--- title: Republican National Convention: Read Melania Trump's speech description: Donald Trump's wife Melania gave her first major public remarks on Monday night at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. canonical: https://time.com/4412008/republican-convention-melania-trump-2/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-19T03:54:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:20:49.347Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Melania Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention og:description: Her first major public remarks. og:url: https://time.com/4412008/republican-convention-melania-trump-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fc21f5318504f94/69889c738e06016d02466bd4/melania-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Melania Trump, wife of Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Melania Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention twitter:description: Her first major public remarks. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fc21f5318504f94/69889c738e06016d02466bd4/melania-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Melania Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 19, 2016 3:54 AM UTC  Melania Trump, wife of Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Melania Trump, wife of Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 19, 2016 3:54 AM UTC Melania Trump made her political debut on the biggest possible stage Monday, giving a speech on the opening night of the Republican National Convention. In the night’s keynote address, Donald Trump’s wife spoke about her husband’s personal side and argued that he would be a strong president. “If you want someone to fight for you and your country, I can assure you he’s the guy,” she said. “He will never ever give up. And most importantly, he will never ever let you down.” Read her full remarks as delivered: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4412008/republican-convention-melania-trump-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4412008/republican-convention-melania-trump-2/"},"headline":"Watch Melania Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-19T03:54:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:20:49.347Z","description":"Her first major public remarks","url":"https://time.com/4412008/republican-convention-melania-trump-2/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","Melania Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fc21f5318504f94/69889c738e06016d02466bd4/melania-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fc21f5318504f94/69889c738e06016d02466bd4/melania-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Melania Trump, wife of Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.","caption":"Melania Trump, wife of Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.","creditText":"Joe Raedle—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/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4412008/republican-convention-melania-trump-2/","name":"Watch Melania Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention"}}]}] ```