Trump sends Valentine’s Day message to Melania centred on his criminal cases

Former President Trump wished former First Lady Melania Trump a Happy Valentine’s Day on Wednesday by thanking her for her support throughout his various criminal cases.In a campaign email sent Wednesday morning, Trump offered a “letter” with the subject line, “I love you, Melania!”

“Dear Melania, I LOVE YOU. Even after every single INDICTMENT, ARREST, and WITCH HUNT, you never left my side,” he wrote in the message. “You’ve always supported me through everything. I wouldn’t be the man I am today without your guidance, kindness, and warmth.“

“You will always mean the world to me, Melania! From your husband with love, Donald J. Trump,” the former president concluded.

Readers were then directed to a website where they could leave their own Valentine’s Day message or donate to his reelection campaign.

The former president faces 91 felony counts across four federal and state indictments, all of which he has called a political “witch hunt” to prevent him from being reelected in November.

Trump’s main GOP challenger, Nikki Haley, offered her own Valentine’s Day message to the former president.

“Roses are red, violets are blue, I love dictators, and they love me too! Happy Valentine’s Day from Donald Trump to dictators around the world!” Haley’s presidential campaign wrote in an emailed statement, mocking the former president.

“Over the years, Trump has professed his love for the world’s most brutal dictators and praised their strength and leadership skills,” the statement reads.

The campaign went on to list a series of remarks from Trump expressing friendliness or even love to some foreign dictators.

One of the examples the campaign pointed to was Trump’s story in 2019 in which he claimed he received about a half-dozen letters from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“He wrote me beautiful letters, and they’re great letters,” Trump said at a 2019 rally in West Virginia. “We fell in love.”

Haley has repeatedly called out Trump for his apparent friendliness to foreign leaders on the campaign trail, including Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

National polling indexes from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ show Trump with a 61.4-point lead nationally over Haley and a 32.7-point lead in Haley’s home state of South Carolina.