Melania Trump calls husband’s survival of two assassination attempts ‘miracles’

Melania, wife of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, expressed relief over her husband’s survival of two assassination attempts, calling the incidents “miracles”, while also sharing her anger over the FBI’s raid on their Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Speaking with Fox News’ Ainsley Earhardt on Fox & Friends, Melania recalled the harrowing moment she learned about the first assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

Melania Trump called for Democrats and members of the media to stop branding her husband as a threat to democracy.

 She blamed the media for “fueling a toxic atmosphere” and empowering those who “want to do harm to him.” Democrats previously blamed Trump for violent rhetoric, including helping to incite an attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

“This is not normal,” she told Ainsley Earhardt, a “Fox & Friends” co-host.

Melania Trump added: “Is it really shocking that all this egregious violence goes against my husband? Especially that we hear the leaders from the opposition party and mainstream media branding him as a threat to democracy, calling him vile names?”

The former US first lady added: “This needs to stop.”

Melania Trump said that a staffer alerted her to the shooting at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. 

Earlier this month, Melania said she was in New York when she saw television reports of the second assassination attempt at his golf course in Florida.

“I think something was watching over him,” she said of her husband surviving both assassination attempts. “It’s almost like” the “country really needs him.”

Melania Trump is promoting her new memoir, which is set to release on Oct. 8.

When asked if she and her husband ever discussed growing their family, she revealed that the Republican presidential nominee tried to persuade her to have more children.

“I was always perfectly fine with one,” she said. “And Donald was encouraging to have more. And I said like I’m completely fine with one because it’s” a “very busy life, and I know how busy he is. And I am in charge of everything. So that’s why it’s just perfect.”

The Slovenia native said the fashion industry gave her the “thick skin” required to withstand attacks as the wife of a president.