Three wives, five children: what Donald Trump's beloved women and his heirs look like. Photo

Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, the leader of the Republican Party, who is expected to win the White House election, but also in his personal life. Over the past three decades, the politician's romancies have repeatedly made headlines.

The businessman has been married three times, has five children and seven grandchildren. OBOZ.UA will tell you what is known about Trump's wives and why his previous marriages ended.

Ivana Trump

In 1976, Donald met model Ivana Zelnichkova. At the time, she was living in Montreal, working as a ski instructor, having immigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia a few years earlier. She was in New York looking for work, and during a dinner with a group of other models, Donald approached her.

Later, Trump sent her 100 roses, they had dinner together and kept in constant touch. Only three months after meeting her, the politician proposed to his beloved. On December 31, 1977, on the first anniversary of the couple's engagement, Ivanka gave birth to a son, Donald Jr. During their marriage, Donald and Ivana had two more children: in 1981, their daughter Ivanka was born, and in 1984, their youngest son Eric was born.

The lovers were married for more than 12 years until 1989, when Ivana found out that Donald was having an affair with model Maples. In March 1990, Ivana officially filed for divorce. Over the next two years, the couple fought in court.

Despite their tumultuous divorce, Ivana said that after their legal battle was over, they remained "friendly parents." When Ivana died on July 14, 2022, at the age of 73, Donald called her "a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman who lived a wonderful, inspiring life," People writes.

Marla Maples

Donald met Maples during a tennis match in 1985, when he was still married to his first wife, Ivana. At first, the couple were just friends, but later they began an affair, which they kept secret.

Marla and Trump continued to meet from time to time, and in 1993, the woman became pregnant. Their daughter Tiffany was born on October 13, which Maples later called "the biggest unplanned surprise." Despite the fact that Donald had previously said that he did not plan to remarry, the couple got married shortly after the birth of their child.

The couple was together for three years before finally splitting in May 1997. Maples later admitted that she and Donald had different views on the world and raising their daughter. The divorce took place in court over the next two years.

Melania Trump

While Donald was still in the process of his divorce from Maples, he met model Melania Knavs from Slovenia. The couple first met in 1998 at a party in New York, where Donald asked for the woman's number. She refused him because he had come to the party with someone else, but he was able to win her over later.

Shortly after that, Donald and Melania started dating, although the lovers broke up several times. Trump proposed to the model at the Met Gala in 2004. On January 22, 2005, they officially got married. Later that year, Donald and Melania announced that they were expecting their first child.

On March 20, 2006, the couple welcomed their son Barron Trump. In 2017, Donald was officially elected president, and Melania became the first foreign-born first lady since 1829.

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