Apparently, Melania Trump, Donald Trump’s current wife, is just as sick of her husband’s social media nonsense as the rest of us.
Thursday morning on the Today show, Donald Trump was uncharacteristically silent during a full family interview, flanked by Melania and four of his children: Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric and the recently resurfaced Tiffany. The hosts asked Melania what she thought her husband’s worst habit was and she said his obsession with social media. “Let’s see,” she said. “The tweeting.”
Luckily, her husband thought it was hilarious. But for anyone who has encountered Donald Trump’s Twitter account, the commentary probably hit a tad too close to home. Between his penchant for (intentionally or unintentionally) re-tweeting less than savory Internet individuals, his unabashed love for the Twitter spat, and his uncanny ability to attract the attention of social media robots, the Donald is truly the Republican Party’s first social media candidate, for better or worse—but mostly worse. He’s reportedly facing a million-dollar defamation lawsuit for comments he made about a Republican operative using the social network. And the New York Times keeps a running tally of the 200 or so people, places and things that Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to complain about.
There is, of course, an argument to be made that, even without access to social media, Donald Trump would be just as controversial. In the same Today interview, Trump dismissed the North Carolina anti-transgender bathroom law as nonsense and took the state to task for affecting their own economic prosperity. The opinion is in stark contrast to that of his base. But with Twitter, he can be controversial in two mediums, and with remarkable consistency.
The normally reserved Melania might just be the voice of the crowd when she encourages the Donald to drop the phone once in a while—or, at least to give the assistant who types up his every thought a little break. She herself has only Tweeted sporadically. Since her husband announced his campaign, she’s only Tweeted about five times.
