First Lady Melania Trump made her first public appearance in more than a month as she delivered remarks from the White House to tout her foster care initiative.

“I heard you missed me,” she said as she addressed a crowd at the Rose Garden on Thursday. “Here I am.”

The first lady has remained largely out of the spotlight with her husband’s return to the White House. She has made even fewer public appearances in the president’s second term than his first; her last public appearance was at the 2026 World Cup final on July 19.