Melania Trump: My Husband Is Not Hitler

Dujour Magazine today published a lengthy profile of Melania Trump. Much of it you may find interesting, but here’s the pull quote that outlets are running:

“I do have sympathy. I’m a very compassionate person. But don’t sneak in and stay here without papers. We need to follow the law. If the law needs to be different, we need to do that.” The Muslim ban—which Donald had re-affirmed his support of that very morning—led Michael Bloomberg to call him a demagogue. When I mention that the comedian Louis C.K. flat out compared Trump to Hitler, Melania stares blankly back at me.

Do you know who Louis C.K. is, I ask.

“No,” she says, shaking her head. But she continues: “We know the truth. He’s not Hitler. He wants to help America. He wants to unite people. They think he doesn’t but he does. Even with the Muslims, it’s temporary.” She concedes: “Maybe he needs to say it in a softer way. He doesn’t go after religions. He feels like we need to know who’s coming to this country. If not, we don’t have a country. That’s how he feels. We see how he is, and he wants to unite the country and bring people together and bring jobs back.”

Melania goes on to shrug off anti-Semitic attacks made on reporters by Trump fans, saying that one journalist “provoked” such a response by reporting on her half-brother. In other words, critical journalists get what they deserve.