The most plausible explanation for first lady Melania Trump’s out-of-the-blue address on the Jeffrey Epstein drama was that she was trying to make it go away.
But her stunning on-camera statement Thursday from the White House Cross Hall — the spot where her husband last week spoke to the nation about the Iran war — will almost certainly have the opposite effect.
“I am not Epstein’s victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump,” she said, in a statement that was all the more remarkable since there had been no widespread public speculation about the matter in recent days.


Melania’s former pimp had ICE deport his ex-wife so he could steal sole custody of their son.
That woman, now back in Brazil, has been working with journalists to get her story out.
Melania’s trying to get ahead of those stories being released in the coming weeks.