Melania Trump defends her husband: ‘He isn’t Hitler’

After making a shock look at her husband’s Madison Sq. Backyard rally on Sunday, Melania Trump spoke out on “Fox and Mates” on Tuesday, fiercely defending him in opposition to reported feedback that he had expressed admiration for Hitler.

“He isn’t Hitler and his supporters stand behind him as a result of they wish to see the nation profitable. We see what sort of help he has,” she stated of the previous president.

Donald Trump has falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris known as him Hitler (she cited experiences that Trump’s former chief of employees John Kelly stated he had praised Hitler for performing some “good issues” and needed generals like Hitler’s).

Melania Trump known as the criticism “horrible.”

The previous first woman additionally stated her husband was nicely conscious of her place supporting abortion rights earlier than her views had been printed in her new e book.

Earlier this month, Melania Trump broke from the Republican Celebration by declaring these views in what some recommended was an eleventh hour transfer to court docket ladies earlier than the election. She stated on Tuesday that her husband knew about her stance lengthy earlier than the e book got here out.

“My husband knew my place, my perception, because the day we met. It was not an enormous shock for him. I assume different individuals, the world didn’t know the place my stances are,” she stated. “He was not shocked, he knew about it.”

Discussing her Election Day plans, she indicated that she would vote on Tuesday. Donald Trump had floated voting early in an indication of unity along with his social gathering’s newer message of help on that topic — however he has continued to criticize the thought.

“We can be in Palm Seashore and within the morning, we are going to go to vote, me and my husband, after which it will likely be a ready time, interval of ready and we’ll see and I hope it’s a success and a celebration within the night,” Melania stated, indicating that she hopes to know the outcomes that very same night.

“I hope the election can be honest and all the things can be chosen as we are saying on Tuesday night time,” she stated.

“I really feel good. We’re feeling good. We’re working arduous. My husband, he is everywhere in the nation, touring, and as we noticed, Sunday night,” she stated.

“I am not anxious, this time is completely different. I’ve extra expertise and data,” she stated, discussing a possible Trump victory subsequent week. “I used to be within the White Home earlier than. Once you go in, you already know what to anticipate. You realize what sort of individuals it’s worthwhile to get, individuals in your workforce which have the identical imaginative and prescient as me.”

Melania Trump once more spoke in tandem along with her husband, pointing to the financial system and immigration as points she hopes might be improved if he wins.

“Nicely, I want to see nation to be protected and affluent, higher financial system and peace on the planet.That is essential,” she stated.

Commenting on her husband’s indictments, she stated “it’s a part of it, a part of the politics.”

“When he got here to the White Home for the primary time when he was elected, I knew it might not be straightforward and I knew they might go after him. They did,” she stated.

In her new e book, Melania mentioned feeling betrayed. Referring to what she known as “misinformation” and “mistruths,” Melania highlighted tapes recorded by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former pal and senior adviser who wrote in “Melania and Me” that the previous first woman confirmed frustration over criticism on the administration’s household separation coverage.

“It’s betrayal. They present the world who they’re and so they know what they did,” Melania Trump stated. “To tape the primary woman of the USA on cellphone calls and launch to the general public and edit cellphone calls, it’s shame and may by no means occur to anyone.”