Fame It might make a little more sense than it seems. By Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Heather Schwedel ? April 27, 2026 6:39 PM Melania Trump attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Even those of us who don’t consider Melania Trump a particularly sympathetic figure can concede that she lived through something traumatic this weekend. A shooter tried to assassinate her husband at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, and unlike previous attempts on the president’s life , the first lady was there to witness it. There’s no one right way to act after something like that happens; we all deal with trauma in different ways.…