Melania Trump defended her husband Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying he is not a new version of Adolf Hitler.
Democrats, including Barack Obama, have blasted Trump for holding a rally at Madison Square Garden that they compared to a Nazi event after many of the speakers made racist and sexist comments.
Trump has defended himself against the attacks and now his wife has stepped in to do the same, making a rare television appearance to talk about the election.
‘It’s terrible. He is not Hitler and his supporters are behind him because they want the country to be successful. We see what kind of support he has,” Melania Trump said during an interview on Fox and Friends.
Melania Trump defended husband Donald while appearing on Fox & Friends
Donald Trump’s mass at Madison Square Garden, where Melania spoke, was compared to a Nazi rally that took place there on February 20, 1939.
“Donald Trump is having a big rally at Madison Square Garden,” Tim Walz said this weekend. “There is a direct parallel to a large gathering that took place at Madison Square Garden in the mid-1930s.”
Obama, who spoke Monday night at a rally for Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, went after Trump and called him up to speak at his Sunday night event in New York’s largest venue.
“The man is holding this big rally at Madison Square Garden,” Obama said, noting that the warm-up speakers were “spouting the most racist, sexist, bigoted stereotypes.” One man called Puerto Rico “an island of trash.”
‘These are Americans. They’re people. And that’s the reason why this election shouldn’t be close,” he continued.
The former president denied the allegations.
‘I’m not a Nazi. I am the opposite of a Nazi,” Trump told thousands of supporters at Georgia Tech on Monday evening.
The comparisons came after Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly said Trump spoke admirably about Hitler and his generals. Trump has denied that.
The Madison Square Garden event was filled with controversial moments.
Trump’s childhood friend David Rem called Harris “the antichrist” and “the devil.” Businessman Grant Cardone told the crowd that Harris “and her pimp handlers will destroy our country.”
Melania Trump expressed confidence that her husband would prevail on Election Day in her interview on Fox & Friends.
‘I feel good. My husband travels all over the country,” she said. ‘I feel good. My husband travels all over the country. We saw Sunday night, Sunday was a great day all day long, there was a lot of support.”
Melania Trump introduced husband Donald at his event at Madison Square Garden
Melania Trump has hardly been on the campaign trail.
Her appearance at Madison Square Garden on Sunday was her first time at a campaign rally this cycle. She attended the Republican National Convention but did not speak. She did not attend either presidential debate.
She said she spoke Sunday because “I also want to support my husband, so I was there for him and for everyone else.”
She also admitted that she is cautious about where she goes after the two assassination attempts on her husband.
‘It’s different. It’s much more dangerous and I’m very vigilant and selective about where I go, what do I do, you never know. It’s one person. And it is dangerous there,” she said
She noted that when Donald Trump leaves for an event, she tells him, “I always tell him, good luck and be safe.” You never know what kind of call you will get and what can happen in life. Life is fragile and we should enjoy it every day.’