{"id":2351334,"date":"2024-10-06T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melania-trump-says-her-husband-holding-people-accountable-will-be-his-decision-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-06T13:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:06:40","slug":"melania-trump-says-her-husband-holding-people-accountable-will-be-his-decision-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melania-trump-says-her-husband-holding-people-accountable-will-be-his-decision-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump says her husband holding people accountable will be \u2018his decision\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmelania-trump-says-her-husband-holding-people-accountable-will-be-his-decision-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2351334&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent interview, former First Lady Melania Trump discussed the potential for her husband,\u200c Donald Trump, to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-sounds-alarm-on-bidens-repeal-of-title-42\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Sounds Alarm on Biden\u2019s Repeal of Title 42\">hold individuals accountable<\/a> should he be elected president again. Addressing\u2062 the \u2064threats faced by the couple, she emphasized that the decision would\u200d rest \u2064with him and acknowledged that he possesses more insight \u2063into \u200cthe behind-the-scenes events. In light of his 2024 campaign, where he has suggested pursuing retribution against political \u200bopponents, Melania reiterated the importance\u2062 of adherence to the law.<\/p>\n<p>She also talked \u2062about her future role as First Lady, expressing her intention to revive her &#8220;Be Best&#8221; initiative \u2063to enhance the well-being of women and \u200cchildren in the U.S. Melania shared personal reflections on\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-challenges-political-orthodoxies-in-tucker-carlson-interview\/\" title=\"Trump defies political norms in Tucker Carlson interview.\">assassination \u2064attempt<\/a> against her husband, indicating that it was challenging \u200dto process the\u200c incident, especially as new footage\u2062 emerged \u2063providing \u2064further context. Her commentary reflects\u200b a blend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">personal experiences<\/a> and political\u200d considerations in the face \u2063of heightened tensions during Trump&#8217;s political endeavors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Melania Trump says her husband holding people accountable will be &lsquo;his decision&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1775155\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Melania Trump<\/a> stated it will be up to her husband to decide, should he be elected president again, if he wants to use his political power to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">hold people accountable<\/a> for the threats the couple have faced over the last few years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> has indicated throughout his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 campaign<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3032023\/trump-says-no-and-maybe-pursuing-revenge-prosecutions-if-elected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he could potentially seek retribution against his political opponents<\/a>. Melania Trump was asked about her husband possibly holding people accountable for the escalation of political discourse within the country, as the last three months have seen two failed assassination attempts carried out against the former president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, that will be his decision,&rdquo; Melania Trump said in an exclusive interview with <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>. &ldquo;They have much more knowledge, what is going on behind the scene. So I don&rsquo;t know what somebody did, didn&rsquo;t do, but I think everybody should follow the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2630232&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=80e672796d8cba0a8d6b5e5e22eed109\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Regarding what her role as first lady would look like in a second Trump presidency, the former first lady said she would resume work on her &ldquo;Be Best&rdquo; initiative that she started in her husband&rsquo;s first term. She also confirmed that part of this initiative would be helping the &ldquo;wellbeing&rdquo; of women and children in the United States.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2630244&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=fa3e7739e63d31d65bc2823c2a6c7af4\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Melania Trump&rsquo;s interview also detailed that her new memoir, <em>Melania<\/em>, ends with her recounting the first assassination attempt on her husband in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. The former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3178390\/trump-supporters-camp-out-butler-rally-attempted-assassination-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>returned to the same location on Saturday for another rally<\/a>, with Melania Trump calling her husband &ldquo;a fighter&rdquo; who would not let a shooter deter his work for the country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s still very hard to see it,&rdquo; the former first lady said when recounting her husband&rsquo;s assassination attempt. &ldquo;And new videos comes out, new digital videos comes out, the way his head was positioned, what would happen if he would not turn his head. So, it&rsquo;s very hard to watch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Melania Trump caused backlash when she released a video promoting her new book, during which she advocated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a> access and individual freedom being &ldquo;a fundamental principle&rdquo; she supports. The former first lady reiterated this stance during her new interview, adding that she is not worried about her stance pushing voters away from her husband since &ldquo;everybody needs to decide what they want to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3176925\/trump-melania-backlash-abortion-rights-stance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>defended his wife<\/a> following the pushback her view on abortion has received, as he told her &ldquo;you have to write what you believe.&rdquo; The former president has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/trump-reiterates-would-not-support-national-abortion-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaigned against a national abortion ban<\/a> ahead of the 2024 election, the first presidential election since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2875629\/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-paving-way-for-state-abortion-bans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1775155\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1775155\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melania Trump says it will be her husband&#8217;s choice to hold people accountable if elected again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2351335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Melania-interview-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8049,32319,32423,32076],"class_list":["post-2351334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-accountability","tag-donald-trump","tag-melania-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Melania-interview-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2351335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}