Tweet Facebook Mail In her first interview in more than two years, former First Lady Melania Trump said she saw her husband's survival in two attempts on his life as "miracles" and offered new details about the former president , including his desire to have more children. The Slovenian-born former fashion model has remained somewhat of an enigma in the 2024 election cycle. She has stayed largely absent from the campaign trail, breaking norms in not speaking at the Republican National Convention and skipping key moments for her husband, Donald Trump, including his primary-night victory parties and court appearances in New York and Florida.
READ MORE: Axeing negative gearing could have meaningful impact on housing crisis Melania Trump speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in 2016. The former First Lady has been notably quiet during such key moments of this year's election campaign. (AP) Trump meets with former UK prime minister after attempted assassination View Gallery In a pre-taped interview aired on Fox News on Thursday morning (local time), 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 US Capitol on January 6, 2021. "This is not normal," she told Ainsley Earha.