President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE is giving more details on his wife’s medical procedure last month, saying Melania Trump Melania TrumpTrump privately blamed Black Americans for lacking initiative: report The Hill's 12:30 Report: Ginsburg lies in repose Melania Trump: Ginsburg's 'spirit will live on in all she has inspired' MORE is on doctor’s orders not to fly.

“The first lady’s great,” Trump told reporters Friday on the South Lawn before heading to Canada to attend the Group of 7 (G-7) summit.

“She has to — because she wanted to go — can't fly for one month. Doctors say,” Trump said.

Melania Trump’s communications director, Stephanie Grisham, confirmed earlier this week that the first lady wouldn’t be joining her husband for the G-7 summit or for the president’s meeting with Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday.

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The commander in chief’s remarks follow a prolonged absence from the public eye by his wife after a May 14 embolization procedure to “treat a benign kidney condition,” according to the White House.

“She had a big operation,” Trump said Friday of the procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. “That was close to a four-hour operation.”

“She’s doing great,” Trump added. “Right there,” he told journalists gathered, as he pointed to the executive mansion.

Earlier this week, Trump had blasted the press for what he dubbed “vicious” and “unfair” coverage of his wife, including speculation about her medical condition.

The Fake News Media has been so unfair, and vicious, to my wife and our great First Lady, Melania. During her recovery from surgery they reported everything from near death, to facelift, to left the W.H. (and me) for N.Y. or Virginia, to abuse. All Fake, she is doing really well! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2018

The 48-year-old former model made her first appearance since her hospitalization in front of the news media at a Federal Emergency Management Agency hurricane briefing on Wednesday. She smiled as she sat next to the president and received applause from the meeting's participants. She didn't make any public remarks at the briefing.