While the [[First Lady]] of the United States has an Office and staff budget, including a Chief of staff and Press secretary, [[Melania Trump]] has been reluctant to assume a bureaucratic role. The President's daughter Ivanka Trump, who was delegated authority by the President-elect to hire Chief of staff Reince Priebus, has gradually assumed some of the Office and staff allocated to the First Lady and works as an unpaid Presidential Assistant. | While the [[First Lady]] of the United States has an Office and staff budget, including a Chief of staff and Press secretary, [[Melania Trump]] has been reluctant to assume a bureaucratic role. The President's daughter Ivanka Trump, who was delegated authority by the President-elect to hire Chief of staff Reince Priebus, has gradually assumed some of the Office and staff allocated to the First Lady and works as an unpaid Presidential Assistant. |