Melania. You also write about abortion in the book. You write that you are staunchly for a woman's right to choose. You are pro-choice. You write, it is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference and having children based on their own convictions, free from [00:00:16] intervention or pressure from government. Had you spoken to President Trump about that before you wrote that in the book? Yes. He knew my position and my beliefs since the day we met. Spousal support wouldn't expect it in the Trump marriage. [00:00:32] But according to Melania Trump, she was given permission to put out the statements that she did in her book, which is set to come out tomorrow. In regard to keeping reproductive rights legal in America, something that her husband played a big role in overturning [00:00:51] with the appointment of three conservative Supreme Court justices who then, you know, obviously overturned Roe v Wade. Now, Bartiromo press Melania on the timing of the book's release, but to Melania's credit, she didn't falter and actually stood her ground on the matter. [00:01:09] I believe in individual freedom. I want to decide what I want to do with my body. I think I don't want government in my personal business. [00:01:24] It was interesting that you wrote this in the book right before a presidential election. Well, that was not written in the last week or the last month. These are your convictions. Correct. But that that book was written months [00:01:40] before, and it was in print months before. And I wanted to put it in the book because I want to be authentic. I want people to, to read the book because they could find out a lot of things that were never discussed. [00:02:01] I'm very selective. What I do and when I'm doing interviews or not, or where I am or not. And, this is my story. This is my perspective and the truth. I don't know what's happening right now. Like, I don't know what to make of this. [00:02:18] I want to take what she's saying at face value. I genuinely do. But knowing what the atmosphere is like during an election season and knowing how, like if you're a Democrat, for instance, or you're a Democrat who's in media, I mean, [00:02:37] we know from personal experience, right? If you say anything critical about the Democratic nominee, oh, the party reigns terror on you. They accuse you of being a far right winger, of wanting to sabotage the Democrats, all sorts of allegations. [00:02:52] Allegations. Allegations. Like, I find it so hard to believe that Trump and the Republicans are like, oh yeah, former first lady, Donald Trump's wife totally disagrees with him on this policy that he's actually suffering political consequences for. [00:03:08] And it's totally fine. We're okay with it. Trump is okay with it. Everyone's okay with it. It's amazing. - I have a. - Theory. It's not a complicated one. She's a honey badger. She doesn't care. I kind of like that. Yeah. So she look, she says, well, I didn't write this stuff a week ago. [00:03:23] Yeah. You wrote it several months ago so that it could be released right before the election. It's not like you didn't know the timing. Like sometimes it happens. Sara told me about one time. It took him, like, two years to write a book or something. It took me four years to write a book. I thought it was going to come out during a completely different election. [00:03:39] - The process is terrible. - Yeah. ET cetera. But in her case, no, they knew that it was going to come out a month before the election. They timed it that way so that it would sell the most amount of books, because that's when everybody would be talking about the Trumps. And so did she know that she was going to put that in there. [00:03:55] And it would contradict Trump's position. Right. In the heat of the election, she 100% new, and I don't think she cares at all. She thinks I'm going to sell as many books as I can. She remembers she did the demanded. There was a story about how she demanded to do the redo the prenup in the first [00:04:12] term because she's like, now I got you. I have the leverage. You know, you don't want to get divorced in the middle of a you being president. So she she's been looking out for herself the entire time. And, you know, I don't blame her. I mean, that looks like that's what the marriage was for anyway. [00:04:28] And then Trump abused the living crap out of her. Not in physically, but in terms of one affair after another. Oh, it's a good point. - And remember. - The story. You know, it's not just E Jean Carroll that he grabbed by the genitalia as he bragged about on the Access Hollywood tapes. [00:04:43] He did that to a reporter that was interviewing him and Melania right after Melania while she was pregnant. When she went upstairs, he sexually assaulted the reporter who was doing the interview. And the reporter was like, this is the grossest thing that's ever happened on so many different levels. [00:04:59] - I'm going to. - Buy your. Book. In solidarity. Yeah. For Melania. Yeah. So? So she doesn't care about Trump. And no one can blame her for that. I'm not sure she cared on day one, but she definitely doesn't care now. We've shown you countless videos where she swats his hand away when he's [00:05:15] trying to hold her hand in public. She wouldn't be. She didn't go to the Republican convention, except for just her speech and attending Trump's, and they had to negotiate with her. She obviously hates Donald Trump and can't stand him anymore, so she doesn't mind contradicting him. [00:05:31] But she's being a team player and they did a really good spin here when she said, oh, he knew my position all along and he supported me. That's a great spin for. He didn't know what the hell was in the book, and I blindsided him [00:05:46] because I don't give a damn about him. He's a piece of crap. But hey, sure, let's win so I could sell more books and then do another book and make even more money and redo the earlier prenup and make even more money. So, yeah, he supports me, that's why. But guys, this one is a fact. That is inarguable. [00:06:04] Donald Trump said he didn't read her book, and he was worried that there was something in there that he wasn't going to like. He said it at a rally just two weeks ago. It's on tape. In fact, I want to hear more from Trump about this issue because Fox News's Bill Melugin just last week talked to Trump about this, [00:06:24] to hear what he had to say about Melania Trump's book and all of that. So let's let's take a look at that. We spoke about it and I said, you have to write what you believe. I'm not going to tell you what to do. You have to write what you believe. She's very beloved. [00:06:40] People love our former first lady, I can tell you that. But I said you have to stick with your heart. I've said that to everybody. You have to go with your heart. There are some people that are very, very far right on the issue, meaning without exceptions. And then there are other people that view it a little bit differently than that. [00:06:59] Okay. So look, I don't think Donald Trump personally is against abortion. I think he saw this as a political opportunity to appeal to evangelical voters and decided to pursue a policy that has actually been a massive political [00:07:15] liability for the Republican Party. Remember, he had previously said that he was going to vote in favor of Florida's ballot initiative that would essentially set the reproductive rights back to the ROE standard in the state. [00:07:30] Currently, they have a six week abortion ban, which is effectively just an abortion ban. But yeah, I just there's your personal views, and then there's what these politicians do to accumulate power and get elected. And so I think that it's very likely that Donald Trump actually agrees [00:07:48] with Melania Trump on this issue. And let's also keep it real, even in a country or even in a state where abortion is outlawed. If you're rich, you're going to get your abortion. Okay, so what really disgusts me is when [00:08:04] politicians pursue policies that victimize the electorate, but they're insulated from the consequences of those policies. Yeah. So look, Trump's a honey badger in a different way. Policy. He doesn't care. He doesn't care at all. [00:08:19] There's only one set of policies he cares about. The ones that affect Donald J. Trump. So if you're talking about tax cuts, especially for pass through companies, Trump Organization is a pass through company. That's a technical tax term for it. He's like oh yeah lower that one way lower way way lower. [00:08:37] Okay. Corporate taxes are lower that's for sure. Anything involving his own personal business interests is the ears perk up. He gets animated, he gets into it. ET cetera. Abortion. I mean, it might have affected him personally, I don't know. But, you know, is he really? [00:08:55] I don't know what. We don't know anything about it. - Okay. - We don't know for sure. - One can speculate. - Okay. Look let's he I'm going to quote Donald Trump. Donald Trump said that surviving orgies was his own personal Vietnam [00:09:12] because he could have gotten STDs at all the different orgies he went to instead of Vietnam. It's disgusting. And so that was him fighting through whatever he was fighting through. And however he got through those years anyways, it's not all terrible. Why? - I mean, Jesus, let alone talk about. - The orgies that you've done. [00:09:29] Yeah. These are bad. I mean, look, I'm not I'm judging a little bit. I just. Well. Especially an orgy with Donald Trump in it. Jesus Christ. Okay. Anyways, so look back to important stuff. So whatever his personal views on abortion, a I don't care. [00:09:46] B, he doesn't care. All he cares about is, is this going to help the most important person on earth, which is Donald J. Trump or is it not? Oh, these evangelical voters. I've never read the Bible. I don't know what the hell is in it. Every time I ask, I'm asked about it. I'm like, I don't know, Old Testament. New Testament isn't the same thing. He knows nothing, right? [00:10:03] He's like, but these suckers can help me. And so I will tell these suckers, oh, I am pro-life. I care so much about that zygote. I mean, fetus, I mean baby or whatever you guys are calling it. I saw it in Corinthians 2.0, and you know, he doesn't know anything. [00:10:18] He just wants the goddamn votes, right? So that's why he was like, and then he was bragging in 2020. Ha ha ha. I got rid of Roe v Wade or or that he appointed the justices. And then when they actually got rid of it later, he was bragging about how he got rid of it then. So now that it's costing him in this election, all of a sudden he's like, [00:10:35] oh, no, no, no, I'm not in the extremes. I mean, this guy, you got to have abortion at some point took place. Of course, six weeks, 15 weeks could be 50. I'm not going to veto. I'm going to I'm not telling you whether I'm going to veto a national ban. I might veto a national ban. I don't know how I'm probably going to vote in Florida for the one that says [00:10:51] it shouldn't be six weeks. You know, you got you got to have more weeks. Why? Because he doesn't care. He just wants the maximum number of votes so he can get his stinking tax cuts, and Jared Kushner can get another $2 billion from the Saudis. Let's dispel the notion that he gives a damn about Jared Kushner. [00:11:08] No, no. As long as that money flows to the Trump family, of course. Yeah. Comment from a viewer. Sweet, innocent Jake thinking Trump has never paid for an abortion. - I would bet all my money on that. - Yeah. Look, I. I don't know, honestly, that that was uncharacteristic of you [00:11:27] to give Trump the benefit of the doubt on this issue of all issues, to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. No. Look, I hear you guys, but I'm being literal. Like, so if you suggested to a Republican that Donald Trump might have paid for an abortion at some point in his life, and we don't know, [00:11:42] he would say outrageous, how dare you? How Donald Trump is pro-life. He would have protected that zygote with his life. Give me an I dare you. Come on. - Now is the time. - I dare you. I don't know, but anyways. But if you told the Democrat. [00:11:59] Hey, do you think that Donald Trump might have paid for an abortion in his life? My guess is a lot of Democrats would say definitely, I'm positive of it. But I'm telling you, we don't know. We don't know. We don't know. We don't have information neither direction. If I had to wager, I would wager in a certain direction, given his history. [00:12:17] But as as it turns out, for now, we don't have any information on that Ferris show in America. All right, last thing is, look, there's nothing they could do about Melania. So, God, I love this. And she's the only person in the world that there's nothing they could do about. Like, even if it was one of the kids, they just throw them overboard. [00:12:34] They'd be like, yeah, Eric's an idiot. We always knew he was an idiot, right? And so, like, I mean, Trump even says in the speeches, sometimes you get disappointed with your kids. That's okay. That's normal. Okay. My God, by the way, if you think, come on, she's got to be making some of this up. [00:12:50] So the part where he said I didn't read her book. - Yeah, we. - Have that video. Actually. Let's go to clip five. So I said to our great first lady who can draw a crowd, did you watch me tonight on television? First lady? People love our first lady, I tell you. [00:13:08] Right. Go out and get a book. She just wrote a book. I hope she said good things about. I don't know, I didn't so busy. She just wrote a book called Melania. Go out and buy it. It's great. And if she says bad things about me, I'll call you all [00:13:26] up and I'll say, don't buy it. - Get rid of it. - That's hilarious. He didn't read it. He didn't read a word of it. He didn't even ask her, hey, what's in the book? Because I don't think they're talking at all. I mean, at a bare minimum, you're running for president. Your wife, the first lady, former president, about to come out with a book, [00:13:45] and you don't know what's in it at all. And you think she might have said bad things about you, but you haven't even asked her, or that's amazing. Or had, like, someone in your campaign read it for you. And so played the clip to show you there's no secret strategy here. [00:14:03] Okay. He didn't even read the book. - He's got no. - Interest. They had no amazing thing. They had no idea what was coming. But the second reason why I play you the clip is because it's obvious that Melania is untouchable. - I know because she might. - Be the most powerful woman in the. Country. [00:14:18] Well, yeah, because if anyone else, you know, said bad things about Trump, he'd be like, I'm very disappointed in this. Fill in the blank. You know, he's weak. Can't have it. Rhino. Just hurting the country. [00:14:35] Hurting the country. But when Melania does it, he's like, oh yeah, we are very supportive of one another and it has nothing to do with any contracts we've signed with Prenups. ET cetera. And the fact that she could burn me with the most damaging information you could [00:14:52] possibly imagine right before an election. So I'm not in a hostage video. I love my wife. I'll let her say whatever she wants. I'm having fun, Melania. Keep going. This is super amusing to watch. [00:15:08] Melania could swing the election if she were to share some of that information, but then it would touch her financial interests and God forbid. Yeah, true. I mean, for her, that would be a disaster. Although I will say this, you all know what I feel is an obligation of wealthy [00:15:25] people to the rest of us, right? Other than paying their fair share of taxes and blah, blah, blah, all the substantive things. If you're super rich, you better look good. - And she looks good. - That's one of their moral obligations. You had to look good if you were super rich. She looks great. So I thought you were going to go with what we normally say, [00:15:41] which is like, at least instead of, like, trying to make more and take from others and like, spending your days and nights in, like, some greed fueled, like weirdos. Trance, just go and enjoy your money. Like, at least have fun with it. [00:15:56] I mean, she doesn't want to be in the public eye. She doesn't want to go campaigning for her husband. It seems like she is enjoying her life. The only time it looks like she's not enjoying her life is when she's forced to, like, do anything campaign related for her husband. There's so many hostage videos in politics, right? [00:16:12] So, you know, Fetterman in a corner of a dungeon. Like I love Israel enough. Israel is the most moral army in the history of the earth. The Palestinians deserve everything they have. Enough. Is it enough? Okay, then you got Melania with these interviews. [00:16:28] Oh, Donald and I have a special relationship. You do you. Okay. And Trump with. I don't mind Melania criticizing me. Right. And Ana is Kamala Harris in that 60 minutes interview [00:16:44] when they asked her about Israel. Israel has a right to defend itself for months and months and years and years. And we are we love Israel and and it's because of my love for the special ally. [00:17:04] Okay, good. They're all hostage videos. You had to make it dark, but it's okay. I forgive you. Okay. Oh. Thank you. Anna and I have a special relationship. Everything she does is fine. Although I will say, look, that isn't BS. Like I am free to be me on this show. [00:17:24] Yeah, yeah. There's no. Well, I mean, we have a production meeting, but there's no, like, coordination over, like, what I'm allowed to say, you know? Although I'm thinking about it. No. You're gonna be thinking about that for a long time. Cause I ain't going for it. [00:17:39] - Okay, I got salsa. - Yeah. You know, look. Last thing. Okay. Who's got time to, like, be like. All right, now, I want to know all of your opinions ahead of time. And I want to make sure that they match mine. By the way, if that's if that's. [00:17:56] And by the way, that I know that is the opinion of. Every television producer in mainstream media. And I was going to say every executive who hired those producers to make sure everyone had the same exact ideas as they do. True. Right. For me, I'm like, well, if she has the same exact ideas as I do. [00:18:13] Boring. Then what's the point? Why don't I just say them? - Yeah. - Why would you need me? Like. - Yeah. - Why do I need somebody else to say that? It's fun and interesting and different when people have genuine opinions, authentic opinions and we agree and disagree, etc.. As long as we're all going in the same general direction [00:18:30] of being good to people and trying to make a little bit of difference in the world. Thanks for watching The Young Turks really appreciate it. Another way to show support is through YouTube memberships. You'll get to interact with us more. There's live chat emojis, badges. You've got emojis of me Anna John Jr. So those are super fun. [00:18:48] But you also get playback of our exclusive member only shows and specials right after they air. So all of that, all you got to do is click that join button right underneath the video. Thank you.