A very sensitive topic in the White House: Where is Melania?

The lights never seem to be switched on and the shutters remain closed.

During the weeks in the White House, the corner of the residence, which is long used by the first women, remains dark, because this first lady does not really live in Washington.

Melania Trump disappears from sight for weeks and gets in the Trump Tower in Manhattan or Florida, where she can be low in Mar-Lago. Administrative officials say that she is more often in the White House than the public, but if exactly and how long these officials will not say (or not).

It's like Greta Garbo as a first lady.

It is expected that Ms. Trump will be back in the capital on Thursday to reveal a stamp, the Barbara Bush, the former first lady, and is present at a ceremony for military mothers. But two people with knowledge of Ms. Trump's schedule said that she had spent less than 14 days in the White House since her husband was inaugurated 108 days ago. Others say that this is a generous estimate. Officials in the East Wing and West Wing refused several inquiries about comments on this article.

The fact that the whereabouts of First Lady is one of the most sensitive topics in this White House only contributes to the intrigue.

“We have not seen such a low -profile first lady since Bess, and that is again in living human memory almost 80 years ago,” said Katherine Jellison, historian at Ohio University, whose research has focused on the first women. She said that Mrs. Truman, like Mrs. Trump, spent most of her time “her home base, whenever she had the chance”. (In Ms. Truman's case it was independent, Mon.)

“She just liked her own private world,” said Ms. Jellison.

The same applies to this first lady. She has commissioned employees to work for her in the east wing, but rarely goes to the office. Even regular guests in Mar-A-Lago say that they don't often see Mrs. Trump on the premises.