Melania Trump responds to allegations that she compared her husband to Hitler

On October 29, 2024By Littum

Former first lady Melania Trump denied claims that her husband praised Adolf Hitler on Fox & Friends Tuesday.

She came to Donald Trump’s defense after his former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s interviews with Atlantic Ocean and New York Times made news. He said the former president praised Nazi Germany’s dictator, whose policies led to the murder of 6 million Jews.

As the former first lady joined her husband on stage at a Madison Square Garden rally in New York City on Sunday, the Democratic National Committee projected the words “Trump praised Hitler” onto the arena.

“It’s terrible,” she said Tuesday. “He’s not Hitler.”

During a CNN town hall Wednesday, Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris called the former president a “fascist.” Kelly also said the GOP nominee “falls into the general definition” of one during his interviews.

“Couldn’t be further from the truth,” the former president told Fox News on Thursday. “It’s actually just the opposite.”

Fascism is a political ideology and movement that uses racism, a cult of personality that guarantees the absolute power of its leader, and incites violence against political enemies.

Despite the heated rhetoric, the former first lady said the Trump family is “feeling good” a week before Election Day on Nov. 5. She added that aside from two assassination attempts, this campaign cycle feels similar to how it did in 2016 — the last time her husband won the White House.

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