<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Melania Trump waved to attendees at the Republican National Convention in July. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Melania Trump made a rare public appearance at the Republican National Convention last month.</li><li>But she's remained largely absent from Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.</li></ul><p>Melania Trump finally returned to the campaign trail — if only for a few hours.</p><p>The crowd erupted into cheers when she entered the arena where the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-rnc-photos-outfit-red-blazer-skirt-milwaukee-2024-7">Republican National Convention</a> took place in July. She wore a bright red Christian Dior skirt suit as she waved at Donald Trump's most ardent supporters.</p><p>For most attendees, it was likely their first time seeing Melania Trump in months.</p><p>After her husband lost to President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race, Melania Trump retreated from the public eye. She has remained largely absent from Donald Trump's public endeavors, including most of his current reelection campaign.</p><p>Her absence was felt during the former president's <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-skipped-trump-biden-presidential-debate-2024-6">debate with Biden</a> this June and when <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-rally-shooter-monster-statement-2024-7">he survived an assassination attempt</a> at a rally in Pennsylvania in mid-July.</p><p>Donald Trump acknowledged questions about Melania Trump's whereabouts in a September 2023 interview with Meet the Press, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-melania-campaign-trail-pretty-soon-rcna105282">saying</a>, "She's a private person, a great person, a very confident person, and she loves our country very much. She'll be — at the appropriate time — she'll be out there."</p><p>A source close to the former president told <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/29/politics/melania-trump-2024-campaign-role/index.html">CNN</a> in March that Melania Trump is "very selective and methodical in what she wants to do and how she presents herself."</p><p>While Melania Trump has taken a behind-the-scenes approach to her husband's campaign, she's been spotted at other public events and around Trump family properties.</p><p>Here's a look at what she's been up to.</p>