--- title: Melania Trump On Donald: 'He Knows The Consequences' description: In a new interview, Melania Trump said that she does not try to change her husband, even though she often disagrees with him. canonical: https://time.com/4241924/melania-trump-donald-trump-language/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-29T20:38:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:49:31.495Z article:section: Politics og:title: Melania Trump on Her Husband: 'He Knows The Consequences' og:description: "I'm my own person," she said og:url: https://time.com/4241924/melania-trump-donald-trump-language/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f8a01a2a8235ba/69887eedcf40a8e705c421f7/melania-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5000 og:image:height: 2813 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP-election og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Melania Trump on Her Husband: 'He Knows The Consequences' twitter:description: "I'm my own person," she said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f8a01a2a8235ba/69887eedcf40a8e705c421f7/melania-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Melania Trump on Her Husband: 'He Knows the Consequences' > Sponsored content. 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I don’t agree with everything what he says, but that is normal. I’m my own person.” **Watch live:** [Super Tuesday voting takes place across the U.S.](http://time.com/4242287/super-tuesday-2016-primary-results-live-stream-online/) When Cooper pressed Trump on what specifically she has disagreed with, she said, “Some language, of course.” She then cited the time her husband [repeated a vulgar word](http://time.com/4213231/donald-trump-ted-cruz-offensive-name/) at a New Hampshire rally in early February. “I’m thinking in my head, don’t repeat it. Just don’t repeat it,” she said. ## Transcript [00:00] We are both very independent and let him be who he [00:03] is and he lets me be who I am. You don't try to change [00:06] him. I don't try to change him, he's an adult. He knows [00:10] the consequences and so I let him be who he [00:14] is. I give him my opinions many, many times. You do? [00:18] Yes. And I don't agree with everything he says. But [00:21] that's just normal. I'm my own person. I tell him what I [00:26] think, standing very strong on the ground on my two [00:29] feet, and I'm my own person, and [00:33] I think that's very important in the relationship. Can you [00:36] say something where you disagree with him on? Many [00:42] things. Some language of course. Language? Yeah. [00:44] Some language I didn't approve. Language you could [00:44] hear him using on the campaign. Especially. I was in [00:48] New Hampshire when the woman was shouting out the [00:52] inappropriate word. And I was there. And I'm thinking [00:54] like, don't repeat it. In my head. For him. Don't repeat [00:58] it. Just don't say it because then the next day Media, [01:02] all they will talk is about that. But [ UNKNOWN ], he's [01:05] with the momentum, he goes with the flow, he goes [01:09] with the people, they having fun, everybody were [01:12] cheering, and he said it the next day, [01:16] but he repeated the word. That was not his word. So- [01:19] So he heard from you about that? 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