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Topics: Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Politics, Crime, US News
Mia Williams
Topics: Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Politics, Crime, US News
Melania has revealed how she felt about Donald Trump becoming president again, after the historic assassination attempt on her husband.
Earlier this week (20 January), the world watched on as Trump became the 47th president of the US.
He was surrounded by his nearest and dearest at his inauguration ceremony - which was also attended by a number of celebrities.
But Trump's journey to the White House in 2024, definitely seemed to prove slightly more trying than his first campaign in 2016.
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During his election run he attended several rallies across the US, but one in particular will go down in the American history books forever.
It was July 13, 2024, when Trump was shot in the ear by a 20-year-old man in Pennsylvania.
The politician endured a wound in his upper right ear at the hands of Thomas Matthew Crooks, who killed one audience member and critically injured two others.
But this wasn't the only close call for Trump last year.
Soon after the incident, near the couple's Mar-a-Lago, Florida estate, a man was arrested in possession of an AK-47-style weapon.
Of course these are all unsettling details for the Trump family, and Melania has since been very open about how she felt about her husband becoming president for the second time.
Speaking to Fox News in a rare interview following the release of several excepts of her incoming memoir, the mother-of-one - who shares her 18-year-old son Barron with Trump - told of how both incidents affected her family.
"I saw how they treated him, how the media was against him," the 54-year-old spoke of Trump's threats.
And addressing the impeachment he was faced with during his first term in office, Melania added: "I think they are afraid of his strength, and he was leading this country with peace through strength.
"So, as soon he announced that he was running for the presidency, everything really changed. And I saw it, and I said, you know, this will not be very pleasant."
Speaking to Fox News, she added of his double assassination attempts: "So I always said to him, 'What is next?'"
The former fashion model went on to confess: "In one way, you’re not surprised, and with every event that happened, I kept thinking, 'What’s next? What are they trying to do?'
"You always fear the worst, and then it happened."
Melania's admission was one of the first instances of the first lady speaking to the public during her husband's campaign trail.