Our collective obsession with the First Lady of the USA predates our current admiration for Michelle Obama and our, well, conflicting feelings about Melania Trump.
First ladies like Hillary Clinton, Jackie Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt have played a huge role in political and pop culture history.
They’ve become icons and role models, and some have even gone on to have their own political careers.
The FLOTUS has always been in the public eye, but Melania Trump’s noticeable absence from the White House has people asking: what does the First Lady do all day, anyway?
The answer is pretty simple – she works a full-time job and doesn’t get paid for it.
It’s the ultimate ‘women’s work’ that doesn’t come with a pay cheque.
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Donald is forgoing his presidential salary so I doubt Melania would care about getting a salary as 1st lady. I guess when you're richer than god it doesn't really matter that much.
Curious, has any other US President ever forgone their presidential salary?
Well, there's never been a billionaire President who doesn't pay any tax, if that's what you mean - so the country is already paying him through tax breaks.
He does disagree with tax dodging though (unless it's him, because when it's him, it 'makes him smart.') because he has tweeted things like, 'HALF of Americans don't pay income tax despite crippling govt debt...' Hmmm...