Melania Trump makes first appearance in nearly a month and no one is buying it

Among all of the many important news stories happening in the world right now, nothing has captivated us quite like the unexplained disappearance of First Lady Melania Trump. She finally made a brief public appearance on Monday night, but Twitter is still, well, sort of skeptical.

After being out of the public eye for 24 days, which included recovery time for a kidney procedure on May 14, the First Lady made an appearance at an event for military Gold Star families on Monday night. (Not in attendance: the the Khan family, a Gold Star family who Trump beefed with during the 2016 campaign.)

But if you thought this would put the mystery to rest, well, you'd be wrong.

Yes, Melania shared photos of her appearance, but the photos were all taken from a distance and the event was closed to the press, so this is as good a look as we'll get for now.

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A video also showed the First Lady escorting her husband, the president, into the ceremony but, again, it was from a distance, and has become something of a Zapruder film for 2018.

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Still, plenty of evidence that Melania Trump is alive and, most importantly, well and not on some far flung island counting hundred dollar bills and hanging out with Elvis and Tupac.

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Even Trump himself got in on the jokes, making mention of the buzz around Melania's disappearance during his speech to the Gold Star families.

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And the news that the First Lady is skipping Trump's bizarre "AMERICA IS THE BEST" ceremony on Tuesday (in lieu of hosting the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles) surely will fuel more of the conspiracy fire.

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And, so, here we go again, another spin around the circle, waiting to see what Melania is up to.

If you read this, Melania, blink once for "I'm fine" and twice for "I'll meet you in Zihuatanejo."