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| First Lady Melania Trump has arrived at Capitol Hill without Donald Trump for the President’s first State of the Union address. | |
| Breaking with tradition, Ms Trump opted to ride with the guests she invited to share her first lady’s box during her husband’s speech. | |
| White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the first lady arrived separately for “no reason other than she can greet the guests and he can go straight in”, according to CNN. | |
| The first couple has not been publicly seen together since New Year’s Eve. | |
| Barack and Michelle Obama, as well as George and Laura Bush, went to the State of the Union in the same limo for all of the eight years each held office. | |
| For Mr Trump’s first Joint Session of Congress, he and Ms Trump also shared a ride in the limo to Capitol Hill. | |
| Ms Trump’s lone motorcade ride is another in a series of independent movements from the First Lady. | |
| Earlier this month, she backed out of joining Mr Trump at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. She also made an impromptu visit alone to the Holocaust Memorial Museum and flew to Mar-a-Lago, where she spent part of her short trip relaxing at the spa. |