Overview
- At a military mothers event, Trump recounted that his device kept changing his wife’s name from Melania to Melody in his social posts.
- He said he did not know about the autocorrect feature and sometimes posted without proofreading, which he said fueled criticism about the misspelling.
- Trump told the audience he asked U.S. military personnel to correct the issue on his phone and said the problem was fixed.
- He apologized to the first lady during the remarks and offered her Mother’s Day wishes.
- News reports cite only Trump’s account of military involvement, with no independent confirmation from the Pentagon.