Melania Trump has told her combative husband to soften his tone, the first lady has revealed in a new interview.

Ms Trump said she follows the day to day news of Mr Trump’s turbulent presidency and often gives him advice.

“I follow what’s going on. And I give my husband advice and my honest opinion,” she said in an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity.

“And sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesn’t.”

Mr Hannity suggested the 48-year-old had a “different style” to her pugnacious husband. Ms Trump replied: “I don’t agree with his tone sometimes and I tell him that.”

However, she hinted that her entreaties sometimes fell on deaf ears.

“[In] the end, it’s his decision. He knows the consequences. He’s an adult. But he’s a fighter. He’s the fighter.”

Mr Trump has repeatedly clashed with an array of opponents since entering the White House, including politicians from both parties, celebrities and journalists.

Most recently, Mr Trump castigated his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen as “a weak person and not a very smart person” shortly before Mr Cohen was jailed for three years.

He also regularly lambasts figures such as Hillary Clinton and the former director of the FBI with sneering nicknames via his Twitter account.

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Ms Trump’s signature policy as First Lady is her anti-bullying campaign Be Best. In October she described herself as one of the “most bullied people in the world“.

In the Fox News interview, which will be aired in full on Wednesday evening, she also lashed out at “opportunists” who were “using my name to advance themselves”.

“From comedians, to journalists, to performers. It doesn’t hurt. The problem is they are writing the history and it’s not correct,” she said.

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“They like to focus on the gossip and not the substance. I would like them to focus on what we do and not just about nonsense.

“I do what I think is right. I know I will get criticism from the public or from the media, but I will do what is right and what I feel is right for the country and the people.

“That’s what I say: I want to stay true to myself, listen to myself about what to do, what is right and what is wrong.

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“And live a meaningful life everyday.”

Her husband was “fighting for the American people every day” but the media refused to offer him any positive coverage, Ms Trump also complained.