Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Melania Trump about the “interesting” timing of her book release, including details about her support for abortion, weeks before the Americans head to the polls.
Melania Trump claims in her new memoir, “Melania,” that she favors abortion rights — a surprise, given her husband Donald Trump’s role in tearing them away from millions of women as president.
The rationale behind her decision to share that view has been the subject of much speculation. Some wondered if she sought to break from her husband on the issue, while others viewed it as a ploy to try and soften how the Republican nominee is viewed by moderate voters on abortion.
“It was interesting that you wrote this in the book right before a presidential election,” Bartiromo said to the former first lady during an interview that aired on “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“Well, that was not written in the last week or the last month,” Melania Trump said. “But that book was…