Former First Lady Melania Trump On Tuesday, two days after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, she left the Midtown tower named for her husband Donald Trump amid heavy security.
Photos obtained exclusively by The Post show that a convoy of eight vehicles — including an NYPD Emergency Service Unit van driven by a policeman armed with an automatic weapon — was waiting for Melania, 54, as she left her family’s New York City residence.
This fearsome fleet was twice the size of the usual four vehicles deployed to protect the former First Lady.
The Slovenia-born model used the underground parking garage to exit Trump Tower, rather than the side door she usually uses to get in and out.
A woman — possibly an aide or assistant — was seen getting into Melania's SUV after it left the garage.
Fifty-sixth Street was completely blocked off as Melania's motorcade left the building — a move that appeared to be in place to prevent the arrival of her stepson Eric Trump at about the same time.
Because of the road closure, Eric, 40, had to get out of his car at 56th and 5th Avenues and walk about 40 feet to the entrance.
The former first family is on high alert following the attack on the 78-year-old 45th president at his namesake golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday afternoon.
Suspect Ryan Wesley Routh had to wait for almost 12 hours He exited through the sixth hole before a Secret Service agent on advance patrol noticed the barrel of his rifle, prosecutors said.
When the agents opened fire, Routh allegedly dropped his rifle and fled in an SUV — leaving the gun, two backpacks and a GoPro camera behind.
He was arrested about 40 minutes later after a traffic stop on I-95 in neighboring Martin County, Florida.
The Secret Service later admitted that Golf course not searched before Trump's visit Because this round was an “off-the-record” or unscheduled event.
“The president actually did not have to be there. It was not on his official schedule,” acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. told reporters Monday.
The incident in Palm Beach occurred 64 days after a would-be assassin shot and wounded Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Rowe's predecessor, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned after the first assassination attempt, raising major questions about the Secret Service's ability to handle the incident.
