For many decades, former President Donald Trump has been screaming loud and clear that he is a shrewd businessman.
The author of The Art of Deal claimed to have built billion-dollar companies, from real estate to media to sprawling golf courses and even had a university at some point.
During his many court battles, his accomplishments in the business world and his net worth have been deflated by lawyers and judges. While the former president is talking about his achievements, his wife, Melania Trump, is quietly beating her husband at his own game.
According to Page Six, the former first lady cleverly and privately renegotiated her prenup with Donald Trump.
The former model’s attorneys were able to get more money, secure properties, and obtain a larger sum for her teen son, Barron, if Donald Trump dies, goes to prison, or if they divorce.
The person in the know told the publication: “This is at least the third time Melania has renegotiated the terms of her marital agreement. Melania is most concerned about maintaining and increasing a substantial trust for their son, Barron.”
The insider went on to reveal more details about Melania Trump’s big win over her spouse by saying: “I know that she wanted it to provide her with more money, and also — from what I understand — there’s a specific amount at minimum that Barron is supposed to obtain. This agreement was necessary because of the current legal battles … [Donald] has suffered.”
According to the source, Melania Trump made the move because she wants to have a solid future if she has to divorce Donald Trump.
The person claimed: “Trump remains very rich, but with mounting legal bills and judgments, the renegotiated prenup would provide a more solid future for Melania and their son should the couple split.”
The insider said the European-American mother of one is not threatening Donald Trump with divorce papers, but she is reminding him that it can happen.
The tipster said: “It’s not that she threatened to leave him. It’s definitely the underlying idea.”
One legal expert said Melania Trump just pulled another brilliant coup on her spouse and more or less confirmed that her marriage is a business transaction.
Attorney and former federal prosecutor Ron Filipkowski said: “She renegotiated the prenup back then, just continued to stay with him and stay on board. But this proves that the whole marriage has been transactional. Her original prenup had like escalator clauses that were about the amount of money she would get if they divorced and went up the longer she stayed with him, and also went up if she had a kid.”
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former senior advisor to former first lady Melania Trump, told BBC back in 2020 that the couple’s marriage is truly transactional.
The Melania and Me author stated: “I do believe it’s a transactional marriage. Donald got arm candy. Melania had two dynamic decades. She was a young model, she didn’t have success yet. She met Donald, she married, she became an American citizen, they had a son, and ten years after that, she’s the first lady of the United States.”
Observers say Melania Trump is a shrewd businesswoman.
