“Here we go again,” Melania Trump says breathily, as she turns to the camera, peeks out of her navy wide-brimmed hat and enters the US Capitol’s Rotunda for her husband’s inauguration. 

These are the opening words to the trailer for the film Melania, which premieres at the newly renamed Trump-Kennedy Center on 29 January before going on general release.

We’re shown a glimpse of the First Lady’s sleek high-heeled boot emerging from a limousine; a sketch of her white, strapless inaugural ball gown with its pronounced black zigzags; and Melania herself in the guise of brisk, suited businesswoman and co-partner of the President. 

But it is the closing words of the trailer that intrigue. “Hi, Mr President, Congratulations!” she purrs into a phone, from which we infer that he has just won the 2024 election.

“Did you watch it?” Trump asks needily. Her voice turns icy. “I did not. I will see it on the news.”

Melania wants viewers to know she enjoys being a global celebrity and person of consequence – an icon known by her first name, like Madonna. But being the third Mrs Trump? Not so much. As the film teases, she likes to keep her........

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