Uncovering the Real Story Behind Melania Trump’s Mysterious Smile, According to an Expert

Melania Trump really grabbed everyone’s attention when she showed up with her husband, Donald Trump, at the United Nations on Tuesday. The pair had this awkward moment getting “stuck” on an escalator, but that didn’t keep the president from delivering his speech at the General Assembly.

Still, it was the photos of Melania that ended up stealing the spotlight – especially that unique smile of hers, which an expert has now broken down for us.

Donald Trump addressed the General Assembly in New York that day. Things didn’t kick off smoothly; his teleprompter crapped out midway, but honestly, that wasn’t even the first glitch of the morning.

He was there with his wife, Melania, and as they were riding up the escalator in the building, it just halted out of nowhere. Both of them glanced back, wondering what the heck was going on, and later, the White House wasn’t thrilled about it at all.

According to Newsweek, they actually demanded an investigation to see if someone stopped the escalator on purpose just to embarrass him. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt even went on Fox News saying there’d be “accountability” if it turned out to be deliberate.

That Enigmatic ‘Sphinx-Like’ Grin from Melania Trump

In the end, the UN explained it was just a safety feature that got triggered by accident. As I mentioned, Melania was right in front of her husband when the thing ground to a halt. She’d just been with him on that state visit to the UK the week before, and from what I hear, it went pretty well.

These days, Melania tends to stay out of the public eye as much as possible. So, we don’t get a ton of updates on how she’s doing, but during his speech, Donald slipped in this unexpected comment about her health while talking about the escalator fiasco.

Addressing the diplomats, Trump quipped that all he got out of the UN was “an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle,” and then added, “If the first lady wasn’t in great shape, she would’ve fallen.”

Melania stuck around to hear her husband’s full speech. It dragged on for a whole hour – apparently the longest one ever given by a president at the UN. But yeah, it was Melania and that smile of hers that really made the headlines.

In a chat with the Daily Mail, body language pro Judi James pointed out how Melania handled the escalator annoyance totally differently from her husband. She described the first lady’s expression as this ‘Sphinx-like’ smile.

A Subtle “Smile of Agreement”

“As her husband was up there roasting, toasting, and basically scorching his audience like s’mores over a campfire, Melania just sat there gracefully in her seat, with barely a flick of her eyes showing she had any connection to the guy on stage,” the expert told the publication.

“But she did manage a subtle, wry smile of agreement when Trump went off about the broken escalator that could’ve tripped them both up if they weren’t in such top-notch shape.”