Melania Trump said she was pleased her husband had "high expectations" for her before they tied the knot, the UK Daily Mail reported. This revelation came from a clip that resurfaced of the former model and Donald Trump, who would twice become president and twice make her first lady, on CNN's Larry King months after their 2005 wedding.
The pair were media favorites long before Donald Trump became the 45th and 47th president of the United States. King interviewed them and asked Melania Trump about her husband's "demands" or whether he was "controlling" as a spouse.
Melania Trump said he was not, but rather that she "respected" that he had expected so much from her. "He values loyalty, respect, and he has high expectations. There were things he expected from me, and I respected that," the former first lady explained.
When Donald Trump entered politics in 2015, the media turned on him and began to paint a very different picture than the one they portrayed when he was just a rich, charismatic real estate mogul. The way King treated Donald Trump and his wife proves that.
King fawned over Melania's ring from Graff Jewelers, which King referred to as "Oprah's jeweler." The clip is a reminder of how the Trumps were beloved by the same networks and people who would later turn against them.
The interview also revealed what kind of man Donald Trump is, especially to the women in his life, which was something only in dispute since he entered politics as a Republican. Melania Trump described their marriage in a way that would surprise these leftists.
"We are very equal in the relationship, and that's very important. You know, to marry a man like Donald is -- you need to know who you are, and you need to be very strong and smart and, you know, he needs to know that he could rely on me sometimes," Melania Trump said.
"You know, and we share a lot of stuff together. I don't think he's a control freak at all," she added.
CNN's YouTube video of the interview received renewed attention in the lead-up to the 2024 election. In the comments section under the video, one user posted, "This interview needs to be all over the place right now, on Nov.2nd, 2024."
Others noticed the disparate way the Trumps were treated then and now. "They were always like this, even today," the user posted of Donald and Melania.
"But the people wanted to judge and tear Melania down as soon as she became First Lady. She remained classy throughout all of it. I'm not even Republican, but I respect people who are respectable," the person wrote.
There are many clips, news articles, books, tabloids, and other sources over the decades that have shown what kind of couple the Trumps are. They were part of American royalty and well respected by the most powerful people in the world.
However, Donald Trump made the mistake of becoming a Republican presidential candidate in 2015. These same people have turned on him and painted him with the worst insults, but this interview and others prove that these attacks are completely political.
