Does Melania Trump still hold Slovenian citizenship or passport in 2025?
Executive summary
Available reporting in the provided sources consistently describes Melania Trump as a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Slovenia; several outlets state she and her son hold EU/Slovenian citizenship, while others note there is no definitive public record in these sources showing whether she formally retained or renounced Slovenian citizenship [1] [2] [3].
1. What the mainstream profiles say: naturalized U.S. citizen with Slovenian origins
Long-form and reference profiles (BBC, Britannica, Newsweek) state Melania Trump was born in what is now Slovenia, obtained a U.S. immigrant visa in 2001 and became a U.S. citizen in 2006, describing her as a naturalized American of Slovenian origin [1] [4] [5]. Those accounts establish the clear fact that she is a U.S. citizen by naturalization [1].
2. Claims that she (and Barron) “hold EU/Slovenian citizenship”
Politico and at least one entertainment item repeat that Melania and her son Barron “hold European Union citizenship” or “hold European Union citizenship” and speak Slovenian, and call her the first American first lady to be an EU citizen [2]. Entertainment and news aggregators have also reported she "retains dual-citizenship" in headlines [6], but those are not primary-document confirmations.
3. Legal context: Slovenia’s rules and the question of dual citizenship
Slovenian citizenship law and practice allow for complex outcomes: some people who lived in Slovenia at independence retained citizenship automatically, and Slovenia’s approach to dual citizenship has nuances. A community Q&A cited the U.S. embassy guidance that dual citizenship is possible and noted there is no public document available there proving whether Melania renounced Slovenian citizenship or kept it [3]. That source explicitly says they found no credible reporting confirming she renounced Slovenian citizenship [3].
4. What the sources do not show: no definitive public record in the supplied reporting
None of the provided sources include a primary Slovenian government statement, passport record, or a documented renunciation oath for Melania Trump. The BBC and other outlets describe her U.S. naturalization and earlier visa approvals, but they do not show a Slovenian passport or an official confirmation that she currently holds or surrendered Slovenian citizenship [1] [7]. In short, the available reporting does not include a definitive bureaucratic record one way or the other [3].
5. Competing narratives and why they persist
Two competing narratives appear in the files: (A) standard biographies and news reports emphasize her U.S. naturalization and Slovene origin [1] [5] [4]; (B) some media and commentary repeat that she retains Slovenian/EU citizenship or that she and Barron “hold” EU citizenship, sometimes framed as a notable political fact [2] [6]. The gap between these narratives arises because a biography can report naturalization yet not resolve whether Slovenia’s citizenship was kept, and secondary outlets sometimes conflate birthplace or cultural ties with legal citizenship [1] [2].
6. What would resolve the question — and what’s missing from these sources
A definitive answer requires an authoritative Slovenian government record or an explicit, contemporaneous statement from Melania Trump or her legal representatives confirming retention or renunciation of Slovenian citizenship. The supplied sources do not contain that documentation; they offer credible reporting about naturalization (BBC, Britannica) and some claims of EU citizenship (Politico) but no hard confirmation from Slovenian authorities or primary legal filings [1] [4] [2] [3].
7. How to read headlines and social claims going forward
Readers should treat repeated assertions that Melania “holds Slovenian/EU citizenship” as plausible but unconfirmed by the primary-document evidence included here. Journalistic and user-generated items (e.g., IMDB-uInterview summaries, Q&A forums) amplify the claim without citing the Slovenian civil registry or a direct statement from Melania’s camp; that weakens their evidentiary value [6] [3].
8. Bottom line
Based on the documents provided: it is established that Melania Trump is a naturalized U.S. citizen (citizen since 2006) and was born in Slovenia [1] [4]. Whether she still holds Slovenian citizenship or a Slovenian passport in 2025 is not definitively confirmed in these sources; available reporting notes the possibility of dual citizenship but does not supply the primary government record or an explicit renunciation to settle the question [3] [2].