The Silent Glamour of Melania Trump’s Mother, Amalija Knavs In public, Amalija Knavs did not adhere to the stereotypes of an American grandmother.
Amalija Knavs, Mother of Former First Lady Melania Trump, Dies at 78 A patternmaker from Slovenia, she and her husband became naturalized U.S. citizens with the help of their daughter and then a focal point in the debate around Donald Trump’s immigration policies.