Melania Trump Addresses Rumors Of Her Son Barron Being Autistic, Saying They Caused ‘Irreparable Damage’

Former First Lady Melania Trump has finally spoken up in her upcoming memoir, Melania, over claims that her son, Barron Trump, is autistic, saying that they caused “irreparable damage.”

Back in November 2016, comedian Rosie O’Donnell tweeted a video in which she speculated that Barron might be autistic based on his physical and social behavior.

O’Donnell soon apologized and deleted the tweet after facing backlash, saying that the tweet “had nothing to do with” the former president.

The original poster took the video down after Melania took legal action.

In her 256-page memoir, Melania disclosed that the “bullying” directed at her son made any efforts at apologies from the comedian futile.

The former first lady wrote about the bullying Barron faced online and offline.

“Barron’s experience of being bullied both online and in real life following the incident is a clear indication of the irreparable damage caused,” she stated.

Melania asserted that “no apology can undo the harm inflicted upon” Barron. 

The incident caused her to focus her efforts on tackling child welfare and cyberbullying through her Be Best campaign, even though she faced opposition from tech industry leaders.

“There is nothing shameful about autism (though O’Donnell’s tweet implied that there was), but Barron is not autistic,” she mentioned in her book. 

Melania then accused O’Donnell of “sheer malice.”

“I was appalled by such cruelty,” the former first lady said. “It was clear to me that she was not interested in raising awareness about autism. I felt that she was attacking my son because she didn’t like my husband.”

She went on to talk about what happened in the video.

“Someone had painstakingly compiled the footage and added captions like, ‘His hands are moving erratically and aren’t touching each other. Then he was spotted making strange movements in his seat, typical of children with autism,'” Melania recalled.

She then declared that it was “devastating as a parent,” and she felt as if her heart had been “breaking into pieces.”

Melania also shared support for a woman’s right to an abortion in her newest memoir.

She said that the choice to terminate a pregnancy should be left between a woman and her doctor, calling it the “common-sense approach.”