President Trump's ex-wife calls herself 'First Lady'

On October 9, the White House issued a statement "counter-attacking" the statement of Ivana Trump, the first wife of President Donald Trump, when she called herself "First Lady of the United States".

Mrs. Melania Trump (right) and Mrs. Ivana Trump. Photo: AP

In an interview with NBC's Good Morning America,ABCOn October 9, Ivana Trump, the first wife of President Donald Trump, shared about her relationship with her ex-husband. Ivana said she spoke to Mr. Trump “about once every 14 days”.

“I have a direct phone number to the White House, but I don’t really want to call him because Melania is still there. I don’t want to create jealousy even though I am still his first wife,” Ivana said in an interview to promote her upcoming book.

“I'm the First Lady too, right?” Ivana added.

Ms. Ivana's self-proclaimed status as First Lady immediately met with opposition from the office of Ms. Melania Trump - the current First Lady of the United States.

“Mrs. Trump has made the White House a home for Barron and a home for the President. Mrs. Trump loves living in Washington, DC, and is honored by her role as First Lady. Mrs. Trump also plans to use her role as First Lady to help children, not to sell books,” said Melania’s spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham.

Melania's representative said that the statement from President Trump's ex-wife was just a way to attract public attention as well as serve personal purposes at the time she was preparing to release her memoir "Raising Trump".

In 2016, Ivana Trump also attracted public attention when she revealed that she had asked her ex-husband to appoint her as US ambassador to the Czech Republic because that was her homeland. At that time, Ivana also sent her congratulations to Melania.

Ivana and Trump married in 1977 and their divorce in 1992 caused a lot of press. The couple had three children together, Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump.

According to Dan Tri