BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “First lady Melania Trump said she was ‘blindsided’ by the administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy that led to family separations at the southern border and it prompted her unannounced visit there in June…Asked if she disagreed with the administration’s zero-tolerance policy, Trump said, ‘Yes and I let him (the President) know. ‘I didn’t know that that policy would come out. I was blindsided by it. I told him at home, and I said to him that I feel that’s unacceptable, and he felt the same’…Trump also addressed questions about a controversial jacket she wore during her visit to the border. The jacket, which on the back stated ‘I really don’t care, do u?’ was intended to send a message, Trump said in the ABC News interview, despite her spokeswoman’s claim at the time that it was ‘just a jacket.’ Trump said the jacket was aimed at people and left-wing media that criticize her.”
–Betsy Klein and Sophie Tatum, “Melania Trump: ‘I was blindsided’ by zero tolerance immigration policy,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, October 13, 2018 5:15 am