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[[File:Donald Trump and Melania Trump at Liberty Ball Inauguration 2017.jpg|thumb|upright|With Donald, Liberty Ball, January 20, 2017]]
The [[inauguration of Donald Trump]] took place on January 20, 2017.<ref name=":0" /> After her husband was elected president, she announced that she would not move to [[Washington, D.C.]] with him, instead staying in Manhattan so Barron could finish the school year there.{{Sfn|Caroli|2019|p=341}} This also allowed her to introduce her son to the [[White House]] gradually so as not to overwhelm him.{{Sfn|Bennett|2019|p=144}} During this time, Melania negotiated new terms for her prenuptial agreement with Donald to reflect the changes in their lives since it was signed and to ensure that Barron received a suitable inheritance.{{Sfn|Jordan|2020|p=34}}
Melania Trump was the second foreign-born woman to hold the title of first lady after [[Louisa Adams]], who was born in England,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2017-01-23 |title=Melania Trump: Fulfilling the first lady's role her way - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/melania-trump-fulfilling-the-role-of-first-lady-her-way/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=CBS News |archive-date=January 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124041215/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/melania-trump-fulfilling-the-role-of-first-lady-her-way/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Melania was the first [[naturalized citizen]] to hold the title.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melania Trump |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/melania-trump |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=White House Historical Association |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225112551/https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/melania-trump |url-status=live }}</ref> Trump has said that she can speak English, Italian, French, and German in addition to her native Slovene, but she has only been heard speaking English and Slovene fluently. When communicating with speakers of other languages, she makes use of a translator.{{Sfn|Jordan|2020|pp=238–241}} She was also the first [[Catholic]] to live in the White House since President [[John F. Kennedy]] and his wife Jacqueline and was the second Catholic first lady of the United States.<ref name="Sieczkowski">{{cite web |last=Sieczkowski |first=Cavan |date=May 25, 2017 |title=Melania Trump Will Be The First Catholic To Live At The White House Since JFK |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-catholic-white-house_us_59270d0ce4b0265790f5f76f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526193809/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-catholic-white-house_us_59270d0ce4b0265790f5f76f |archive-date=May 26, 2017 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |work=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref><ref name="catholicherald.co.uk">{{cite magazine |date=May 26, 2017 |title=US First Lady Melania Trump Is Catholic, Spokeswoman Confirms |url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/05/25/us-first-lady-melania-trump-is-catholic-spokeswoman-confirms/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170526172605/http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/05/25/us-first-lady-melania-trump-is-catholic-spokeswoman-confirms/ |archive-date=May 26, 2017 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |magazine=[[The Catholic Herald]]}}</ref>
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