Everyone Is Missing the Point About the 'Melania' Movie

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3. Sensitive Trump, Melania the boss... inside the first lady's second term

Sensitive Trump, Melania the boss… inside the first lady’s second term

Her new documentary, which premieres this week, reveals the 55-year-old as the power behind the throne with firm views on her husband’s actions



Collage of Melania Trump in three different poses.

Megan Agnew, Senior Features Writer, US
Saturday January 24 2026, 11.30pm GMT, The Sunday Times

Last week, a 60-second black-and-white trailer for Melania — the movie — was projected onto the Sphere arena in Las Vegas. “It was the first lady’s idea to buy that advertising,” says Marc Beckman, her exclusive senior adviser and agent.

In fact, it was written into the contract with Amazon MGM, the studio which bought the rights for $40 million, the highest price ever paid for a documentary. “She is very detail-orientated.” ... While they were filming, according to Beckman, Melania positioned cameras and adjusted lighting; afterwards, she sat in the studio to cut the trailer.

On Saturday night the documentary-style film had a private viewing at the White House, with an orchestra playing its original score for the guests. ... The only footage the rest of the world has seen is the trailer — a slick, cinematic collection of clips of Melania in Palm Beach, Washington and Manhattan. “Here we go again,” she says knowingly, looking straight down the barrel of the camera before she walks out at the inauguration, wearing a hat so wide the president had to duck underneath to kiss her cheek.

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