Melania Trump Urges Peace, Unity Amid Minneapolis Unrest (Full Transcript)

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: I'm against the violence, so if, please, if we protest, protest in peace. And we need to unify in these times.

[00:00:09] Speaker 2: That was First Lady Melania Trump weighing in for the first time on federal officers' shooting of Alex Pretty and the situation in Minneapolis. And what is so notable here is just how rare it is for this first lady to talk about current events at all. This is just her first on-camera televised interview of her husband's second term, calling for unity when asked her message to the American people. And we know that this incident has struck a chord with many of the president's own supporters and top allies. Her comments come as the White House is shifting its own tone and strategy on Minneapolis.

[00:00:40] Speaker 1: We need to unify. I'm calling for unity. I know my husband, the president, had a great call yesterday with the governor and the mayor, and they're working together to make it peaceful and without riots. Now the reason for this sudden appearance? Here we go again.

[00:01:02] Speaker 2: Trump is promoting her new documentary. It comes out in theaters this Friday. And after taking a relatively low-key approach to this term, she's spent most of her time in Florida or New York, we have seen her steadily scale up her public events in the months ahead of its release. It chronicles the notoriously private first lady's return to the White House and her relationship with her husband.

[00:01:22] Speaker 1: I give him my advice and I tell him what I think. Sometimes he listens, sometimes he doesn't, but I am here to support him.