Everyone knows that Donald Trump loves being #1 (even though he’s a failure at almost everything) and will throw a colossal fit if there’s anyone in front of him. That’s why a recent poll by the Economist/YouGov just might tear the Trump family apart and get the president to resent his wife, First Lady Melania Trump.
The Economist/YouGov poll asked America to rate each member of the Trump family and unsurprisingly, Trump did not come out on top. In fact, the President of the United States was forced into the #2 spot by his own wife! Melania was rated the most-liked member of the Trump family, with a 51 percent likability rating. The president, on the other hand, only scored at 44 percent, which was almost tied with the “very unfavorable” (42 percent) view of him.
Not surprisingly, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was the least-liked, trailing just behind Eric Trump.
While she certainly didn’t deserve such a high score, part of the reason that Melania scored so high is likely due to the fact that she has hidden for most of Trump’s presidency. Sure, she makes occasional appearances to talk about her pathetic cyberbullying campaign and to defend her husband, but for the most part she’s away from the spotlight and hiding.
However, most recently she’s been taking Trump-like stances on things such as media coverage. During her “Be Best” tour where she spoke about drug overdose deaths, Melania blasted the press for not covering the epidemic more. The First Lady said:
I challenge the press to devote as much time to the lives lost and the potential lives that could be saved by dedicating the same amount of coverage that you do to idle gossip or trivial stories.”
During a speech on the opioid epidemic, first lady Melania Trump challenges media outlets to provide as much coverage to that crisis as they do “idle gossip or trivial stories.” https://t.co/qXxAXGzigj pic.twitter.com/e2LGM6LRWI
— ABC News (@ABC) March 6, 2019
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