Melania Trump Broke Up with Trump After Catching Ex Leaving His Apartment, New Book Claims

A new book by Ronald Kessler reveals that Melania Trump once broke up with Donald Trump after discovering his ex-girlfriend, model Kara Young, leaving his Trump Tower apartment. According to The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game, the incident occurred just months after Donald and Melania began dating in September 1998.

“This was within a few months of their meeting,” Kessler writes. “Melania was going to go with him to Mar-a-Lago on his plane, and she went up to the apartment at Trump Tower. Out walked Kara Young, the model, who had been dating Donald previously for almost two years. And Melania broke up with him on the spot. She didn’t care about the billions of dollars or the beautiful Mar-a-Lago or the beautiful apartment.”

Kessler claims Melania even ordered her belongings to be sent back from Mar-a-Lago. Tony Senecal, Trump’s longtime butler, recalled the moment: “When she called me, her suitcases were still on the plane in New York. When they came back and she came back, I just carried them back into the mansion, kind of laughing.”

Donald reportedly won Melania back within a week. “That gives you a little insight into her character, and, of course, Donald was impressed by that as well,” Kessler told Us Weekly. The book also revisits the couple’s first meeting at a New York Fashion Week party in 1998. Donald approached Melania while his date was in the bathroom. Although she initially refused to give him her phone number, she eventually called him, and their relationship began.

This wasn’t the couple’s only split. According to Distractify, they briefly broke up in 2000 during Donald’s first exploration of presidential politics. The stress of his unsuccessful Reform Party campaign reportedly played a role in their separation. However, they reconciled later that year, and Donald proposed to Melania at the 2004 Met Gala. They married in 2005.

According to Bustle, The story of their early breakup surfaces amid renewed scrutiny of Donald’s marriage, fueled by allegations of extramarital affairs with adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal. Donald has denied these claims, calling the allegations “false” and describing the accusers as “horrible, horrible liars.” Despite past tensions, Melania and Donald have remained a high-profile political and personal partnership, weathering public and private controversies.