Flyers In Greenwich Village Seek Info On 'Missing' Melania Trump

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — Melania Trump is safe and sound at the White House, but someone in Manhattan is worried about her whereabouts. East Village resident John Hoch spotted about 10 flyers seeking information about the "missing" first lady near Washington Square Park Friday morning.

"HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?" reads a line on the posters between a photo of the president's wife and a physical description of her.

"She was last seen on May 10, 2018. If you have information about her whereabouts please contact immediately," the flyers say. They ask people to send tips to an email address, a phone number or the Twitter account @MissingMelania, which did not show up in search results Friday.

The posters are an apparent reference to Melania Trump's three-week absence from public appearances, a period that included her hospitalization for a kidney condition. It seems the stretch will continue into the weekend, as the first lady reportedly won't accompany President Donald Trump on a retreat to Camp David in Maryland.

Twitter users started speculating about her supposed disappearance last week with the hashtag #MissingMelania. The phenomenon prompted Trump herself to tweet that she's in Washington "feeling great."

"I see the media is working overtime speculating where I am & what I'm doing," she wrote Wednesday. "Rest assured, I'm here at the @WhiteHouse w my family, feeling great, & working hard on behalf of children & the American people!"

Anyone concerned about the first lady might end up instead reaching the president's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen — or at least someone impersonating him.

The phone number on the posters is the same one seen on mock subway ads for Cohen, who famously paid the porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about her alleged affair with Donald Trump.

"Got problems? You've reached Michael Cohen, the fixer," said a message that played when a reporter dialed the number Friday. It said to press one "if you need a hush payment made," press two "if you need someone threatened with physical violence," or press three "if you're the president of the United States."

Whoever's behind the posters didn't immediately respond to the email to the address listed on them or a voicemail left at the phone number.

(Lead image: "Missing" flyers for first lady Melania Trump were spotted in Greenwich Village on Friday. Photo courtesy of John Hoch/Used with permission)