Melania Trump insists she’s her own woman — and that’s just fine.
Clapping back at critics, the once and future first lady said in an interview Monday that she is far more than President-elect Donald Trump’s wife; she’s also his trusted adviser.
“Some people — they see me as just the wife of the president, but I’m standing on my own two feet independent,” she said. “I have my own thoughts.”
She added: ”I don’t always agree with my husband is saying or doing. And that’s OK.”
The Slovenia-born former model says she has no qualms about giving her honest opinions to her husband — whether he likes it or not.
“I give him my advice, and sometimes he listens. Sometimes he doesn’t. And that’s OK.” she told “Fox and Friends.” Melania Trump made headlines during the recent presidential campaign by revealing that she supports abortion rights, a position that puts her at odds with the president-elect.
She said she will move to the White House soon and would split her time between Washington and Trump properties in Palm Beach and New York during her husband’s second four-year term.
And she appeared to pour cold water on reports that she would mostly stay in Manhattan, where teenage son Barron Trump is attending New York University.
“My first priority is, you know, to be a mom, to be a first lady, to be a wife,” she said. “And once we’re in on [Jan. 20], you serve the country.”
After having spent four years as first lady, she sounded confident about having a bigger role this time around. She vowed to expand her so-called Be Best initiative focusing on children and mental health challenges, which she suggested did not get enough backing in the first Trump term.
“Imagine what we could do in those years if they would rally behind me and teach the children what to do to protect them about social media and their mental health,” she said.
She is giving interviews ahead of her return to the White House and to promote her self-titled memoir.
Amazon recently agreed to pay an eye-popping $40 million for the rights to create a documentary with her involvement, which is due out this fall. The move is one of many appearing to be part of an effort by Big Tech to curry favor with President-elect Trump as he returns to power.
Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos, have been prominent targets of Trump ire over the years. The mogul and Washington Post owner has sought to smooth things over with the company’s $1 million donation to Trump’s inauguration fund.
