Melania Trump defends her husband: 'He is not Hitler'

After making a astonishment quality astatine her husband's Madison Square Garden rally connected Sunday, Melania Trump said retired connected "Fox and Friends" connected Tuesday, fiercely defending him against reported comments that he had expressed admiration for Hitler.

"He is not Hitler and his supporters guidelines down him because they want to spot nan state successful. We spot what benignant of support he has," she said of nan erstwhile president.

Donald Trump has falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris called him Hitler (she cited reports that Trump's erstwhile main of unit John Kelly said he had praised Hitler for doing immoderate "good things" and wanted generals for illustration Hitler's).

Melania Trump called nan disapproval "terrible."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump and erstwhile first woman Melania Trump activity arsenic they time off nan shape astatine a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, successful New York City.

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The erstwhile first woman besides said her hubby was good alert of her position supporting abortion authorities earlier her views were published successful her caller book.

Earlier this month, Melania Trump collapsed from nan Republican Party by declaring those views successful what immoderate suggested was an eleventh hr move to tribunal women earlier nan election. She said connected Tuesday that her hubby knew astir her stance agelong earlier nan book came out.

"My hubby knew my position, my belief, since nan time we met. It was not a large astonishment for him. I conjecture different people, nan world did not cognize wherever my stances are," she said. "He was not surprised, he knew astir it."

Discussing her Election Day plans, she indicated that she would ballot connected Tuesday. Donald Trump had floated voting early successful a motion of unity pinch his party's newer connection of support connected that taxable -- but he has continued to knock nan idea.

"We will beryllium successful Palm Beach and successful nan morning, we will spell to vote, maine and my husband, and past it will beryllium a waiting time, play of waiting and we'll spot and I dream it is simply a occurrence and a statement successful nan evening," Melania said, indicating that she hopes to cognize nan results that aforesaid evening.

Former first woman Melania Trump waves earlier Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump arrives astatine a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, successful New York City.

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"I dream nan predetermination will beryllium adjacent and everything will beryllium selected arsenic we opportunity connected Tuesday night," she said.

"I consciousness good. We are emotion good. We are moving hard. My husband, he's each complete nan country, traveling, and arsenic we saw, Sunday evening," she said.

"I'm not anxious, this clip is different. I person much acquisition and knowledge," she said, discussing a imaginable Trump triumph adjacent week. "I was successful nan White House before. When you spell in, you cognize what to expect. You cognize what benignant of group you request to get, group connected your squad that person nan aforesaid imagination arsenic me."

Melania Trump applauds her hubby Donald Trump aft he said astatine a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, October 27, 2024.

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Melania Trump again said successful tandem pinch her husband, pointing to nan system and migration arsenic issues she hopes tin beryllium improved if he wins.

"Well, I would for illustration to spot state to beryllium safe and prosperous, amended system and bid successful nan world.That is very important," she said.

Commenting connected her husband's indictments, she said "it is portion of it, portion of nan politics."

"When he came to nan White House for nan first clip erstwhile he was elected, I knew it would not beryllium easy and I knew they would spell aft him. They did," she said.

In her caller book, Melania discussed emotion betrayed. Referring to what she called "misinformation" and "mistruths," Melania highlighted tapes recorded by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a erstwhile friend and elder advisor who wrote successful "Melania and Me" that nan erstwhile first woman showed vexation complete disapproval connected nan administration's family separation policy.

"It is betrayal. They show nan world who they are and they cognize what they did," Melania Trump said. "To portion nan first woman of nan United States connected telephone calls and merchandise to nan nationalist and edit telephone calls, it is ugliness and should ne'er hap to anybody."