(CNN) The day after a CNN interview with a former Playboy model who claims to have had a 10-month affair with her husband, first lady Melania Trump opted to leave President Donald Trump alone for the ride from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base. The official White House schedule, released Thursday evening, stated the first couple would depart the White House together aboard Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, but Mrs. Trump did not appear beside her husband. On Monday, the first couple walked together across the South Lawn to Marine One, and then on to New Hampshire. A brief trip on the grass made for a moment between husband and wife, as Trump, with his arm around his wife's waist, caught Mrs. Trump as she fell -- in return, she placed her arm around him. On February 16, the day news first broke about Karen McDougal's alleged affair, Mrs. Trump took a previously unscheduled separate motorcade to Joint Base Andrews in the same manner as today.

Source: CNN March 23, 2018 21:22 UTC