Melania Trump was not prepared for the role of first lady and didn’t want the public scrutiny that accompanies being married to a president “come hell or high water,” according to a report.
“This isn’t something she wanted and it isn’t something he ever thought he’d win,” a longtime friend of the Trumps told Vanity Fair in an article published Sunday, referring to President Trump’s 2016 bid for the White House.
“She didn’t want this come hell or high water,” the friend added. “I don’t think she thought it was going to happen.”
The friend’s account conflicts somewhat with remarks made by early Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone.
The renegade Republican political consultant told the publication Melania Trump was one of the impetuses behind President Trump announcing his candidacy in the lobby of Trump Tower on June 16, 2015, after years of speculation he would seek the country’s highest office.
“She knew it was in his blood. He always wanted to run. She is the one who pushed him to run just by saying run or do not run,” Stone said.
But Stone also said he didn’t “think she was ever too crazy about it.”
“She said, ‘It’s not my thing. It’s Donald’s thing,’” Stone continued. “And I think she understood he was going to be unhappy if he didn’t run.”
A spokeswoman for the first lady did not immediately respond for a request for comment from the Washington Examiner.
