Melania Trump was asked about her husband’s second presidency, and her answer was very telling.
This week, President Donald Trump‘s wife made her first televised interview since January.
Much like her last appearance, when she was promoting her eponymous documentary, the first lady was there to talk about her work as first lady.
However, the solo outing still strayed into a conversation about her husband and his performance as president.
The first lady appeared in person for an interview with “Fox & Friends” on Sept. 23.
Host Brian Kilmeade asked, “How’s the president doing in Trump 2 as compared to Trump 1? How do you see him handling the job differently?”
She responded, “He’s very focused. He has a lot on his plate. It’s very different what’s going on around the world now, but I think he’s doing the best that he can.”
Trump’s approval rating is projected to be between 32 and 39 percent. This is a new low for the New York native who boasts that he ushered in the new “Golden Age of America.”
An X user speculated, “They had to send Melania onto Faux Spews to attempt damage control. That’s how we know things are really bad.”
Even more skeptics, however, were unwilling to accept Melania’s good press about Trump. One amused individual tweeted, “Hahahahahaha she is trying to be nice but realizes he is a joke too.”
“How does she know? She lives in New York. She doesn’t even live with the man anymore,” an IG Threads user remarked.
Melania’s presence around Washington diminished after Trump ordered the demolition of the East Wing for his ballroom. Voters have since come to expect the first lady’s absence.
Her vanishing act, though, may be to Trump’s liking.
He has bragged to the public that there can only be “one star” in the family and has used speeches as inopportune invitations to humiliate his wife.
For instance, he previously admitted that Melania is not a fan of his undignified antics.
During a May rally, he told supporters, “She says, ‘Darling, please… You speak so beautifully … do me a favor, don’t do the swimming story. Don’t do the weightlifting [story]. It’s so damn unpresidential.”
Melania also is not a fan of his “Y.M.C.A.” dance, but he continues to the fist-pump moves despite her annoyance.
But she, despite distancing herself from him in public, still tried to prop him up as a tireless political servant.
“He works nonstop. He has the most energy than anybody. He’s from morning to evening nonstop,” she said.
Her comments were never accepted as earnest compliments about the Republican president. “She doesn’t even believe her own lies,” a detractor snapped.
Someone else commented, “Melania…you memorized your script so well. You don’t sound any different than your huss-bahnd’s minions. The only difference us your still VERY pronounced accent. After 30 years of being in the US don’t you think you should make time to take some elocution classes? Barron should do fine without your ‘supervision’ for a few hours every week.”
Coincidentally, family matters were reduced to snide remarks. Melania also spoke about the balancing act when she joined Fox’s “The Big Money Show.”
She was asked what advice she could give to moms who feel “they are so stretched thin trying to do it all.”
“We try to find time. It’s less and less family time; it’s suffering because of it, but that’s OK. We are here to work,” Melania explained.
Two other reactions to her candor read, “Family time with the husband she can’t stand?” and “That’s evil.”
Trump and Melania share 20-year-old son Barron Trump. The pair were last seen together at the 81st United Nations General Debate meeting in New York on Sept. 22.
Despite their recent public appearances, the public still questions whether their marriage is genuine.
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