Amalia Knabs, mother of former first lady Melania Trump, has died at the age of 78.
President Trump: “It is with deep sadness that I announce the death of my beloved mother, Amalia.'' X I wrote this on Tuesday.
“Amalia Knahus was a strong woman who always conducted herself with grace, warmth and dignity. She was completely devoted to her husband, daughter, grandson and son-in-law. We will miss her immeasurably and will continue to honor and love her legacy.”
President Trump has not disclosed the cause of death, but Knubs had been in poor health for some time.
Former President Donald Trump remembered his mother-in-law in a statement on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday night.
“A very sad night for the entire Trump family!!!” he said. “Melania's great and beautiful mother, Amalia, has departed for a beautiful place in the sky. She was an amazing woman and she will be missed beyond words!”
President Melania Trump skipped the family's annual Christmas photo, which included her husband and three of his five children, to be by Knaves' side in the hospital, sources told the Post last month. Ta.
Despite his wife's illness, Knobs' husband and Melania Trump's father Victor, 79, was seen smiling in the snapshot.
Melania Trump and her Slovenian mother were incredibly close, according to former senior aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff.
“Melania has always taken care of her parents. I wish Amalia all the best,” the “Melania and Me” author told the Post last month.
The Nuffs officially became U.S. citizens in 2018, two years after their son-in-law became president.
The green cards they received in the months leading up to their swearing-in raised questions about whether they benefited from the family reunification process, which Donald Trump at the time denounced as “chain immigration.”
They have largely stayed out of the spotlight, living in Mar-a-Lago for the past few years.
While Slovenia was under communist rule, the couple raised their daughter in the rural industrial city of Sevnica.
Nafs worked at a textile factory and Victor worked at a car dealership.
The 53-year-old former first lady, whose real name is Melania, changed her name to Melania Knauss when she started modeling.
She settled in New York in 1996, met then-businessman Donald Trump two years later, and became his third wife in 2005.
