AceShowbiz - Donald Trump has made sure his wife knows he needs her by his side. The former president has reportedly made a plea to Melania Trump to show a united front in the wake of his indictment and arrest.

A source says that the couple, who has been married for almost 20 years, had "a major talk" over the weekend, before she agreed to be a fixture on his upcoming White House campaign. "He told her, 'I really need you for this because we are going to be campaigning,' " the source tells Page Six. "They had a major talk over the weekend, and she has ... agreed to be on board."

Melania was previously absent when her husband delivered a fiery speech following his arraignment on April 4. Her former aide and best friend Stephanie Winston Wolkoff later said her absence wasn't unexpected.

"Melania lives in an ivory tower of denial," Stephanie said earlier this month. "I never expected to see her there. Her silence is deliberate, it is her weapon of choice and her protective armor."

Stephanie, who was Melania's advisor until 2018, said of the Slovenian-born beauty, "Of course she knows about Donald's affairs, she knows everything. But her silence is her dignity. She will stand by her husband, as she always does. I don't think Melania is humiliated by his affairs - but she is angry."

However, Melania was later seen for the first time with her husband after his arrest on Sunday, April 9. The pair enjoyed an Easter brunch at his Mar-a-Lago club, where he dressed in his usual suit and tie, while she sported a white blouse with a purple floral pattern.

"She wanted just to be alone with him; that was her request," a so-called insider said of the holiday meal. "The fact it was the two of them alone was a big statement. This was a statement [saying], 'We are together, I stand by my husband.' "

The source said of the velvet rope, "It was two of them and they had roped off the table. I think she wanted to show support, but didn't want to have to talk about any of this s**t."

Melania also broke her social media silence after the arrest by posting on Instagram over the weekend. "Happy Easter!" she wrote along with an image of a pink rose.

Meanwhile, Donald sent a bitter message on Easter. "Happy Easter to all, including those that dream endlessly of destroying our country because they are incapable of dreaming about anything else," he wrote on his platform Truth Social, "those that are so incompetent they don't realize that having a border and powerful wall is a good thing, & having voter I.D., all paper ballots, & same day voting will quickly end massive voter fraud."

The 76-year-old continued, "& to all of those weak & pathetic rinos, radical left democrats, socialists marxists, & communists who are killing our nation, remember, we will be back!"