President Donald Trump urged supporters at a packed rally in Long Island, New York to read his wife Melania’s new book.
He continued by telling the rally crowd that he hoped the former first lady had “good things” to say about him in her upcoming memoir.
“Go out and get her book,” Trump said.
“She just wrote a book. I hope she said good things about me.”
Melania Trump’s self-titled memoir promises to tell “the truth” about her.
She previously revealed that she wants to correct the “misrepresentations” peddled by the media over the years.
President Trump jokingly urged the enthusiastic crowd Wednesday night to buy the book on the condition that she said “good things” about him.
“Go out and buy it, it’s great,” he quipped.
“And if she says bad things about me I’ll call you all up and I’ll say don’t buy it, get rid of it.”
Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York was filled with thousands of supporters who waited hours to hear President Trump speak.
The faithful supporters were rewarded with an energetic speech full of jokes, as well as serious reflections on the nation’s decline.
Trump also spoke about his own place in history after surviving two assassination attempts.
“These encounters with death have not broken my will, they have really given me a much bigger and stronger mission,” Trump said.
“They’ve only hardened my resolve to use my time on Earth to make America great again for all Americans, to put America first.”
Trump’s wife has been mostly absent from the campaign trail.
However, she has been more vocal recently ahead of the October release of her new book.
The enigmatic first lady recently shared doubts about her husband’s first assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.
Her comments came as members of both parties in Congress accuse Secret Service of hiding the truth.
The Long Island rally was Trump’s first since he was targeted in a second assassination attempt at his Florida golf course last weekend.
President Trump lavished praise on the woman who followed the suspect, Ryan Routh, and photographed his license plate.
“This could only happen with a woman, because men aren’t smart enough,” Trump said.
“I hate to tell you, fellas.”
Meanwhile, President Trump made a bold promise to win deep blue New York.
He built his real estate empire in New York City and lived for decades at Trump Tower before making the move to Mar-A-Lago in Florida.
The Queens, New York native painted a grim picture of his hometown under Democrat rule.
Trump is now pledging to clean up its crime-ridden subways and crack down on an influx of violent migrants who have entered the country under President Joe Biden and Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
“What the hell do you have to lose?” he asked New Yorkers.
“Give me a shot, you will have a safe New York within three months,” he said.
“For every New Yorker being terrorized by this wave of migrant crime, Nov. 5 will be your liberation day.”
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— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) September 20, 2024
