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Melania Trump Has Given Herself A Giant Epstein Problem

First Lady Melania Trump has watched her approval rating plummet, so she went before the nation and told America to stop connecting her to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Sarah Jones & Jason Easley
Apr 09, 2026
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First Lady Melania Trump is historically unpopular. First Ladies are normally popular. They are not elected officials. First Ladies are usually not overly political and it is not uncommon for them to have higher approval ratings than their husbands.

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CNN’s Harry Enten laid out how unpopular Melania Trump is:

 We got her at 12 points underwater. Look at the rest of these first ladies on the board right here. They're all way above water. 42 points above water for Michelle Obama. 46 above water for Laura Bush. 25 points above water for Hillary Clinton, who always was not always the most popular and 50 points above water for Nancy Reagan. And I even looked at Jill Biden's numbers at this point in that presidency. Of course, that was term one. She was above water as well, so this is the worst at this point in a presidency as well.

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Melania Trump is the most unpopular first lady in the history of polling, so what is the one thing that she could do to make herself even less popular?

The First Lady decided that now is the perfect time to yell at the American people and demand that they stop linking her to Jeffrey Epstein.

Melania Trump said at the White House:

 The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein. Need to end today, the individuals lying about me, a devoid of ethical standards, humility and respect. I do not object to their ignorance, but rather I reject their mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation.

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