Hillary Clinton Recalls Awkward Exchange With Melania Trump In New Book

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has explained her “conflicted” opinion of fellow former first lady Melania Trump in her newly released book, in which she also detailed an “awkward” encounter with Donald Trump’s wife involving other former first ladies.

Clinton “never quite knew what to make of the third Mrs. Trump,” she wrote in “Something Lost, Something Gained” released Tuesday. USA Today published extracts from the memoir.

“On a gut level, I have never believed that a wife bears responsibility for the actions of her husband. But did she aid and abet her husband’s worst instincts?” Clinton asked, adding, “Was she quietly complicit in his bigotry and hate-mongering?”

Melania Trump, of course, defended her husband Donald Trump’s birtherism attacks on former President Barack Obama, as far back as in 2011.

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