With President-elect Donald Trump set to return to the White House after a four-year hiatus, his supporters are bracing themselves for another round of intense media scrutiny and rumor-mongering about his marriage and relationship to former first lady Melania Trump.

What will be consistently found is that Melania is an independent and strong-willed woman who is at the same time devoted and loyal to her partner and father of their beloved child, Barron, according to the Christian Post.

Yet, the media will largely ignore that truth and instead focus on perceived differences that will be highlighted and used as a wedge to denigrate and attempt to break up the happily married couple.

Married for nearly 20 years

According to Today, then-real estate mogul Donald Trump and then-fashion model Melania Knauss first met and began dating in 1998, and though they briefly broke up in 2000 when Trump toyed with a Reform Party presidential run, they soon got back together and were engaged in 2004.

In 2005, the couple were formally joined together in a "fantastic" wedding ceremony at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, and a little more than a year later further cemented that bond with the birth in 2006 of their only child together, Barron.

Over the years, the Trump family lived in New York City and then the White House in Washington D.C. for four years before returning to Mar-a-Lago for the past few years, only to now be on the verge of heading back to the White House once again, albeit this time without Barron, who is now a freshman in college in New York.

Where will Melania live for the next four years?

One of the big questions from the media about President-elect Trump's impending second term is whether Melania will join him in the White House for a second stint as the nation's first lady, but the answer to that is a little complicated, according to People magazine.

Multiple sources suggest that the first lady will likely continue to split her time between her residences at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Trump Tower in New York, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C., depending upon where she is needed most.

"If Melania becomes first lady again, of course people expect her to move into the White House and perform appropriate duties," one source said. "She will have her private living apartment there, and she has her home in New York, and her home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach."

"She will spend time in all of these places," the source continued, though it was "not likely" that she would make the White House her main residence.

"As much as Melania loves Mar-a-Lago and her life in Palm Beach, she will spend more time in New York with her son, who is more important to her than anything else," the source added. "If her husband is elected, she will attend the White House functions that she is asked to attend just as she always has. Melania knows what to do, yet has a mind of her own."

She will be the first lady, but Barron is her top priority

Another unnamed source confirmed to People that Melania "definitely won't be going back to Washington to live" but rather will "stay between Florida and NYC," largely because of the "intense public scrutiny that she dislikes," per a third source.

Yet, while she "will do everything expected" of a first lady, "Melania does what she has to do. She will always have a life of her own away from politics. She grits her teeth, turns her head, and does what she needs to do."

"Melania is a unique first lady and ideal for the times we are in. She has her own views and some are different from her husband’s. But no surprise to anyone who really knows Donald, they are not that far apart on some issues," still another source told the outlet. "Barron’s safety and well being will always remain at the top of her priority list, but that doesn’t mean she would shirk her duties as first lady should that opportunity come again."