LEMON DROP | What Is Melania Trump Afraid Of?

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Everyone was surprised last week when Melania Trump made an unexpected announcement, walking out to a podium affixed with The President's Seal. In her roughly 5 minute speech the First Lady denied her well-documented ties with Jeffrey Epstein and claimed that she has never had knowledge of his abuses. Why did she do this now? The president had semi-successfully distracted us from the Epstein files through the war in Iran, so what gives? Enter Amanda Ungaro and Paolo Zampolli. Who are they? What do they have to do with the Trumps and Jeffrey Epstein? Join Don to help shine a light on this wild story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	So this is probably the most dramatic moment from last week when everyone said, well, wait
0:35.3	a minute, what is Melania Trump going to talk about?
0:38.3	And then she walked out to the podium and she said this.
0:41.3	Good afternoon.
0:43.3	The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.
0:52.3	The individuals lying about me a devoid of ethical standards, humility and respect.
1:02.0	Okay. So then what Melania doesn't do, Jeffrey Epstein, this was the thing that Donald Trump was trying to keep out of the headlines. Melania Trump doesn't do press conferences. She doesn't do Jeffrey Epstein this was the thing that Donald Trump was trying to keep out of the headlines
1:11.0	Melania Trump doesn't do press conferences she doesn't do unscheduled public statements
1:18.1	she doesn't really answer questions she I mean she hasn't approved that they haven't
1:21.7	approved in advance so when she showed up this past week, out of nowhere,
1:27.5	tell the world that she had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein,
1:29.6	even though there are tons of pictures of her
1:31.3	with Jeffrey Epstein everywhere, the first question
1:34.7	isn't what she said.
1:36.3	The first question is why now?
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