Skip to Main Content National News While promoting a narrative, the previous very first girl informed Fox News that she blamed Democrats and members of the news media for the assassination tries versus her hubby.
Republican governmental prospect and previous president, Donald Trump, and previous very first woman Melania Trump enjoy with their households as the balloons fall throughout the last day of the Republican National Convention, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. Paul Sancya/ AP
By Katie Rogers, New York Times Service
upgraded on September 26, 2024
WASHINGTON– Melania Trump, the previous very first girl, stated that she blamed “leaders from the opposition celebration and the mainstream media” for producing conditions that caused 2 assassination efforts versus previous President Donald Trump.
In an interview with Ainsley Earhardt of Fox News that aired Thursday early morning– the very first such media look the press-averse Melania Trump has actually made in more than 2 years– she echoed what her spouse has actually stated about the efforts, without the sort of severe language he has actually utilized.
Trump, who is promoting a narrative, is extremely personal. Even as very first girl, her public looks were erratic and she lived a life that kept her mainly ensconced from outdoors analysis. Her post-White House life has actually been likewise separated, a truth that came through in the interview.
She has actually been mostly missing from the project path and was not near her hubby throughout both current efforts on his life. After a guy with a weapon was apprehended while her partner was playing golf at his Florida club on Sept. 15, Trump, who remained in New York City, contacted us to make certain he was safe “as quickly as I saw it on tv.”
And she stated a 2nd presidency for him would not be disruptive beyond his existence on social networks. “Maybe some, you understand, strong tweets. Whatever else fantastic for this nation,” she stated at one point.
Here are a couple of takeaways from her interview.
She safeguarded Donald Trump’s record while being both unclear and selective about the information.
Melania Trump, inquired about her response to Vice President Kamala Harris changing President Joe Biden as the Democratic governmental candidate, stated that her other half’s record promoted itself.
“My other half as leader in chief, he was leading the nation through peace, through strength,” Trump stated, speaking slightly and without specifics about what her hubby’s administration had actually achieved. By contrast, she declared, “the nation is suffering” under Biden. “People are unable to purchase typical needs for the households.”
She argued that under her spouse, the United States had actually flourished and “didn’t have any wars,” echoing numerous claims he has actually made, especially about the relative absence of military disputes abroad throughout his presidency.
By the end of Donald Trump’s term, almost 13,000 U.S. soldiers were stationed in Afghanistan. Records reveal that a minimum of 65 active-duty soldiers passed away in hostile action throughout his presidency,