New York: Trust Donald Trump to come up with the unexpected.
Known for his penchant for hyperbole on topics ranging from illegal immigration to tariffs, the US President caught his supporters by surprise when he spoke about his wife Melania Trump’s undergarments at a public rally in North Carolina.
The rally, meant to focus on issues like inflation and drug prices, shifted to a personal and private space. Talking about the FBI raid at his Florida home in 2022, when J
oe Biden was President, Trump said federal agents “went into my wife’s closet and “looked at her drawers,” accusing them of messing with her wardrobe.
He didn’t stop there, but went on to make detailed comments about how the “very meticulous” First Lady organises her wardrobe.
“Everything is perfect. Her undergarments, sometimes referred to as panties, are folded perfectly, wrapped. They’re, like, so perfect. I think that she steams them,” Trump remarked.
The FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, in August 2022, was part of a federal investigation into the handling of classified documents after Trump left the White House in his first term as US President (2017-2021).
It was no surprise that Trump brought up the raid, which he has criticised several times, calling it politically motivated.
But few expected him to link it with his wife’s undergarments!