Washington -The US first couple has hardly gotten off to a conventional start. Now, after a period spent apart, it’s in for a very public test: life together in the Petri dish that is Washington. President Donald Trump, for instance, all but ignored First Lady Melania — left clambering out of a limo in a sumptuous, light blue designer dress and bearing a goodwill gift — as he bounded up the White House steps in January to greet President Barack Obama and wife Michelle on Inauguration Day. More recently the Slovenian former model appeared to swat away an outreached presidential hand as the couple walked along a red carpet upon arriving in Israel last month. The moment, captured on video during Trump’s first and very high profile overseas visit as president, quickly went viral. But now it seems it’s time for the uber-wealthy Trumps — separated for months by political triumph and a parenting choice — to come together under another fancy roof. After staying in New York in Trump Tower si...
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