Melania Trump’s time as First Lady of the United States has been, much like her husband Donald Trump’s political career, marked by ups and downs. Although she has made public appearances, she has largely kept a low profile. Now, a new poll reveals how Americans truly rate her performance as First Lady compared with others who have held the role.
Before she and Donald Trump returned to the White House in January of last year, Melania said her second stint in Washington would look different. The Slovenian-born former model explained that she planned to split her time between Washington, Palm Beach, and New York City while continuing to fulfill her responsibilities.
While she has carried on with her Be Best initiative, much of her second term has centered around a documentary project. She announced the film shortly before her husband’s second inauguration.
Amazon reportedly paid $40 million for the rights to the documentary, which debuted in January. The film has drawn mixed reviews, though Melania herself has expressed strong satisfaction with the final result.
“I’m very proud of the film so people may like it, may don’t like it, and that’s their choice,” she told CNN shortly before the release of the documentary. “We achieved what we want to achieve. For myself, it’s already successful. I’m very proud of what we did.”
New poll reveals what Americans think of Melania Trump as first lady
While Donald Trump has struggled in the polls heading into the midterms, many might wonder how Americans view Melania Trump. A recent YouGov poll might give a hint.
It reads that the poll “was conducted online among 2,255 adult citizens on two separate 2026 surveys from February 2 – 5 and February 3-5.”
YouGov explained, “A random sample (stratified by gender, age, race, education, geographic region, and voter registration) was selected from the 2019 American Community Survey. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, 2024 presidential vote, 2020 election turnout and presidential vote, baseline party identification, and current voter registration status.”
So what did the poll say? Well, it turns out that Melania has a -16 approval rating, which is lower than the previous first lady, Jill Biden (-9). Still, Melania has a higher approval rating than Hilary Clinton, who polled at -17.
Other First Lady’s has considerably higher approval ratings. Nancy Reagan stands at +25, Lady Bird Johnson at +23, Rosalynn Carter at +32, and Barbara Bush at +21. Michelle Obama got +21, and Laura Bush got +19.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis most popular
However, the one who did best by far is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the First Lady and the wife of President John F. Kennedy. She was the first lady from 1961 to 1963 and had an approval rating of +56, according to a YouGov survey.
Melania’s approval rating was higher among Republican voters than among Democrats.
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tragic story :
The rain had been falling since morning, thin and relentless, as if the sky itself had decided not to heal. Arman stood under the old mango tree at the edge of the cemetery, his black coat soaked, his hands trembling—not from the cold, but from the weight of what he had lost. Before him lay a fresh mound of earth, still uneven, still too new. A simple wooden cross bore a name he had whispered a thousand times in life and could barely speak now in death.
Lina.
She had laughed easily once. The kind of laugh that made strangers turn their heads and smile without knowing why. She used to say tragedy was something that happened to other people, stories in books or news headlines that ended with quiet sympathy. Arman used to believe her. He wanted to believe that love was a shield, that careful choices could protect them from fate.
They met young, with nothing but ambition and stubborn hope. Their apartment was small, the walls thin, but it echoed with dreams—of better jobs, of children, of a future that felt guaranteed simply because they wanted it badly enough. Lina worked late shifts, saving money in small envelopes labeled Later, Someday, Home. Arman promised he would give her the life she deserved.
But time is patient. Tragedy is quieter than people expect.
The illness came slowly. At first, it was just exhaustion. Then pain. Then the word no one wants to hear spoken aloud. Hospitals replaced cafés. Test results replaced plans. The envelopes labeled Later were emptied one by one, traded for hope that never quite arrived.
Arman stayed. Every night. Every appointment. He learned the language of doctors and the meaning of silence. He learned how to smile while breaking inside. Lina apologized often, for being sick, for being tired, for needing him so much. He always shook his head, held her hand, and lied gently.
“I’m here,” he said.
Always.
On her last night, the machines hummed softly, indifferent. Lina’s voice was barely more than breath. She asked him if he remembered the mango tree where they first talked for hours, imagining a future that now felt like someone else’s life.
“Promise me,” she said, “you won’t disappear with me.”
Arman nodded. He always nodded.
When she was gone, the world did not stop. That was the cruelest part. Cars passed. Phones rang. People laughed somewhere. The mango tree still stood, tall and green, as if nothing sacred had ever happened beneath its branches.
Weeks turned into months. Arman returned to work. He answered questions with practiced calm. At night, he sat alone in the apartment, surrounded by echoes. Lina’s cup still sat by the sink. Her sweater still smelled like her. Grief did not come as tears—it came as heaviness, as the constant effort of breathing through a life that felt unfinished.
One evening, he opened the last envelope she had hidden away. Inside was a note, written in her careful handwriting:
If you’re reading this, I couldn’t stay. But you can. Live enough for both of us. That’s how I’ll survive.
Arman pressed the paper to his chest and finally broke.
Tragedy is not only death. It is the life that continues afterward, altered forever. It is learning to carry love without a place to put it. It is waking up each day knowing someone is missing—and choosing, slowly and painfully, not to disappear with them.
Years later, people would see Arman walking past the mango tree with a quiet expression and think nothing of it. They would not know that every step forward was an act of defiance against loss.
And Lina lived on—not in miracles or happy endings—but in the courage it took to survive what love had made unbearable.