Former First Lady Melania Trump called her husband’s survival of two assassination attempts a “miracle,” noting that a “divine power” saved his life.
“I think both of the events, they were really miracles,” Melania said during a “Fox & Friends” interview. “If you really think about it, July 13 was a miracle. Like that much and he could not be with us … I think something was watching over him. I think, it’s almost like the country really needs him.”
Speaking about the first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, Melania said, “I ran to the TV, and I find it, and I watched it was only a few minutes behind, and something, I guess, look over me, so I didn’t really see live, but maybe, you know, three minutes, few minutes later. But when I saw it, I, you know, it was only nobody really knew yet, right? Because when you see him on the floor, and you don’t know, you don’t know what really happened.”
When the second attempt occurred, the former first lady was in New York.
Discussing the media’s reaction to the assassination attempts, Melania said, “It’s interesting how quiet everything became all over the mainstream media. There were a few days they were reporting about July 13 event, and everything then became quiet. So I had a lot of questions, what’s going on? This is not normal.”
“And, 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. They’re only fueling a toxic atmosphere and giving power to all of these people that want to do harm to him. This needs to stop.”
Numerous mainstream media outlets have blamed Trump for the assassination attempts.
MSNBC host Alex Witt asked if the Trump campaign will urge supporters to begin “toning down the violence,” while NBC’s Lester Holt suggested that “fierce rhetoric” from Trump’s campaign trail contributed to the attempts on the former president’s life.
