How Long Has Trump Been Married (And Why)?

Exact Answer: Sixteen Years To His Current Wife

Marriage is the foundation of human life. It leads to the human race moving forward. Besides that, marriage gets known to be the sacred reunion of two souls. It is where two people promise to stay with each other in both good and bad times. Irrespective of illnesses or death.

Marriage is something that almost all humans aspire to do once in their lifetime. It sets the foundation for a great future. No one gets excluded from being married. That also includes the president of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump.

How Long Has Trump Been Married?

Donald John Trump is one of the most influential and powerful people on the planet. He was the 45th president of the United States, but his start was different. He was born in the year 1946 in New York. 

He was in a family that had a successful real estate business. After attending the Wharton Business School, Trump joined his family business. He joined as the president of the firm and later named it The Trump Organisation. 

Trump later entered into the president’s race in the year 2016. In 2017, he became the president of the United States and was president till January 2020. 

In his personal life, Trump gets known to have a lot of relationships after he joined his family business. He dated many women, out of which few names are out in public, while some are unknown, especially the ones in his early stage of life.

His affairs made headlines as he was a very famous personality, even as a businessman. He owned beauty pageants and co-produced the popular show The Apprentice. He was also known to have affairs with many women, but only some of them were true.

When it comes to marriage, Trump married three women in his lifetime. His current wife, Melania Trump, has been married to him for the longest time. They got married in the year 2005 and are still married to each other.

Why Has Trump Been Married That Long?

Donald Trump has been famous for having a string of affairs even when he was married. Some were refuted as rumors and caused a lot of drama too. It gets maintained that there were legitimate reasons why his previous marriage did not work out for him.

The details as to how long was Trump married to his three wives is as follows:

• Ivana Trump met Donald Trump in 1976 when Trump was a successful businessman in real estate. Ivana was a successful model at that time and had recently come to New York. Trump wanted to marry Ivana, and after a year of knowing each other, they finally tied the knot. However, their relationship was always rocky and was also very public. Eventually, when Trump met Marla Maples, Trump decided that he wanted to end things with Ivana.
• Marla Maples met Trump when he was already married to Ivana. She gets reportedly accused of breaking up the marriage. After his divorce from Ivana in 1992, Trump went on to date Marla Maples and married her. However, Trump once stated that he wasn’t happy in the marriage, and eventually, they parted ways in 1999. 
• Trump’s relation with Melania is known to last the longest. Melania and Trump met way back in 1998 when Trump was divorcing his second wife, Marla Maples. They made several appearances at various events. Eventually, they got engaged in the year 2004. After this, the marriage took place in the year 2005. There were rumors after Trump lost the second election in January 2021 that Melania might leave Trump. But they are still going strong.

Conclusion

For Donald Trump, the third time’s charm sounds true as his third marriage is still going strong with all the rumors, allegations, and more. Trump has always managed to find beautiful women as his wives, but things didn’t work out in the first two marriages.

Trump has children with all his wives, indicating that he wanted to build a future with them, but fate had something else in mind.

References

1. https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/chapters/10.16997/book30.e/download/2200/
2. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=04wwDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT9&dq=Marriages+of+donald+trump&ots=5B1hrL6mkq&sig=PJwldm8_D6GaHaC1S_hFuUaKa94