Melania Trump will join second lady Usha Vance Wednesday for a pre-Thanksgiving visit with North Carolina military families, offering the latest signal that the first lady is more actively engaging with her role after a quiet start to her second term.
Trump and Vance are expected to participate in engagements with service members and their families at Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River. They will also deliver formal remarks at an aircraft hangar, according to the first lady’s office, and “show appreciation for those who serve this holiday season.”
The North Carolina trip will mark their first public joint appearance without their husbands 10 months into the Trump-Vance administration.
It’s unclear how much the two women have substantively engaged with each other behind

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