Former first lady Melania Trump left her husband Donald’s namesake Midtown tower under a heavily bolstered guard Tuesday, two days after a second assassination attempt against the former president in just over two months.
A convoy of eight vehicles — including an NYPD Emergency Service Unit van manned by a cop carrying an automatic weapon — awaited Melania, 54, as she left her family’s New York City residence, photos exclusively obtained by The Post show.
The intimidating fleet was double the usual detail of four vehicles that typically guard the former first lady.
An assistant enters one of the eight vehicles waiting for Melania Trump as she prepared to leave her family’s NYC home. Probe-Media for NYPost.com
Melania Trump left Trump Tower under heavy security on Tuesday. Probe-Media for NYPost.comNo specific threats have been identified against Melania, but since the narrowly-foiled Sunday attempt on her husband’s life in West Palm Beach, Florida, the former first family is getting especially enhanced security details while in NYC, according to law enforcement sources.
The Trumps’ new NYC detail is larger than what any former president and their family receives while in the city, and the added security is being provided largely by the NYPD, the sources said.
The former first lady was seen leaving her New York residence two days after a second attempt on her husband’s life. Probe-Media for NYPost.comAll members of the family will be receiving the enhanced detail while in town. Eric Trump is currently in NYC, and the former president himself is expected to arrive on Wednesday.
Melania left Trump Tower through its underground parking garage, rather than the side door she normally uses to come and go.
One woman — possibly an aide or assistant — was spotted getting into Melania’s SUV after it emerged from the garage.
Melania’s eight vehicle motorcade included the NYPD Emergency Service Unit. Probe-Media for NYPost.comFifty-Sixth Street was completely closed as Melania’s entourage pulled away from the building — appearing to thwart the arrival of her stepson Eric, 40, around the same time.
Because of the street closure he was forced to get out of his car at 56th and 5th Avenue and walk approximately 40 feet to the side entrance.
The former first family has been on high alert since the attempt against the 45th president, 78, at his West Palm Beach golf club over the weekend.
Suspect Ryan Wesley Routh lay in wait for almost 12 hours off the sixth hole before the barrel of his rifle was spotted by a Secret Service agent on advance patrol, prosecutors said.
Routh allegedly dropped his rifle when the agent opened fire and fled in an SUV — leaving the firearm, two backpacks and a GoPro camera behind.
He was arrested about 40 minutes later following a traffic stop in I-95 in neighboring Martin County, Fla.
One of the vans waiting for Melania was staffed by an NYPD ESU officer with an automatic weapon. Probe-Media for NYPost.com
Eric Trump’s own arrival was thwarted by the closure of 56th Street. Probe-Media for NYPost.comThe Secret Service later admitted that the golf course was not searched ahead of Trump’s visit because the round was an “off-the-record,” or unscheduled, event.
“The president wasn’t even really supposed to go there. It was not on his official schedule,” Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. told reporters Monday.
The Palm Beach near-miss took place 64 days after a would-be assassin shot and wounded Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.
Rowe’s predecessor, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned from her post in the wake of the first assassination attempt, which led to major questions about the Secret Service’s competence.
