As the couple stood side by side amid formal fanfare, Melania gently touched Trump’s back, and he responded with a soft pat. According to lip reader Jeremy Freeman, Trump whispered, “Thank you, baby.” Fans saw it as a sweet display of affection.
During a rare joint appearance at a Washington, D.C. military parade on June 14—celebrating both the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and Donald Trump’s 79th birthday—an intimate moment between the former president and First Lady Melania Trump caught viewers’ attention.