--- 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: 2026-02-22T15:28:49.884Z 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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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's wife Melania Trump speaks as they celebrate victory in the South Carolina primary on February 20, 2016 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 29, 2016 8:38 PM UTC In a new interview, Melania Trump said that she does not try to change her husband, even though she often disagrees with him. “He’s an adult, he knows the consequences,” Trump [told CNN’s Anderson Cooper ](http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/02/29/melania-trump-anderson-cooper-sot-ac.cnn)of her husband Donald Trump’s controversial statements. “I give him my opinions many, many times. 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. 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