--- title: Donald Trump: Huma Abedin Better Off Without Anthony Weiner description: Donald Trump said Huma Abedin will be “far better off” without her husband Anthony Weiner after he was allegedly busted sexting again canonical: https://time.com/4471364/donald-trump-huma-abedin/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-29T19:01:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:20.642Z og:title: Donald Trump Says Huma Abedin Is ‘Far Better Off’ og:description: Without her sexting husband Anthony Weiner og:url: https://time.com/4471364/donald-trump-huma-abedin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d776300d2af3836/6988a416cf40a8eaa9c44a1b/anthony-weiner-donald-trump-huma-abedin.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: The 2016 Democratic National Convention og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Says Huma Abedin Is ‘Far Better Off’ twitter:description: Without her sexting husband Anthony Weiner twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d776300d2af3836/6988a416cf40a8eaa9c44a1b/anthony-weiner-donald-trump-huma-abedin.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says Huma Abedin Is ‘Far Better Off’ Without Anthony Weiner > Sponsored content. 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Anthony Weiner, former U.S. representative from New York, speaks to the media before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Aug 29, 2016 7:01 PM UTC Donald Trump said top Hillary Clinton aide [Huma Abedin](http://motto.time.com/4470818/huma-abedin-anthony-weiner/) will be “better off” without her husband [Anthony Weiner](http://motto.time.com/4471006/anthony-weiner-sexting-scandal-huma-abedin/) after Abedin announced she’s splitting from Weiner amid a new sexting allegation. The Republican presidential candidate, who has previously called Weiner a “[pervert](https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/266276897305026560),” addressed the couple’s separation in a statement Monday. “Huma is making a very wise decision. I know Anthony Weiner well, and she will be far better off without him.” Trump also took the opportunity to criticize Clinton, his Democratic rival, for being “careless and negligent” in “allowing Weiner to have such close proximity to highly classified information.” The real estate mogul has [previously](http://time.com/4171454/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-bill-cosby-anthony-weiner/) tied Weiner to Clinton. “Who knows what he learned and who he told? It’s just another example of Hillary Clinton’s bad judgment,” Trump added. “It is possible that our country and its security have been greatly compromised by this.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4471364/donald-trump-huma-abedin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4471364/donald-trump-huma-abedin/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Says Huma Abedin Is ‘Far Better Off’ Without Anthony Weiner","datePublished":"2016-08-29T19:01:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:20.642Z","description":"Huma Abedin announced she is separating from husband Anthony Weiner amid a new sexting scandal","url":"https://time.com/4471364/donald-trump-huma-abedin/","keywords":["motto","2016 Election","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d776300d2af3836/6988a416cf40a8eaa9c44a1b/anthony-weiner-donald-trump-huma-abedin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d776300d2af3836/6988a416cf40a8eaa9c44a1b/anthony-weiner-donald-trump-huma-abedin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 2016 Democratic National Convention","caption":"Anthony Weiner, former U.S. representative from New York, speaks to the media before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016.","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via 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":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4471364/donald-trump-huma-abedin/","name":"Donald Trump Says Huma Abedin Is ‘Far Better Off’ Without Anthony Weiner"}}]}] ```