On the occasion of the publication of her memoirs entitled “Melania”, the wife of Donald Trump granted us a written interview. She mentions in particular the attempted attack against her husband on July 13, 2024.
It was a turning point in an American presidential campaign. On July 13, 2024, during a political rally in Meridian near Butler, Pennsylvania (United States), Thomas Matthew Crooks fired an automatic weapon in the direction of Donald Trump.
The rest after this ad
One person was killed by bullets, three others were injured, including the former President of the United States, slightly in the ear, while the attacker was shot dead. In the interview she gave us, to be found in its entirety, Melania Trump returns to this painful episode and bluntly targets the Democratic leaders and the First Lady, Jill Biden.
“A toxic political environment”
“After receiving the horrible news of the tragedy in Pennsylvania, Jill Biden took the initiative to contact me directly. I don't know, however, if her concern was real, because, a few days earlier, she had called my husband “bad” and a “liar,” she explains, before continuing. The verbal attacks from Democratic leaders and the mainstream media have embedded themselves so deeply in the consciousness of our countrymen that they succeeded in triggering an assassination attempt on my husband. For Melania Trump, “it is obvious that the forces behind this perverse behavior will continue to work. In other words and to put it simply, they want Donald gone. They won't stop. »
Melania Trump then asserts that “The Democratic political engine consists of raining harsh words, peddling vile nicknames and calling the 45th president of the United States a “threat to democracy”. » “People today have become so insensitive that they joke about the murder of a former American president!” she laments, then referring to “a toxic political environment”. “This relentless smear has widened the political divide in America and is now compromising individuals who dare to stand up for their beliefs. », she concludes.
Find the full interview with Melania Trump in our issue this week, or online.
Related News :