Trump isn’t happy.
President Donald Trump is going all-in to defend First Lady Melania Trump after she issued a $1 billion legal threat against Hunter Biden over a “vicious and completely false” claim.
In an explosive interview on Fox News Radio with Brian Kilmeade, Trump said he told Melania to move full steam ahead with the lawsuit.
“I said go forward. I’ve been doing pretty well in these lawsuits lately,” Trump said. “Jeffrey Epstein had nothing to do with Melania. They make these stories up to demean. I met her through someone else — not Epstein. She was very upset, and I told her to use my lawyers.”
The $1 Billion Defamation Fight
The legal firestorm began after Hunter Biden — son of former President Joe Biden — claimed in a YouTube interview earlier this month that Epstein introduced Melania to Trump.
Melania’s legal team calls the statement “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory.”
Her attorney, Alejandro Brito, sent Biden a letter dated August 6 demanding a full retraction and apology. If Biden refuses, he could face damages exceeding $1 billion.
Brito says Biden’s words have been “widely disseminated” across social media and amplified by media outlets, causing the First Lady “overwhelming financial and reputational harm.”
Biden Doubles Down
Instead of apologizing, Hunter Biden lashed out again in a follow-up interview, using profanity to dismiss the lawsuit as a “distraction.”
Biden also claimed his remarks were based on comments from author Michael Wolff — a man President Trump has blasted as a “third-rate reporter.”
The Truth About How They Met
Donald and Melania Trump have consistently said they met in 1998 at a New York Fashion Week party through modeling agent Paolo Zampolli — not through Epstein.
The First Lady’s camp says the Biden smear is designed to “tear down” her reputation as the nation’s most admired woman.
The Epstein Controversy
The lawsuit also lands amid renewed public anger over the Epstein files. Last month, the Department of Justice announced it would not release additional records related to the disgraced financier — claiming there was no incriminating “client list.”
That decision infuriated Trump supporters, many of whom remember his pledge for full transparency on the matter.
Now, with a $1 billion defamation showdown brewing, the political and legal battle between the Trump and Biden families is set to explode.