Melania Trump not moving into White House in January: reports

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When Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, his family, including his wife, Melania Trump, and their young son, Barron, will undoubtedly be by his side. But come that Monday, it appears they won’t be staying with him in the White House.

The New York Post and TMZ.com report that the 46-year-old future first lady and the couple’s 10-year-old son will not make the move to the nation’s capital and will instead remain at Trump Tower in New York City to allow Barron to continue attending private school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

According to the Post, Melania “will travel to the White House as needed” and “her primary focus is on Barron.” The pair may make the move to Washington, D.C., after the end of the school year, the paper added, but currently “no plans are in place.” TMZ.com published a similar report saying Melania and Barron are staying put.

A spokeswoman for the president-elect did not return a request seeking comment.

Jason Miller, communications director for the Trump Transition Team, addressed the report Sunday morning, telling reporters that while they had no formal statement on the matter, “there’s obviously a sensitivity” around the issue of pulling Barron out of school in the middle of the academic year.

Trump himself may not spend all of his time in the White House, either.

Last week, the New York Times reported that the real estate mogul had been “talking with his advisers about how many nights a week he will spend in the White House,” reportedly telling them he would like to spend as much time in New York City as he can.

“Mr. Trump, who was shocked when he won the election, might spend most of the week in Washington, much like members of Congress, and return to Trump Tower or his golf course in Bedminster, N.J., or his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on weekends,” the Times reported.