we are back with the fox and friends
exclusive former first lady melania
trump granting us her first sit-down
interview since leaving the white house
we met at her new home in mar-a-lago
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being your first lady was my greatest
honor
thank you for your love
and your support melania trump thank you
so much for joining us on fox and
friends
thank you for having me i think this is
your first sit-down interview since
being in the white house is that right
it is it is my first sit-down yes how is
life
you know since leaving the white house
life is great and
keeping it busy
and
you know time flies fast and
we are just everybody's doing very well
we're here in beautiful florida
what are your real thoughts on
washington dc i mean your husband called
it a swamp it is time to drain
the swamp what do you think of it i like
washington dc
i know it operates completely different
than any other city
but
i really like it there and i enjoyed
living in the white house to be first
lady of the united states was my
greatest honor i think we achieved a lot
in the four years
of trump administration i
enjoyed taking care of the white house
it was
my home for a while
i understood it it is people's house
it was uh it was a privilege to live
there and maybe it'll be your home again
never say never
being out of dc and having that time
what do you make of
the state of the country right now i
think it's sad to see what's going on if
you really look deeply into it i think a
lot of people are struggling and
suffering
and what is going on around the world as
well so it's very sad to see and
i hope it changes fast it's been in the
news as someone who loves children and
is dedicated so much to their betterment
how do you feel when you see
shortage of baby formula and families
just struggling to get
basic items like that it's heartbreaking
to see that they are struggling and
the food is not available for children
in 21st century in united states of
america why is it happening
leadership
leadership or lack thereof yeah i know
opioids was part of your best initiative
i was watching
the news recently record amounts of
drugs and yes in fact we did a little
research you were the only first lady to
go to the border you did it twice yes
what's it like to see the things you
worked on so hard change so drastically
it's very sad to see that it changed so
drastically i know that
covet brought
another
struggles to the people who were having
problems before but
what's going on it's
unthinkable a lot of people are dying
from drugs and
it's
it's very sad to see how did you put up
with the constant criticism fashion
statement this is trump flew to and from
the nation's capital wearing a jacket
with a stunning phrase on the back
declaring quote i really don't care do
you
the
media take um vogue for example
five months into joe biden's president
joe biden's on the cover
kamala harris is on the cover before
she's even sworn in hillary clinton was
on the cover when she was first lady
michelle was on the cover three times
yet with your business background and
your fashion background and your beauty
never on the cover of vogue why the
double standard they're biased
and
they have likes and dislikes and it's so
obvious and i think american people
and
everyone see it
it was their decision and
i
have much more important things to do
and i did in the white house than being
on the cover of oak seems like anything
you do no matter how well intentioned it
is
the criticism is constant melania trump
has an initiative called be best
forget the grammatical challenges there
we don't know if melania is moving
murder for us down to the winter white
house the only thing she's been working
on is an escape tunnel well people
i see always criticize me whatever i do
and i'm used to that
i move forward
and i'm here to helping people and that
is the mission
and those people who criticize me
i would encourage them to help in their
own community or maybe join my foster
the future initiative what is fostering
the future i know that's an initiative
of
be best why is working with foster kids
such a passion of yours i started to
work and visiting the foster care
facilities
when i was in the white house and just
last week i visited a
place of hope as well and met with the
leaders of the foster care community
and some parents and children and i met
also with the adults
who aged out of the foster care system
just knowing when they turned 18 they
still need help they need our support
resources empowerment to to achieve
their american dream so you're using a
new technology to help
raise the profile and fund these
initiatives i have been working on my
nfd projects
i left the white house my nfts
they are available on melania trump.com
and usmemorabilia.com
and now we have a few of the nfts that
they are minting on it
it's a national park beautiful 3d
animated
uh pieces
and potus trump there are pictures and
animated videos from our time in the
white house and especially the one that
i created
for foster care month it's the rows the
matter rose some of the proceeds of the
sales of nfts will go towards
education providing education
opportunities for foster care children
who are aging out of
foster system
yearly 20 000 children aging out of
foster care a year a year yes and now we
have four hundred seven thousand
children in foster care
system in america today so
i will be
proudly grant
scholarships to
the children to students who deserve it
your first scholarship recipient
his name is michael weitzman how about
we surprise him together are you okay
with that yes fantastic i give him a
call and he doesn't know you're here
michael
yes sir how are you hey i'm good it's
pete seth with fox and friends if you
would share your story in in the foster
system yeah you know i was born to a
single mom who was 18 years old i became
a foster child lived in different homes
until i was 17. i know you're you're
aware of the scholarship you're
receiving because of melania trump uh
and and the fostering the future
initiative what does that mean to you
what does it mean to get that kind of
scholarship it's literally a dream come
true you know what's what's neat is that
uh
well let me just do it she's hearing
what you're saying right now uh if i may
michael first lady of the united states
hello michael
hey melania thank you so much nice to
meet you so good to meet you thank you
so much for your generosity are you very
welcome and um i just wish you a great
success and i know you're starting the
classes in the fall
and uh just make your dreams come true
study hard and send me your grades okay
i will i got you straight a's here we
come fantastic thank you for sharing
an update with our viewers who are
excited to hear from you and all the
efforts you're doing here on national
foster care month as well thank you so
much
yeah i want to thank melania trump and
her team for making that interview
happen uh and you know it they're really
throwing a lot of effort into working
the foster care program as you saw uh
and they get even criticism on that from
people saying oh is it real where's the
money going is there really scholarships
and all of that so uh we got a chance to
really unpack that and her interest in
technology as well and she said we'll
see on the future of going back to the
white house we'll see