Tobias Sylvester
First lady Melania Trump in an interview claimed she’s the most bullied person in the world, which has led her to create her anti-bullying “Be Best” initiative, before softening her comments slightly to say she is one of the most bullied during her first major solo trip in Africa.
ABC News’ Tom Llamas asked her during the interview:
“You’re really the most bullied person in the world?”
Melania Trump replied:
“One of them, if you really see what people saying about me.”
When she was asked how bullying could affect children, including her son Barron, Melania said that is why her initiative is focused on social media and online behavior.
“We need to educate the children of social-emotional behavior, so when they grow up, they know how to deal with those issues. That’s very important.”
In the interview, Melania also said told that there are still people working in her husband’s administration that President Donald Trump cannot trust. She claimed to have advised her husband about who she believes he can trust, but her husband remains independent in making staffing decisions.
“I give him my honest advice and honest opinions, and then he does what he wants to do.”
When asked what her husband did when she suggested some staffers couldn’t be trusted, the first lady replied:
“Well, some people, they don’t work there anymore.”
The first lady’s comments follow an explosive New York Times op-ed published last month from an anonymous senior Trump administration official who claimed they were part of an internal resistance to the President.
