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Melania Trump: Donald Trump and I are fine | Melania Trump: Donald Trump and I are fine |
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US First Lady Melania Trump has dismissed speculation about the state of her marriage, saying her husband's alleged extra-marital affairs are not her "concern or focus" because she has better things to do. | US First Lady Melania Trump has dismissed speculation about the state of her marriage, saying her husband's alleged extra-marital affairs are not her "concern or focus" because she has better things to do. |
In an interview with ABC News, she said media speculation about her marriage was not "pleasant". | In an interview with ABC News, she said media speculation about her marriage was not "pleasant". |
Asked if she loves President Donald Trump, she said: "Yes, we are fine." | |
He denies having had extra-marital affairs. | He denies having had extra-marital affairs. |
Porn-star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal allege they slept with him. | Porn-star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal allege they slept with him. |
Mrs Trump said she loved her husband and that the media's coverage of their relationship was not always correct. | Mrs Trump said she loved her husband and that the media's coverage of their relationship was not always correct. |
"It is not a concern and focus of mine. I'm a mother and a first lady and I have much more important things to think about and to do," she said. | |
"I know what is right and what is true and not true," she added. | |
The interview was recorded on her trip last week across four African nations. | The interview was recorded on her trip last week across four African nations. |
Mrs Trump refused to be drawn on comments by President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who maintained publicly that Melania Trump believed her husband's denials of involvement with Stormy Daniels. | Mrs Trump refused to be drawn on comments by President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who maintained publicly that Melania Trump believed her husband's denials of involvement with Stormy Daniels. |
"I never talk to Mr Giuliani," she said. | "I never talk to Mr Giuliani," she said. |
In the first part of the interview released on Thursday, Mrs Trump said women who allege sexual abuse must produce "really hard evidence". | In the first part of the interview released on Thursday, Mrs Trump said women who allege sexual abuse must produce "really hard evidence". |
Mrs Trump also claimed she was "the most bullied person on the world." | Mrs Trump also claimed she was "the most bullied person on the world." |
What are the alleged affairs? | |
Ms McDougal says she had a 10-month relationship with Mr Trump starting in 2006. He was already married to Melania and hosting TV show The Apprentice. | |
Ms McDougal had signed a $150,000 deal with the tabloid The National Enquirer which gave them exclusive story rights. | |
However, her account was not published but she reached a settlement with the paper's publisher, AMI, in April freeing her to share her story. | |
In the case of Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, she alleges that she had sex with Mr Trump in his room at Lake Tahoe, a resort area between California and Nevada, in 2006, and had an "ongoing" relationship after this encounter. | |
Ms Daniels is suing the president to get out of a so-called "hush agreement" before the 2016 election - the focus being a payment of $130,000 (£96,000) given to her by Mr Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, in exchange for her silence. | |
Mr Trump has rejected the allegations of both women. |
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