Melania Trump is coming to her husband's defence, saying the vile words he spoke in an uncovered video do ``not represent the man that I know.''
Ms Trump said in a rare public statement on Saturday that the words her husband used in the 2005 footage released on Friday ``are unacceptable and offensive to me.''
She added that the words do ``not represent the man that I know,'' adding, ``He has the heart and mind of a leader.''
Trump was newly married when he bragged on tape about trying to have sex with married women and groping others without permission.
Ms Trump says she ``hopes people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world.''
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Her comments came as an increasing number of senior Republicans called for Trump to drop his presidential bid over his aggressive conduct toward women.
