{"id":629929,"date":"2025-07-29T08:04:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T02:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/-629929\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:05:25","slug":"where-is-melania-trump-a-pattern-of-absence","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/where-is-melania-trump-a-pattern-of-absence-629929\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Melania Trump? 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A Pattern of Absence<\/title><link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/where-is-melania-trump-a-pattern-of-absence-629929\/\"\/><meta name=\"web-stories-replace-head-end\"\/><\/head><body><amp-story standalone=\"\" publisher=\"The Daily Guardian\" publisher-logo-src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewsX-Logo-1.jpg\" title=\"Where is Melania Trump? 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