Who is the real Melania Trump? - The Saturday Story
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🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Melania Trump this week releases her new documentary 'Melania' which takes viewers inside the enigmatic first lady’s second term. Directed and produced by Melania herself, it's a project that's had plenty hype and some controversy. The studio Amazon MGM bought the rights for $40 million - the highest price ever paid for a documentary. So, what do we learn about real Melania - the power behind the throne with firm views on her husband’s actions?
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| 0:00.0 | From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Luke Jones. |
| 0:11.5 | It's Friday the 30th of January and I am in Times Square is minus 12 today with a wind chill of |
| 0:25.6 | minus 18. And it's very snowy and I'm surrounded by lots of tourists and flashing billboards. |
| 0:32.8 | Megan Agnew is a senior features writer for the Sunday Times out in the US. |
| 0:38.1 | It's not the normal way I'd spend. |
| 0:41.0 | First thing on a Friday morning in the depths of icy, icy winter, but let's see. |
| 0:45.6 | I need to go inside. |
| 0:47.7 | She's off to the cinema on Company Dollar. |
| 0:50.5 | She's at one of the first showings of Melania Trump's new feature documentary. |
| 0:56.3 | It's called Melania. |
| 0:58.7 | I'm certainly intrigued as to what the movie is like. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm kind of expecting something similar to the trailer, I think. |
| 1:06.5 | Cinematic, well-cut, sort of big Hollywood vibes to the whole thing. |
| 1:14.0 | The First Lady is producing in it, starring in it, has been involved in edits and marketing, apparently. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm looking at the Melania Limited Edition black and white popcorn box that you can get from Regal Cinemas. |
| 1:28.3 | And I've just seen one being purchased by a fellow cinema grower. |
| 1:33.3 | 1299 for an enormous bucket of popcorn first thing of the morning on Friday. |
| 1:39.3 | But it's Amazon MGM who are forking out $75 million for the pleasure. |
| 1:47.1 | I'm looking around and I think I might be the only one here. |
| 1:52.1 | I checked the movie theatre that I was going into and then sold eight seats. |
| 1:59.7 | Why is this happening? |
| 2:01.5 | Is the film any good? |
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