After Donald Trump's hush money conviction, several questioned the silence of former first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron Trump. Speaking in an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw, the former president hinted that his 18-year-old son is affected by the media limelight and public attention following his hush money conviction.
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Stressing that his son has been "hurt" by jury's verdict, Trump said: “I think he doesn't say because he doesn't want to hurt me and thinks it's possibly a hurtful conversation, but it has to affect my family.”
Ahead of the presidential elections, Trump, who is the presumptive presidential nominee for the Republican party, said that he believes his family wants him to fight the battle. “Our country's in trouble. We could be in a world war very soon. “My family loves this country and I think they feel I do a good job.”
Melania and Trump were last spotted together at their son's graduation ceremony in Florida, where the couple managed to have some family time amid the ex-president's legal troubles. Barron gave his best impression of Melania when obtaining her high school graduation, and the grim-faced graduate's dad and mom were captured looking uncommonly thrilled to be at an occasion together.
Trump, after becoming the first former president to be convicted of a crime, returned to the campaign trail after denouncing the case against him as "politically motivated" and calling for his conviction to be annulled on appeal. “Those appellate courts have to step up and straighten things out or we're not going to have a country anymore,” Trump stated during a Phoenix, Arizona town hall organized by Turning Point.
In her recent trial, Trump was accused of paying former adult star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to buy her silence about an extra-marital affair with him ahead of the 2026 presidential elections. Prosecutors established the fact that Trump forged records when he paid back his close aide and former lawyer Michael Cohen for the payment to Daniels.