Donovan Slack

USA TODAY

With his poll numbers flagging among women, Donald Trump brought his wife out Monday to stump for him in Wisconsin.

Melania Trump, a Slovenian-American and 5’11” former model, joined him on stage at the Milwaukee Theatre and defended him from charges he is unfair to women. A Quinnipiac poll March 23 found 67% of women have an unfavorable view of Trump.

“No matter who you are, a man or a woman, he treats everyone equal," Melania Trump said.

The potential first lady also sat with her husband for a one-hour interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News and provided some insight into her feelings about his presidential run – at first she worried about the disruptions to their lives but then decided it was worth it.

"He's not home much and with me or with my son so its changed," she said. "But I know what he could do for America so..."

As for the mud-slinging and attacks that have become commonplace in the Republican campaign – and lobbed frequently by her husband — she said she has “thick skin” but she thinks it’s “not fair that they are attacking family, wife or children.”

She said she wishes sometimes that her husband would act more presidential.

“Sometimes I feel that the retweets sometimes get him in trouble so I say stay away from retweets,” she said. “And you know if he would only listen…he’s doing great..”

Still, she said she understands why that can be hard for him.

“He has great nights and he can be presidential, but sometimes he just like, he cannot stand that somebody attacks him," she said. "Because if somebody attacks him he will punch back 10 times harder.”

Donald Trump came under heavy criticism when he retweeted an unflattering picture of Ted Cruz's wife next to a glamorous shot of Melania Trump a few weeks ago, something he admitted to the New York Times over the weekend was "a mistake."

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