Donald Trump says his wife Melania loves their son Barron more than him, and that her affection for children is what drove her to write an emotional letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine.

During a high-stakes meeting in Washington with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump revealed that the First Lady had been so moved by images of children dying during the war that she made a rare intervention last week when Trump met with Putin in Alaska.

“She’s got a great love of children, she has a wonderful son that she loves probably more than anybody, including me–I hate to say it,” he told reporters in the Oval Office, referencing their 19-year-old son Barron.

“But she loves her son, she loves children, and she hates to see something like this happening.”

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