First Lady Melania Trump was conspicuously absent from the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday for the state funeral of late Senator Lindsey Graham, leaving her daughter-in-law Lara Trump to stand alongside President Donald Trump and sparking fresh rumours of a deeply rooted familial feud.
To recall, this highly visible substitution is not an isolated incident. Over the last few months, the 43-year-old television personality has accompanied the 80-year-old president to several major engagements, effectively filling the ceremonial space typically reserved for the president's wife.
