Melania calls Trump ‘sir’? President’s rambling at Texas rally sees odd admission about his marriage of 21 years

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday told attendees at a rally in Texas that his wife of 21 years, Melania Trump, addresses him the same way as one of his employees rather than using his name or any other term of endearment.

The president was speaking in support of Texas Attorney General and GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton when he began an extended rant alleging that Paxton’s opponent, Democratic state representative James Talarico, is a vegan , which Talarico denies.

But he quickly went off on a tangent about the pronunciation of “vegan” and recalled being corrected on it by his wife.

“You know, my wife told me ‘sir, you have to do me a favor — it’s not vay-gan, it’s vee-gan,” he said.

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