Donald Trump was joined by wife Melania as he launched another bid to become US president - but it looks like the power dynamic has drastically shifted.
While daughter Ivanka and son Donald Jr. were missing, the 76-year-old was supported by his beloved wife, their son Barron and his third eldest, Eric.
In what was not a closely kept secret, Trump announced he is running to be the Republican candidate in two years time during a speech at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.
"In order to make America great and glorious again. I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States," Trump said while flanked by 'Make America Great Again'.
"I am running because I believe the world has not yet seen the true glory of what this nation can be," he added. "We will again put America first."
Trump walked in holding Melania's hand, which hasn't always been the case over the years, and it's being claimed that she now has far more control.
Body language expert Judi James believes this is "a very different woman" from the one that appeared with Trump on his first bid to be president.
"Melania appears here in First Lady mode: more confident, more sociable and seemingly fully aware that she is an important factor in her husband's popularity," Judi told The Mirror.
"The couple walk as a couple here, side by side and with the power signals more evenly balanced than before. Melania's facial muscles look more relaxed, making her smiles look warmer and less of a rictus.
"Her wave appears to be her own signal rather than mirroring her husband, and her hand is held high with the palm flat to front, suggesting she is greeting old friends."
As the pair walked up to the stage, Melania seemed to be instructing Trump on how to act.
Judi says: "Walking through the audience and posing off the stage there were glimpses of Melania seeming to be muttering to her husband suggesting she might be in charge of the choreography.
"The hand clasp they used looked firm and Melania's fingers were curled round his hand to suggest she was endorsing it."
While it has previously been suggested that Melania might not like being in the spotlight, Judi believes she is relishing it this time round.
"Melania looked to be as keen to regain her Flotus status as Trump does his role as Potus," says Judi.
"Melania looked wary and ignored by her husband first time around but now she knows she is popular with the voters and an asset to a Trump she looks happy to be back in the spotlight."
The body language expert also thinks that Melania's outfit choice was sending a message.
She adds: "Even her outfit reflected that. Monochrome suggests decisiveness and firmness and while the white skirt continues the very trustworthy, pure look she promoted in office the polka dots suggest an extrovert, upbeat attention-seeking approach."
There had been reports that Trump was fuming with his wife after the humiliation of the US Midterms.
The Midterms usually swing towards the opposition party, but that didn't happen as the Republicans failed to take the Senate and the House remains on a knife-edge.
Trump had expected favourable results to set him up strongly for another presidential bid, but it has had the opposite impact.
In the closely fought race in Arizona, Democrat Katie Hobbs defeated Republican Kari Lake, who supported Trump's false claims of election fraud and was reportedly being considered to be his Vice President.
And in the very high-profile battle in swing state Pennsylvania, Trump-backed candidate Mehmet Oz lost his Senate race to Democrat John Fetterman.
Rather than accept he backed the wrong horse, or possibly hindered him, Trump is now blaming his close cirle and wife Melania for pushing him to support the failed candidate.
New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman tweeted: "Trump is indeed furious this morning, particularly about Mehmet Oz, and is blaming everyone who advised him to back Oz -- including his wife, describing it as not her best decision, according to people close to him."
Trump first met Melania at a party in New York City in 1998 - and was actually on a date with another woman at the time.
In an interview the couple did with People, Donald Trump said: "I saw Melania and I said, 'Who is that?'
"She was a very successful model. She was terrific. I tried to get her number and she wouldn't give it to me."
Melania told the magazine: "I had heard he was a ladies' man, and so I said, 'I'm not one of the ladies."
She refused to give the business mogul her number - and instead insisted that he should give her his details.
When his date went to the toilet, Trump 'sneakily' secured some alone time with Melania and gave her all of his contact details.
After returning from a modelling gig in the Caribbean, Melania gave Trump a call and they arranged their first date.
The couple got married in 2005 and Melania gave birht to their son, Barron, in 2006, and she has always been by his side during his presidential bids.
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