{UAH} Donald and Melania Trump have been on and off for 20 years — here's a timeline of their relationship

Donald and Melania Trump have been on and off for 20 years — here's a timeline of their relationship

Jillian Selzer

 

Nov. 19, 2018, 6:00 PM

Donald and Melania Trump met in 1998. Michael Loccisano/GettyImages

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have been at the center of the news cycle for three years now, ever since he announced his candidacy for president.

The third of Trump's marriages, Donald's relationship with Melania is the longest. The pair has been together for 20 years, after they started dating in 1998, and got married in 2005.

Keep reading for a timeline of their entire relationship, from their first meeting to their time together in the White House.

September 1998: They met at a party thrown by their mutual friend Paolo Zampolli.

According to Vanity Fair, Trump had brought a different date to the party.Scott Gries/GettyImages

At the time of their first meeting in September 1998, Melania Knauss was a working model in New York after immigrating to the United States in 1996.

While attending a party at the Kit Kat Club during Fashion Week, thrown by their mutual friend and co-owner of Metropolitan Models, Paolo Zampolli, Trump and Knauss first crossed paths according to aVanity Fair profile of Melania.

1999: Trump and Marla Maples finalized their divorce after about a year of separation.

Marla Maples was Donald Trump's second wife. Diane Freed /GettyImages

After six years of marriage, Trump and his second wife Marla Maplesfinalized their divorce in 1999 — just after Trump and Melania Knauss crossed paths at the Kit Kat Club. Maples and Trump had already been separated for about a year.

About the divorce, Maples was quoted by the New York Post as telling The Telegraph, "Donald was never the man I wanted to marry. He and his world were alien to me … I'm so happy to be away from Donald and I'm just trying to move as far away as I can."

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