Melania pushed Trump to run in 2016 because she believed he could win, claims new book: 'She was also tired of listening to him talk about it'
FLOTUS Melania Trump forced Donald Trump to run for the White House in 2016 as she was tired of hearing him talk about what was wrong with the country and how he would do it better.
Kate Bennett, in her new biography 'Free Melania', writes: "There's a common misperception that Melania was against Trump's running for president... Not true."
She added that it was Melania who pushed him to run for the presidency, "She very much pushed him to run, in part because she did actually believe he would win and do a good job, but she was also tired, really tired, of listening to him talk about it."
She also pointed out that, by 2016, the Trumps would have been together for 18 years, all through the presidencies of Bill Clinton, George W Bush, and Barack Obama.
"Each time an election was approaching, Melania would have to listen to her husband go on and on about what was wrong with the country; how he would do it better; how he had predicted this, this, and this would happen, and it did. Finally, she essentially said, 'Okay, so if you can do it better than all three of these guys, do it already'," Bennett writes.
Throughout their relationship, Trump has been hooked to the idea of running for president. Back in 2000, he had considered getting into the race on the Reform Party's ticket. Again in 2004, he said he was looking into it "very seriously".
In 2008, he shared that he could run as an independent.
By 2011, a much more conservative Trump had emerged and he once again considered throwing his hat in the ring. Eventually, he chose to stick with reality TV as the show 'The Apprentice' was too hard to leave.
"By the time talk of 2016 was in full swing, Melania was more inclined to say 'put up or shut up' than to talk him out of it or, as some have suggested, to beg him not to. She had lost patience with his waffling. It was fish-or-cut-bait time, and she was pushing him to finally drop his line. One close adviser says Melania's goading had a big impact on his ultimate decision to enter the race," Bennett revealed.