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Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Melania Trump changed her plans to attend the annual conference of financial and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland, citing scheduling and logistical problems. The first lady's announcement to not join her husband at the World Economic Forum came on Monday, the couple's 13th wedding anniversary.
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It had been unclear whether Trump would travel to the conference because of the U.S. government shutdown, which after three days was resolved Monday, freeing the president's calendar to attend. Trump is expected to speak at the event, which opened Tuesday.
Melania Trump has kept a low profile since reports surfaced that her husband's personal lawyer Michael Cohen allegedly paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about a 2006 affair.
After the story broke Jan. 12, the first lady went with Trump to Mar-a-Lago for the holiday weekend but did not attend the two dinners he hosted -- one with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and another with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
On the one-year anniversary of her husband's inauguration Saturday, Melania Trump tweeted an image of herself with a military escort at Trump's inaugural swearing-in ceremony. The tweet, which did not mention the President, said the past year was "filled with many wonderful moments."
