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Republican candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday during his rally in Uniondale , New York encouraged attendees to purchase his wife Melania ’s new memoir , titled Melania . “Go out and get a book. She just wrote a book.
I hope she said good things about me,” he said. Trump also jokingly added that if the book contains any "bad things" about him, he would contact the attendees and advise them against purchasing it. "And if she says bad things about me, I'll call you all up and I'll say, don't buy it.
Get rid of it," the former president said. Originally from Slovenia, Melania began her modelling career at 18, which ultimately led her to the United States. She met Donald Trump in 1998, marrying him in 2005, and supporting him during his 2016 presidential campaign .
Melania's nude photographs resurfaced during Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, leading to discussions about her modelling history. At that time, Donald Trump remarked, “Melania was one of the most successful models..
. In Europe, pictures like this are very fashionable and common.” Trump's rally in New York was strategically important, as Uniondale is a key area for Republicans aiming to maintain control of the House.
His party is working to protect 18 Republicans in Democratic-heavy districts that Joe Biden won in 2020, particularly in coastal New York and California. One of the most closely watched races is between first-term Republican Rep. Anthony D’Esposito and Democrat Laura Gillen.
D’Esposito, a former NYPD detective, won in 2022 in a district that Biden carried by approximately 15 percentage points. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that the GOP has “a real chance of winning” in New York “for the first time in many decades.” He also promised to “get SALT back,” referring to his intention to eliminate the cap on state and local tax deductions, a contentious issue for residents in high-tax states like New York.
The memoir comes as Melania Trump addresses her past, including her time as a professional model. In a promotional video released alongside the book, she defended her nude modelling work, questioning why the media scrutinises it. “Why do I stand proudly behind my nude modelling work? The more pressing question is why has the media chosen to scrutinise my celebration of the human form?” she asked, citing historical art that reveres the human body, including works by Michelangelo and Paul Cézanne.
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