Donald Trump introduced on Thursday that his first spouse, Ivana Trump, has died at age 73.
The previous president, who shares three kids: Donald Jr, Ivanka, and Eric, together with his ex-wife, shared the information of her passing in an announcement through which he described her as a “great, lovely, and superb lady, who led an awesome and inspirational life”.
Whereas the previous couple confronted tumultuous years fraught with infidelity and breakups, they have been reported to have a robust friendship in recent times.
That is every thing to find out about Donald and Ivana’s relationship, together with what the 73 yr previous mentioned about her former husband earlier than her demise.
The couple reportedly met in New York Metropolis in 1976 whereas Ivana, a mannequin, was on the town for a vogue present.
In response to Ivana, who mirrored on their first assembly whereas talking to the New York Submit in 2016, she and her associates have been ready for a desk at a bar on the Higher East Facet when the real-estate mogul approached her.
“[There’s] this tall blond man with blue eyes. He mentioned: ‘I’m Donald Trump and I see you’re in search of a desk. I can assist you.’ I have a look at my associates and mentioned: ‘The excellent news is, we’re going to get a desk actual quick. The dangerous information is, this man goes to be sitting with us,’” she recalled.
Donald ended up paying the invoice and disappearing, in line with Ivana, who discovered him sitting exterior within the “driver’s seat of his personal limousine” when she left the bar.
“He drove us dwelling after which we began up to now,” she mentioned.
After lower than a yr of relationship, the pair wed in 1977. 9 months later, they welcomed their eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. The couple had their daughter Ivanka in 1981, and their youngest son, Eric, in 1984.
Donald was not devoted throughout their marriage, nevertheless, with the businessman reportedly participating in quite a lot of affairs throughout their relationship. “I don’t must reply that. I by no means discuss my spouse – which is likely one of the benefits of not being a politician. My marriage is and ought to be a private factor,” he advised Playboy in 1990 when requested by the journal whether or not he and Ivana have been monogamous, earlier than including: “I feel any man enjoys flirtations, and if he mentioned he didn’t, he’d be mendacity or he’d be a politician making an attempt to get the additional 4 votes.”
One of many ladies he cheated on his spouse with was mannequin Marla Maples, whom he seemingly started a relationship with in 1990.
The rumoured affair ultimately led to the tip of Ivana and Donald’s marriage, with the couple divorcing in 1992.
“It’s gonna be amicable, I promise you that,” Donald mentioned on the time, in line with Individuals. “Hear, we by no means had a struggle. The youngsters by no means noticed something mistaken. They usually’re gonna be nice. She’s gonna be nice.”
Nevertheless, Ivana’s ideas on the matter have been completely different, with the skilled skier claiming that the divorce had left the couple’s three kids “wrecks”.
“The youngsters are all wrecks,” Ivana advised reporter Liz Smith on the time, in line with Self-importance Truthful. “Ivanka now comes dwelling from faculty crying: ‘Mommy, does it imply I’m not going to be Ivanka Trump anymore?’ Little Eric asks me, ‘Is it true you’re going away and never coming again?’”
Ivana additionally reportedly contested her pre-nup, which granted her custody of their three kids in addition to possession of their 45-room, $3.7m dwelling in Connecticut and a $25m settlement.
In 1993, Donald and Maples welcomed the arrival of their daughter Tiffany Trump, with the couple tying the knot two months later.
Of the wedding, Ivana wrote in her 2017 memoir Elevating Trump: “After the showgirl bought pregnant and had a daughter, Donald married her. The entire world was watching. He couldn’t not wed the mom of his new child, no matter whether or not his coronary heart was actually in it.”
Nevertheless, regardless of the sad ending to their marriage, the previous couple remained on good phrases, with Ivana claiming to have a “direct quantity” to the White Home when her former husband, who divorced Maples in 1999 and wed Melania Trump in 2005, grew to become president.
In her memoir, Ivana additionally revealed that she had “no issues” along with her ex-husband’s third spouse, because the Slovenian-American mannequin “didn’t break up [her] marriage”.
“I’ve no issues along with her in any respect. Why ought to I? She didn’t break up my marriage,” she wrote.
As for whether or not she was envious of Melania’s position as first woman, Ivana mentioned she was grateful to not have something to do with Washington, DC, and would “fairly be a secret adviser to Donald from the consolation of my city home, ought to he name”.
Whereas sharing the information of Ivana’s passing on Thursday, Donald mentioned: “Her satisfaction and pleasure have been her three kids, Donald Jr, Ivanka, and Eric. She was so happy with them, as we have been all so happy with her.”
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