Melania Trump Becomes The Least Favorite First Lady When She Leaves The White House

Melania Trump (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - In one day, the inauguration of the President and Vice President of the United States (US) will be held. It also means that Donald Trump and Melania Trump will soon leave the position they have held for 4 years.

As Melania Trump prepared to leave the White House, she had a low public liking rate during her tenure as first lady. This is according to a poll conducted by CNN.

Quoted, Tuesday, January 19, 47 percent of people have an unfavorable view of Melania. The poll, conducted by SSRS / CNN, put the number of people liking Melania at 42 percent, with 12 percent of them feeling unsure about their feelings for the first lady.

Melania's highest favorite figure is in May 2018, which is 57 percent. At that time he was present at the first state dinner. In addition, it was also noted that Melania's preferred presence was when she was present at the funeral of the late first lady Barbara Bush in Texas. Melania went to the funeral without President Donald Trump.

However, in December 2018, public opinion about Melania Trump fell by double digits following her solo trip to Africa. At that time, liking for Melania Trump was 43 percent and 36 percent for people who didn't like her.

The number of people who like Melania right now is actually higher than President Trump, who has 33 percent. Meanwhile, in the Republican Party, the liking rate for Melania was higher at 84 percent, compared to President Trump at 79 percent and Vice President Mike Pence at 72 percent.

The former first lady

Public opinion about Melania Trump as she left the White House falls far short of that of her predecessor. According to a CNN / ORC poll in January 2017, Michelle Obama left the White House with a rate of 69 percent, which is the same figure she entered the White House eight years earlier.

Laura Bush's breakup ratings were mostly positive too, even though her husband was unpopular at the time. In 2009, a CNN / ORC poll showed Laura Bush's liking rate of 67 percent when she left the White House. While her husband George W. Bush is only 35 percent.

Hillary Clinton also beat Melania Trump as the preferred first lady. In a November 2000 CNN / USA Today / Gallup poll, just before Clinton left, his favorite figure was 56 percent, fourteen percentage points higher than Trump.

The first lady is coming

Melania Trump is known not to meet the next First Lady, Jill Biden. Apart from not making contact with Jill Biden, Melania has also not yet established a new office to continue her program, namely 'Be Best' after she was in Washington. Just like her husband, Melania has been accused of relinquishing responsibilities associated with her official role.

Although there was no chance to meet Melania Trump, Jill Biden has plans of her own. Jill Biden is already planning her priorities regarding the military.

"In 2011, Michelle Obama and I launched Joining Forces to support military service members, veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors," Jill Biden said on Twitter. "As a military mom, I am very proud of this job and can't wait to get started with the White House team."

When Trump publicly accuses of cheating in the 2020 US elections and clings to false hopes of staying in the White House, Melania Trump has been packing things to move. This was conveyed by various sources who have watched Trump's activities since late November.

Melania is already halfway through completing the task of delivering goods either to Mar-a-Lago or to storage, after piecemeal overseeing the movement over weeks. The residence staff had to help with packaging and facilitate packing logistics without angering Trump, who by then had absolutely no doubt he would stay.