{"id":18424,"date":"2025-01-13T21:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18424"},"modified":"2025-01-13T21:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T21:32:17","slug":"melania-trump-ready-for-exciting-return-to-white-house-we-have-a-lot-to-do-to-put-the-country-back-in-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18424","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump ready for \u2018exciting\u2019 return to White House: \u2018We have a lot to do to put the country back in shape\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Melania Trump said in an interview Monday that she is excited for another four years in the White House -\u2014 and is ready to be a key adviser to her husband, President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The incoming first lady told Fox News\u2019 \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d that she is more confident now she understands \u201cthe rules\u201d and \u201cprocess\u201d of being in the White House \u2014 and that she will help her husband as they \u201chave a lot to do to put the country back in shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time was challenging, we didn\u2019t have much of the information. The information was withheld from us by the previous administration,\u201d she said of Trump\u2019s predecessor before his first term, President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 4 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/13\/us-news\/melania-trump-ready-for-exciting-4-years-back-at-white-house\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawHyZP1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfPry_-Bsk0aYeSggi4S9Otj8KZrHiRvAvQd8ZDYsHPC17QPSv7y2zq-_g_aem_0gyBRpmMQdNNhUup7sSqIg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 4 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"1\" data-slideshow-slides-total=\"4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34448462\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/we-lot-put-country-back-96635492.jpg?resize=664,373&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 664w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/we-lot-put-country-back-96635492.jpg?resize=87,49&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/we-lot-put-country-back-96635492.jpg?resize=234,131&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/we-lot-put-country-back-96635492.jpg?resize=150,84&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/we-lot-put-country-back-96635492.jpg?resize=50,28&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" alt=\"Melania Trump \" width=\"1052\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Melania Trump, 54, sat down with \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d to promote her upcoming documentary set to be released on Amazon Prime later this year.<span class=\"credit\">Fox News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 4 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/13\/us-news\/melania-trump-ready-for-exciting-4-years-back-at-white-house\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawHyZP1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfPry_-Bsk0aYeSggi4S9Otj8KZrHiRvAvQd8ZDYsHPC17QPSv7y2zq-_g_aem_0gyBRpmMQdNNhUup7sSqIg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 4 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"2\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/speak-day-senate-republicans-meet-96427369.jpg?resize=322,215&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/speak-day-senate-republicans-meet-96427369.jpg?resize=600,400&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/speak-day-senate-republicans-meet-96427369.jpg?resize=661,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 661w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/speak-day-senate-republicans-meet-96427369.jpg?resize=90,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 90w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/speak-day-senate-republicans-meet-96427369.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/speak-day-senate-republicans-meet-96427369.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/speak-day-senate-republicans-meet-96427369.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" alt=\"Melania Trump in a black coat listening attentively at the U.S. Capitol during a day of meetings and paying respects to former U.S. president Jimmy Carter.\" width=\"884\" height=\"590\" \/><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text\"><span data-slideshow-modal=\"count\">4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><figcaption>Melania is excited for another four years in the White House with her husband.<span class=\"credit\"><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>\u201cBut this time I have everything. I have the plans, I already packed, I have selected the furniture. So it\u2019s a very different transition this time, the second time around,\u201d she said confidently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it will be an exciting four years. We have a lot to do to put the country back in shape,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The first lady made clear that she is not deterred by people underestimating her abilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just feel that people didn\u2019t accept me. Maybe they didn\u2019t understand me the way maybe they do now. And I didn\u2019t have much support,\u201d she said of her first term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe some people see me as just a wife of the president, but I\u2019m standing on my own two feet, independent. I have my own thoughts, I have my own, \u2018yes\u2019 and \u2018no,&#8217;\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year-old conceded that while she doesn\u2019t always agree with what her husband \u201cis saying or doing\u201d she is committed to helping out his administration when she can.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<div class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper\"><a title=\"Open a slideshow of all 4 article images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/13\/us-news\/melania-trump-ready-for-exciting-4-years-back-at-white-house\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawHyZP1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfPry_-Bsk0aYeSggi4S9Otj8KZrHiRvAvQd8ZDYsHPC17QPSv7y2zq-_g_aem_0gyBRpmMQdNNhUup7sSqIg#\" aria-controls=\"nyp-slideshow-modal\" data-slideshow-modal=\"trigger\" aria-label=\"Open a slideshow of all 4 article images.\" data-slideshow-slide-number=\"3\" 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