Trump says Melania ‘had a right’ to talk about Epstein but admits he might have handled surprise statement differently

Donald Trump said he might have handled First Lady Melania Trump’s speech denying connection to Jeffrey Epstein differently but said his wife ‘had a right’ to do it her way. 

The President spoke on the phone with The New York Times following his wife’s shock address on Thursday. 

Trump said the First Lady ‘finds it very insulting’ that there were rumors she was a victim of Epstein or friendly with Ghislaine Maxwell.

‘She didn’t meet me through Jeffrey Epstein. And I could understand her feelings.’ 

However, Trump added that he might not have gone about it the same way as Melania did. 

‘I said, ”If you want to do that, you can do that.” I said if she wants to do it — I didn’t recommend it, but I said, I let it be her, I said, if you want to do it’  

President Trump said that regardless of what he thought about the address, he felt his wife was in the right to do it.  

‘I thought she had a right to talk about it. It doesn’t bother me,’ Trump added of the surprise speech at the White House entrance hall. 

Trump added that he ‘didn’t know what the statement was but I knew she was going to make a statement.’ 

This is a developing story.