Melania Trump says how ‘proud’ she is of Barron in Fox & Friends interview: Live updates

Melania Trump said she was “very proud” of her 18-year-old son who played a key role in selecting the president-elect’s podcast appearances that helped him woo young voters.

“I am very proud of him for his knowledge even of politics and giving advice to his father,” she said of the political scion. “He brought so many young people. Young people are not sitting in front of the TV, they are in front of the phone and on the podcast.”

Melania added that Barron is “very vocal” in his advice to his 78-year-old father.

The teenage Trump, who began studying at New York University’s Stern School of Business in September, is not in the usual position of most college freshmen, his mother admitted.

“I don’t think it’s possible for him to be a normal student,” Melania continued. “He knows he’s in a different position than other kids.”

Donald Trump’s dance moves to the Village People’s 1978 hitYMCA they attracted global attention, and have since been replicated by athletes and celebrities alike.

Melania, however, admitted that she never botched moves like her husband.

When asked, “Is this how you dance?”, Melania abruptly answered, “No.”

Melania Trump began talking about Trump’s transition to the White House as she sat down Fox & Friends this morning.

The incoming first lady said her husband knows the types of people he needs to hire for his administration to hit the ground running on day one.

“This time is completely different, we already know where we are going,” she said. “So we don’t have to go back inside.”

She added: “The energy is different. The people around him are different.”

Bernie Sanders called many of Robert Kennedy Jr’s views “extremely dangerous”, but pointed out that one of his views was “absolutely correct”.

“I think what he’s saying about the food industry is absolutely correct,” the Vermont senator said of Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary-designate to CBS News on Thursday.

“I think you have a food industry that is more concerned about their profits than they are about the health of the American people.” I think they should be taken over.”

However, he also called some of Kennedy’s proposals, such as removing fluoride from public water and his anti-vaxxer stances, “extremely dangerous.”

Donald Trump has tapped former senator David Perdue to be the US ambassador to China amid escalating military and trade tensions.

The president-elect said the former Georgia senator “brings valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China.”

Mr. Perdue, who lived in Hong Kong during his 40-year career as chief executive, will be “crucial in implementing my strategy to maintain peace in the region and a productive working relationship with Chinese leaders,” Trump added.

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President Joe Biden, who pardoned his son Hunter last week, is reportedly considering preemptively pardoning US officials deemed at risk before Trump returns to the White House.

The move would hope to protect Trump’s dissidents from potential retaliation after the president-elect repeatedly vowed to retaliate against those who opposed him, according to CBS.

No specific names have been officially recommended to Biden, despite reports that the president has discussed the possibility of a pardon with senior White House aides.

Donald Trump has tapped a podcaster to be his AI and crypto czar, marking Elon Musk’s latest ally to be tapped for the president-elect’s next administration.

David Sacks, host All-In podcast and former Paypal boss who worked with Musk for more than two decades, has been nominated for the newly created role as AI and crypto regulation are “critical” areas for the incoming commander-in-chief.

“David has the knowledge, business experience, intelligence and pragmatism to MAKE AMERICA GREAT in these two key technologies,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

“They will work on the legal framework so that the crypto industry has the clarity it has been looking for and can thrive in the US.”

Think tank behind Project 2025conservative plan related to the newly elected president Donald Trumpis launching an effort to shore up Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick in his latest attempt to influence the incoming republican administration.

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Thursday that his group will spend $1 million to pressure senators who don’t want to support it Pete Hegsethwhose nomination to lead the Pentagon has been called into question because of his views on women serving in combat and reports of his personal conduct.