President Donald Trump revealed his nickname for wife Melania and then went on to admit it was ‘terrible.’
During his speech in Iowa on Thursday night, the president slipped up, calling his wife of 25 years by her pet name.
‘I remember saying to our great first lady…’ he began, before adding: ‘I call her ‘First Lady,’ isn’t it terrible?’
‘I say, ‘Good night, First Lady, my darling,’ because it reminds me that I’m president,’ he noted.
Melania must have been on his mind as he had seen her shortly before leaving for his rally.
The couple had met freed American hostage Edan Alexander in the Oval Office, where the president revealed his wife’s concern about the captives in the Gaza war.
‘The first lady, it was very important to her,’ Trump told Alexander and his family.
Melania Trump is spending a rare few days at the White House to celebrate the Fourth of July.
President Donald Trump revealed his pet name for wife Melania
She’ll join President Trump on the South Lawn to watch the fireworks and to host a picnic for military members.
On Thursday, the first lady visited Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C., where she made patriotic decorations with kids and decorated the Children’s Health Garden for the holiday.
She even invited the group to come to the White House for the 250th Independence Day celebration next year on July 4, 2026 and told them about the upcoming celebration including the fireworks show and F14 flyovers.
The first lady joked about her husband’s love of golf when kids asked if she shared President Donald Trump‘s love of the sport.
‘No, I don’t play golf,’ she laughed, but disclosed that she used to play.
Nine former and current patients of the hospital in Washington, D.C. sat with Trump for an art session, decorating rocks to put in the Children’s Health Garden and coloring on note pads branded with the first lady’s signature ‘Be Best’ initiative.
The first lady brought the kids goodie bags with blankets, children’s books and teddy bears with ‘Best Best’ t-shirts.
The kids went outside after their crafts session with Trump to use their art to decorate the Healing Garden at the hospital.
And Melania Trump showed them a new flower – the ‘External Flame’ hybrid tea rose, which is a highly fragrant yellow rose – the White House donated to the garden.
Following her visit to the healing garden, Trump made private visits with heart and kidney transplant patients. The first lady has made children’s wellbeing a priority through her Be Best program.
Trump visited the hospital every year around Christmas during her first tenure as first lady. It is a longtime tradition for the spouse of a president to visit the children’s care center around the holidays.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the military parade commemorating the Army’s 250th anniversary, coinciding with his 79th birthday on June 14th
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump met with freed hostage Eden Alexander (center) and his family (right)
The first lady helped the children at Children’s National Hospital decorate a healing garden for the Fourth of July
The first lady gifted the kids with blankets and teddy bears bearing ‘Be Best’ t-shirts
Melania Trump spends most of her time in New York, where their son Barron is a student at New York University.
Before returning to the White House for her second tenure as first lady, she said she would be in Washington D.C. on an as needed basis.
‘I will be in the White House. When I need to be in New York, I will be in New York. When I need to be in Palm Beach, I will be in Palm Beach,’ she told Fox News.
‘My first priority is, you know, to be a mom, to be a first lady, to be a wife.’
After the fireworks on Friday, the Trumps will head to Bedminster, N.J., where they have a home on Trump’s golf course there.
