Former House Speaker John Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE speculated on Thursday that President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE assured his wife Melania he would not win the 2016 presidential election and that she would not have to live in the White House.

"I think Donald Trump promised Melania that he would not win. She didn't have to worry about ever living in the White House," Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE said at the Mackinac Policy Conference in Michigan.

Melania hasn't been seen in public since the early morning hrs of May 10



Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner says Trump promised Melania she didn’t have to worry about ever living in the WH. "It’s probably why she doesn't look real happy every day. But, well, maybe one reason" pic.twitter.com/2PvK4lsaAG — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) May 31, 2018

"That's probably why she doesn't look real happy every day," he added. "Well, maybe one reason."

New York media writer Michael Wolff claimed in his bestselling book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" that Trump himself never expected to win the presidential election.

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In his book, Wolff also wrote that Melania Trump Melania TrumpMelania Trump: Ginsburg's 'spirit will live on in all she has inspired' The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - You might want to download TikTok now Warning label added to Trump tweet over potential mail-in voting disinformation MORE was in tears when her husband won the presidency, but not tears of joy. The first lady's office later denied that claim, saying that she had always been confident her husband would emerge victorious.

"This book is clearly going to be sold in the bargain fiction section," Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's communications director, said in a statement in January.

"Mrs. Trump supported her husband’s decision to run for president and in fact, encouraged him to do so. She was confident he would win and was very happy when he did."