Donald Trump’s Wife Melania Is Convinced He’s ‘Screwing Up,’ Best-Selling Book Reveals

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Former first lady Melania Trump is concerned about the way her husband, former President Donald Trump, is handling the COVID-19 pandemic, says a recently published book.

What Happened: Melania was “panicked by the coronavirus and convinced Trump was screwing up,” according to a book by New York Times correspondent Peter Baker and his New Yorker staff writer wife Susan Glasser. The book titled “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021” was published on Sept. 20, 2022.

Melania shared her concerns with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and asked for his support to convince the former US president to take the threat seriously, the book’s authors reportedly wrote.

Melania recalled telling Trump, “You’re blowing this. This is serious. It’s going to be really bad, and you have to take it more seriously than you do,” Baker and Glasser wrote in the book.

Trump shrugged it off saying “You worry too much,” the authors wrote.

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Why It Matters: The US is one of the countries most affected by the pandemic. Deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic increased by 19% between 2019 and 2020, making it the largest increase in mortality in 100 years, according to estimates released by the US Census Bureau.

Trump, as suggested in the book, let loose early, mocking the wearing of masks and suggesting that disinfectant injections and sun treatments would help combat the disease.

According to a 2020 report in The Washington Post, Trump reportedly told author Bob Woodward in March 2020 that he wanted to ignore it just to avoid creating a panic.

Coincidentally, Trump and the first lady tested positive for COVID-19 in 2020 shortly after they hosted the September Rose Garden party to announce the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court.

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Originally published on Sept. 15, 2022.

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