section_path: Between first lady tenures (2021–2025)
section_name: Between first lady tenures (2021–2025)
paragraph_text: Between first lady tenures (2021–2025)
  
  After the Trumps left the White House, Melania returned to Mar-a-Lago, where she could live while avoiding public attention. She retained one White House advisor, Marcia Lee Kelly, to help her during the post-presidency. Melania kept in contact with her successor Jill Biden, and the two have exchanged birthday cards. Since her first tenure as first lady ended, Melania made occasional paid speaking appearances, she founded a scholarship program for foster children, and she minted a line of Apollo 11 –themed non-fungible tokens that were not in compliance with NASA 's image use policy. In November 2023, Melania attended the memorial service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
  
  Melania remained out of public view during her husband's court appearances and his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election, limiting her campaign events to two fundraisers for the Log Cabin Republicans. She became more visible in July 2024 by putting out a statement following the attempted assassination of her husband and appearing at the 2024 Republican National Convention, though she declined an invitation to speak at the event, making her the first candidate's spouse not to speak at the convention since Barbara Bush began the tradition. In the same month, Melania announced her intention to publish a memoir, titled Melania. She caused controversy among Republicans in the lead up to the book's publication when she announced her support for the right to abortion. Donald won the election on November 5, 2024.
  
  In January 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced that it had licensed an upcoming documentary film on Melania directed by Brett Ratner for distribution in theatres and on Amazon Prime Video. She will also be an executive producer. Filming started in December 2024. Amazon reportedly paid US$40 million to license the documentary. Less than two weeks before assuming the role of first lady again, Melania attended the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter. On the eve of Donald's inauguration as U.S. president, Melania launched her own cryptocurrency, the $Melania coin, following the debut of the $Trump coin.
  
  After the Trumps left the White House, Melania returned to Mar-a-Lago, where she could live while avoiding public attention. She retained one White House advisor, Marcia Lee Kelly, to help her during the post-presidency. Melania kept in contact with her successor Jill Biden, and the two have exchanged birthday cards. Since her first tenure as first lady ended, Melania made occasional paid speaking appearances, she founded a scholarship program for foster children, and she minted a line of Apollo 11 –themed non-fungible tokens that were not in compliance with NASA 's image use policy. In November 2023, Melania attended the memorial service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
  
  Melania remained out of public view during her husband's court appearances and his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election, limiting her campaign events to two fundraisers for the Log Cabin Republicans. She became more visible in July 2024 by putting out a statement following the attempted assassination of her husband and appearing at the 2024 Republican National Convention, though she declined an invitation to speak at the event, making her the first candidate's spouse not to speak at the convention since Barbara Bush began the tradition. In the same month, Melania announced her intention to publish a memoir, titled Melania. She caused controversy among Republicans in the lead up to the book's publication when she announced her support for the right to abortion. Donald won the election on November 5, 2024.
  
  In January 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced that it had licensed an upcoming documentary film on Melania directed by Brett Ratner for distribution in theatres and on Amazon Prime Video. She will also be an executive producer. Filming started in December 2024. Amazon reportedly paid US$40 million to license the documentary. Less than two weeks before assuming the role of first lady again, Melania attended the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter. On the eve of Donald's inauguration as U.S. president, Melania launched her own cryptocurrency, the $Melania coin, following the debut of the $Trump coin.