Melania Trump breaks precedent again, doesn't walk to Marine One with the president

In an unprecedented move Friday, First Lady Melania Trump went against tradition and traveled to Marine One without her husband.

While it is protocol for the first couple to walk across the White House South Lawn together, before the Trumps headed to Parkland, Florida to meet with victims of the mass shooting there, CNN reported that Melania drove to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland separately ahead of her husband

The move comes after new allegations that Trump had an affair with former Playboy Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal.

The first lady did accompany her husband when he visited the mass shooting victims, and her communications director told PEOPLE in a statement, quote, “With her schedule today it was easier to meet at the plane,”

The New Yorker released a report early Friday detailing the alleged affair, with McDougal claiming she had a nine-month sexual relationship with the President in 2006 after they met during a taping of The Apprentice at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.

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The White House told The New Yorker that Trump denies having had an affair with McDougal, saying, quote “This is an old story that is just more fake news. The President says he never had a relationship with McDougal.”

Melania has broken tradition before, with CNN reporting that she traveled alone on Jan 30th to the President’s state of the union address following the aftermath of allegations relating to Trump’s infidelity.