False Melania Trump divorce rumour traced to ex‑democrat candidate

The media has been electrified by the news of Melania Trump's divorce petition. The source of this information was supposed to be a "Newsweek" article. As it turned out, the material never existed, and the reports were false. It is known who is responsible for them.

The information circulated in the media about Melania Trump filing a divorce petition in the Palm Beach court turned out to be false. The source of the false reports was a non-existent "Newsweek" article. The spread of the false story is attributed to a former Democratic congressional candidate.

Contrary to the public information, Melania Trump did not take the initiative to seek a divorce. Melania Trump's involvement in her husband's ongoing presidential campaign is primarily limited to behind-the-scenes activities. However, it is worth noting that she participated in the Republican Convention on July 18 this year.

We could see her holding her husband's hand there. This limited visibility of Melania's engagement in Donald Trump's campaign might have been the basis for the spread of the fictitious narrative about the purported Trump divorce.

"Politifact" and the Palm Beach civil court authorities have debunked this information, emphasizing that no traces of a divorce petition filed by the former first lady were found in the court records. Donald Trump's campaign spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, also denied the reports about Melania Trump taking legal action. Leavitt described these revelations as completely false.

The origin of the false information was traced by "Newsweek," pointing to a post from September 1, authored by Rebekah Jones — a former Florida Department of Health employee and former Democratic congressional candidate. Basing her account on a false post with the "Newsweek" logo, Jones created the foundation for the fictitious story.

Jones admitted that she made up the entire story and that the whole social media stunt was meant to test how they cope with spreading disinformation. She admitted this on platform X and later explained it in detail in a video posted on TikTok. Here, she spoke about her experiment regarding the fictitious rumour about a presidential candidate.

Former and current reports of Trump's marriage instability have been appearing in American media for a long time. We observed a particular intensification in the final phase of Donald Trump's first presidential term. In 2020, a former White House employee suggested that Melania Trump was counting every minute that separated her from the end of her husband's presidency so she could then file for divorce. The couple has been married since 2005 and raises their son, Barron, together.