people that Trump listens to.”

He added that their relationship appears more “distant for some different reasons” and “could have probably grown apart”.

Scaramucci also explained as to why Melania and Baron Trump were not keen to return to D.C. after their experience during the first Trump administration. “The family unit that came into Trump 1.0 didn’t like it,” Scaramucci explained. “They didn’t like the blistering in Washington. They didn’t like the 360-degree firing squad. I don’t think they like the spotlight that was put on them,” he added.

He added that Trump’s family warned him before he decided to run for the second time. “I think that when he ran again, they all more or less said, ‘okay, that, you know, that one was on all of us; this one’s on you,’” he said.

However, Scaramucci said Trump didn’t care whether they would join him for his second stint. “He’s there without his family. And I  was surprised by that, by the way. I would have said, this is going to be hard for him because he does everything with his family and they are not in the mix with him,” he added.

He added that it was pretty clear to everyone, even during the first Trump administration, that the President and Melania weren’t living together. “But that doesn’t mean that she’s not going to show up and be friendly and she’s not going to do certain things,” he added.