--- description: In a new interview, Melania Trump said that she does not try to change her husband, even though she often disagrees with him. title: Melania Trump on Her Husband: 'He Knows The Consequences' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f8a01a2a8235ba/69887eedcf40a8e705c421f7/melania-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Melania Trump on Her Husband: 'He Knows the Consequences'  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 29, 2016 8:38 PM CUT  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. 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](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 29, 2016 8:38 PM CUT 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 "undefined")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/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") 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. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4241924/melania-trump-donald-trump-language/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4241924/melania-trump-donald-trump-language/"},"headline":"Melania Trump on Her Husband: 'He Knows the Consequences'","datePublished":"2016-02-29T20:38:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:28:49.884Z","description":"\"I'm my own person\"","url":"https://time.com/4241924/melania-trump-donald-trump-language/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Melania Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f8a01a2a8235ba/69887eedcf40a8e705c421f7/melania-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f8a01a2a8235ba/69887eedcf40a8e705c421f7/melania-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP-election","caption":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP-election","creditText":"Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4241924/melania-trump-donald-trump-language/","name":"Melania Trump on Her Husband: 'He Knows the Consequences'"}}]}] ```