Melania Trump made a glamorous return to the White House Saturday night — wearing an elegant tuxedo that matched President Trump’s formalwear for a dinner with the nation’s governors.
The president and first lady hosted the National Governors Association dinner in the East Room of the White House, and the commander-in-chief paid tribute to his wife.
“She worked hard on making sure everything was very beautiful. She’s very good at that,” Trump said.
Melania wore a black and white pantsuit with a cumberbund. She skipped the traditional bowtie and left the top two buttons of her white tuxedo top undone.
She wore a similar outfit in her official White House portrait.
The president looked snazzy in a traditional tuxedo as he playfully suggested the next president might be sitting in the room of governors.
“I have some suspicions but you never know,” Trump joked.
Trump also promised the group he would work across the aisle to solve the nation’s problems.
“My [phone] number, write it in your wallets and write it on your person, because I am open to anybody –Republican or Democrat. If we can help you, you’re going to call me up and we’ll take care of it,” Trump said to laughs from the crowd.
“I’ll take maybe even the Democrat call first,” he added.
Melania has been absent from the numerous visits by foreign leaders in Trump’s first weeks in the White House.
The first lady has said she will divide her time between the capital, New York City — where son Barron is a freshman at New York University — and South Florida.
Earlier this month, she announced that she White House was once again open to the public for tours. Tours were halted in January during the transition as the Bidens moved out and the Trumps moved in.