Memories of her childhood
Then Melania Trump says a politically explosive sentence
Updated September 25, 2026 – 11:56 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Melania Trump has spoken out about her childhood in communist Yugoslavia. One sentence makes you sit up and take notice.
Donald Trump and the Republicans have a clear message to voters before the midterm elections: communism and socialism must be prevented, the president and leading politicians say again and again. Now First Lady has too Melania Trump expressed himself on the subject – but differently than the president.
In an interview with Fox News, she talked about her childhood in what was then communist-ruled Yugoslavia. It was a “wonderful time,” said the President’s wife. “I grew up under communism and, to be honest, I didn’t miss anything,” she told the station. However, she also pointed out that she and her family were not as free back then as they are today in America.
Melania was born as Melanija Knavs in Novo Mesto in 1970 and grew up in the small town of Sevnica in what is today Slovenia which was then part of the socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. Her father Viktor Knavs was a car dealer, her mother Amalija worked as a pattern maker in a children’s clothing factory.
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While Donald Trump tried several times to get reporters from CNN and other media from access to the White House, his wife apparently has no problem with these media representatives.
The US broadcaster CNN reported that their office continues to issue accreditations to its reporters for events. “Politico”, which was banned from the White House, was also allowed to come to an event with Melania on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. According to CNN information, Melania Trump knew at this point that her husband no longer wanted to see this media in his official residence.
The First Lady, who has repeatedly made herself scarce in public, seems to be going her own way in some matters. She said in an interview that she often had different opinions with her husband. The two don’t spend much time together. “There is less and less family time,” Melania Trump said on “The Big Money Show” on Fox Business. The reason for this is that both her husband and she and their son are very busy. According to Melania, Donald Trump sometimes works in the Oval Office until 9:30 p.m. “So you wait until you can eat dinner? You don’t because he’s busy. I’m busy too.”
