MILWAUKEE — Former first lady Melania Trump is expected to make a rare appearance at the Republican National Convention before it concludes on Thursday.
Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump revealed Wednesday both Melania and his sister Ivanka Trump would be coming to the convention in a conversation with “CBS Mornings.”
The Post previously reported that Ivanka would be by Trump’s side on Thursday to watch her father accept the GOP nomination.
The younger Trump said Melania and Ivanka would be “in full force and effect” at the convention and that the whole family is “cohesive” and fully behind the GOP nominee.
“Ivanka’s been an incredible supporter of my father. I think you know that; she’s been in the White House for a four-year period of time and loves him dearly,” Eric Trump added.
Both Melania and Ivanka have been missing for most of Trump’s 2024 campaign cycle and have stepped back from being in the political cycle.
The former president was joined by other members of his family in the first few days of the convention, including Eric and his wife and GOP Lara Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and his fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle, Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos.
Trump’s youngest son Barron is not in attendance.
Melania and Barron were spotted exiting Trump Tower in June after the former president was found guilty of all 34 counts related to the “hush money” trial.
Barron,18, graduated from high school in May and appeared with the rest of the Trump family at his father’s rally in Doral, Fla.
The former first lady has kept her distance from the campaign trail in 2024. She’s not expected to make a speech, despite making one in 2016 and 2020.
Her absence was especially felt as Trump selected his vice presidential pick Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), whose wife Usha was by his side as he stepped onto the convention floor.
Melania made a lengthy statement in response to her husband nearly being assassinated on Saturday night at a Pennsylvania rally.
“When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald, I realized my life, and Barron’s life, were on the brink of devastating change,” she wrote.
