Melania Trump questions ‘whether Jill’s concern was genuine’ following Trump assassination attempt

FIRST ON FOX: Former First Lady Melania Trump said she questions whether First Lady Jill Biden’s “concern was genuine” following the first assassination attempt against President Trump in July, due to her rhetoric about her husband in the days leading up to the incident. 

Trump, in an interview with French publication “Paris Match” last month, said that Jill Biden “took the initiative to contact me directly” after “someone tried to murder my husband in Pennsylvania” during his rally on July 13.

“I do question, however, whether Jill’s concern was genuine as a few days prior she referred to my husband as ‘evil’ and a ‘liar,’” Trump said. “It was obvious that the onslaught of rhetoric from Democrat leaders and the mainstream media was so deeply embedded in our nation’s consciousness it prompted an attempt to assassinate Donald.” 

Mrs. Trump’s interview was conducted before President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. 

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FLOTUS Jill Biden and FLOTUS Melania Trump (Getty)

President-elect Trump is in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday for meetings with House Republicans on Capitol Hill and will return to the White House for the first time since leaving in 2021 Wednesday for a meeting with President Biden. 

Mrs. Trump, however, will not attend the meeting at the White House. 

“Her husband’s return to the Oval Office to commence the transition process is encouraging, and she wishes him great success,” her spokesperson said. 

Meanwhile, in the interview, Mrs. Trump said that while she was “relieved to learn my husband was safe, it was evident that the forces behind this wicked behavior won’t come to an end.” 

President Joe Biden, right, and first lady Jill Biden walk on the beach in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump walk after voting on Election Day at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“Simply put, they want Donald out.  They won’t stop. Has the concept of ‘respect’ become antiquated?  Can opposing sides prioritize decency, come together, and coexist?” she questioned. “Doubtful, as the Democrat political engine peddles harsh words, vile names, and labels our nation’s 45th President ‘a threat to democracy.’” 

She added: “People today are so desensitized they actually joke about killing a former U.S. President.” 

Mrs. Trump said that “it is undeniable that this type of speech created a toxic political environment.” 

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump look on during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress.   (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

“This relentless vilification deepened the political divide in America, and now compromises those individuals who dare to stand-up for their own beliefs,” she said. “We are dangerously close to the edge of a different type of societal change.  It is time to be introspective, rewire ourselves, and discover the root cause of this egoism.  It is incumbent upon every American to begin posing these questions in order to ensure the survival of our nation. We now live in a post-respect world.” 

She added: “I guess nothing in politics is sacred anymore.” 

President-elect Trump, after the second assassination attempt against him in September, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, also blamed Democrats’ rhetoric for the violence. 

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“Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country — both from the inside and out,” Trump said in September.