Melania Trump’s journey from a small Slovenian town to the center of American political life is usually told as a sleek success story: a talented young model leaves home, builds an international career, meets a powerful man, and ends up in the White House. But according to someone who knew her long before the spotlight, that outcome was anything but inevitable. An ex-boyfriend from her youth has shared memories that paint a more nuanced, grounded picture of who she was before fame reshaped her life. In the early 1990s, Melania was still far from being a global figure. She grew...
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