WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� said Friday that preparing to enter the White House for the second time looks a lot different from the first go-around. Now, she and her husband know what to expect.
鈥淵ou know what you need to establish, you know what kind of people you need to hire for your office,鈥� she said on 鈥淔ox & Friends鈥� in a rare television appearance, where she showed off holiday ornaments she's selling and her memoir as Christmas approaches.
She said the pace has been fast, to build his administration: 鈥淚t's incredible and we are very, very busy.鈥� She's packing up so 鈥渨e can start on Day 1.鈥�
She said her husband's attitude after his 2024 win was not the same as when he won in 2016. 鈥淭he country and the people really supported him," she said. I think the energy is different. People around him are different.鈥�
The incoming first lady also praised her 18-year-old son Barron, crediting him with helping his father find new ways to reach the audience that elected him president. Trump has four other children.
鈥淗e is a grown young man, I鈥檓 very proud of him about his knowledge, even about politics and giving advice to his father," she said. 鈥淗e brought in so many young people. He knows his generation."
She described working on her memoirs as a process that was 鈥渧ery personal and could be sometimes very joyful, but also traumatic and hard.鈥�
Colleen Long, The Associated Press
