Contrary to party line

Melania Trump: “Abortion is a fundamental right”

The wife of US presidential candidate Donald Trump has caused a sensation shortly before the election: in her memoirs, Melania Trump declares that abortion is a "woman's fundamental right to individual freedom" - completely contrary to the party line of her husband's party. 

Trump's book will only be published on Tuesday, but the Guardian newspaper has already revealed explosive passages from it. In it, the Trump wife advocates the right to abortion, as this gives women the "authority to terminate their pregnancy if they so wish".

Trump speaks of lifelong conviction
"Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to decide what she does with her own body?" the newspaper quotes from an advance copy. "Restricting a woman's right to end an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body." This is her lifelong conviction.

Here Melania Trump promotes her book on X:

Melania Trump is thus clearly positioning herself against her husband, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who wants to leave the decision on abortion laws to the individual US states, in a key campaign issue. A spokesperson for the former first lady did not initially respond to an inquiry from the Reuters news agency.

Challenge for election campaign strategy?
Political observers see the development as a potential challenge for Donald Trump's election campaign strategy. The discrepancy between the Trump couple's positions could call the Republican candidate's credibility into question and provide the Democrats with new points of attack.