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President-elect Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, and his son Don Jr. Trump’s fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, were noticeably absent from a family photo-op on election night Tuesday.
Don Jr.’s eldest child, Kai Trump, posted via X Wednesday a photo of mostly all the members of the Trump family — and Elon Musk and his 4-year-old son, X — and captioned it, “The whole squad.”
The soon-to-be first family flashed big smiles to celebrate Donald winning the 2024 presidential election.
However, several people on social media asked, “Where’s Melania?”
Page Six reached out to the forthcoming first lady’s reps for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Melania Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle were missing from a Trump family photo taken on election night. @KaiTrumpGolfs/X Donald Trump’s granddaughter Kai Trump, whose dad Don Jr. Trump is engaged to Guilfoyle, captioned the pic, “The whole squad.” @kaitrumpgolfer/InstagramDespite Melania, 54, missing for that brief moment, she was by Donald’s side all throughout Election Day.
The former model was seen earlier on Tuesday visiting a polling site in Palm Beach, Fla., with her husband rewearing a chic Dior outfit and large black sunglasses.
She was also right next to him when he gave his victory speech from West Palm Beach later that night.
Melania’s absence from family photos has caused an online uproar in the past when she was missing from a pic of the Trump clan last Christmas.
Melania was by her husband’s side all throughout Election Day, however. REUTERS She also was next to the president-elect during his victory speech. Brian Prahl / SplashNews.com Her reps did not respond to requests for comment on her absence from the family photo. Getty ImagesHowever, a source explained to Page Six at the time that she had skipped out on the family card because she was “with her ailing mother,” who sadly passed away shortly after in early January.
This time around, Melania was not the only member of the Trump family to be left out of a photo-op.
Guilfoyle — who has been engaged to Don Jr. since 2021 — also didn’t make the cut on election night, though his ex-wife and mother of his five kids, Vanessa Trump, was in the photo.
Guilfoyle, 55, began dating Don Jr., 46, only a few months after Vanessa, also 46, filed for divorce from the real estate businessman in 2018 after 12 years of marriage.
It’s unclear why Guilfoyle also did not make the cut in the family photo. AFP via Getty Images However, Don Jr.’s ex-wife, Vannesa Trump (seen here with Guilfoyle), was in the family photo. / SplashNews.comLeading up to the split, there were rumors that Don Jr. had been unfaithful in his marriage.
Now there are rumblings that the former “Apprentice” judge may be back to his old ways, as he was reportedly spotted kissing socialite Bettina Anderson recently — even though he’s with Guilfoyle.
A source also told Page Six in September, “Don and Kimberly haven’t been getting along over the past year. They get argumentative at Mar-a-Lago in front of people.
“Nothing crazy, but you know when a couple is fighting. They bicker in public.”
Guilfoyle was onstage when Donald gave his victory speech, as well. AFP via Getty Images Her rep did not respond to requests for comment on her absence from the family photo. Anadolu via Getty ImagesDespite the alleged cheating scandal, Guilfoyle was by Don Jr.’s side on election night. She was seen onstage with the rest of the Trump family during Donald’s victory speech wearing a red suit set.
She also posted a video on Instagram and wrote over it, “The energy is heating up at Trump HQ.”
Her rep did not immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.
