Lamar Salter
- Donald Trump addressed his wife's noticeable absence from the family's Christmas photo.
- He said Melania was by her ailing mother's side in the hospital.
- The ex-first lady has been largely absent from her husband's 2024 campaign and court appearances.
Is the mystery of the missing Melania Trump solved?
Donald Trump addressed his wife's absence from a family Christmas photo that caused tongues to wag in recent days.
The photo, taken at Mar-a-Lago, featured most of the Trump family, including their 17-year-old son Barron, Melania's father, and other notables.
Sources told the press that she was tied up with a family matter, and on New Year's Eve, Trump told a gathering that Melania was with her mother, Amalija Knavs, in the hospital.