White House Crowd Laughs as Melania Trump Calls President Donald Trump a ‘Caring Leader’ With Empathy

President Donald Trump has a soft side — at least according to his wife, Melania Trump.

During a Mother’s Day event held at the White House on Wednesday, May 6, the first lady, 56, opened with remarks about what it means to be a mother — especially for those whose children serve in the military.

“Mothers help build the soul of our nation,” she said (per footage shared by Fox 5 New York). “I pray you find enduring strength as your loved one serves in defense of our freedom.”

As she began to introduce her 79-year-old husband, Melania said, “Most know my husband as the strong commander-in-chief, but his empathy transcends the role and shapes a caring leader who constantly remembers each and every American soldier is someone’s child.”

When the president smirked at his wife’s kind words, people in attendance began to laugh, specifically when she said “his empathy transcends the role and shapes a caring leader.”

While Melania’s words may ring true to some, the Apprentice alum is known to sling around personal insults on his Truth Social account whenever the spirit moves him and even disrespect people to their faces.

He regularly refers to former president Joe Biden as “Sleepy Joe,” and he even installed plaques at the White House that many feel are offensive to former United States presidents. Trump also shared an AI-generated video of former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, depicted as apes.

Late last year, the former reality show star made a derogatory remark directly to a reporter’s face aboard Air Force One.

When Trump was speaking to a group of reporters on November 14, he was asked about the Jeffrey Epstein files — which his name appears in multiple times — and the interaction was caught on camera.

As Trump was pressed about his connection to the convicted sex offender and late pedophile by Bloomberg correspondent Catherine Lucey, he appeared to point at her face (she was off-camera) and cut her off by saying, “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”

At the time, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt downplayed Trump’s harsh and rude words by saying that the president is simply “very frank and honest with everyone in this room.”