Melania Trump reveals she has to pull her husband into line over his social media use

MELANIA Trump has revealed how many times she has called her husband into line over his social media use — as she reveals her plans for her role as First Lady.

President-elect Trump speaks to a divided country on 60 Minutes. Picture: Supplied

THE new first family have given the clearest insight yet into the role they will play in a Trump presidency.

Ivanka Trump has ruled out taking a formal job in a Trump government, instead using her elevated profile to fight for issues such as wage equality and childcare.

Ms Trump’s remarks reinforced the expectation in many quarters that the Trump children would take an off-the-books role as confidantes, even as they run the family business.

There are federal laws that restrict the employment of family, however that has not stopped speculation Mr Trump would find legal ways to work with his children who have been critical forces in the campaign and are appointed to his transition to government team.

Asked directly if she would be in the administration, Ms Trump replied: “No, I’m going to be a daughter”.

“But I’ve said throughout the campaign that I am very passionate about certain issues. And that I want to fight for them,” Ms Trump said on the CBS 60 Minutes interview.

“Wage equality, childcare. These are things that are very important for me. So you know, there’re a lot of things that I feel deeply, strongly about. But not in a formal administrative capacity,” she said.

First lady-to-be Melania Trump told how “many times” she had called Mr Trump into line on his social media use.

“She does!” Mr Trump interjected.

“Sometimes he listens, sometimes he doesn’t — I think he hears me, but he will do what he wants to in the end.”

On her role as first lady, she said: “I will stay true to myself. I’m very strong and confident … I will do what is right an what feels to my heart.”

The Trump children are poised to take control of his massive international business interests, allowing the president elect to divest his interests.

Although it is not illegal for presidents to maintain interests, convention is for them to place businesses into a blind trust. Mr Trump’s family relationship with his children mean their stewardship of the business is in no way blind.

Rudy Giuliani — close Trump advisor and possible pick for a plum cabinet spot — said Mr Trump would be putting the Trump children “out of work” if he shifted his business interests away from them.

“He would basically put his children out of work (if he insisted on a blind trust),” Mr Giuliani told CNN.

“They’d have to go start a whole new business and that would set up new problems.”

In a move to allay fears about an excessive influence of the Trump children on matters of state, Mr Giuliani insisted the president would put a “wall” between the children and government matters once he took office.

The children are currently consulting on Mr Trump’s transition to government team.

Mr Giuliani said there needed to be confidence in the integrity of the president — who he said had no interest in trying to enrich himself.

“The man is an enormously wealthy man ... if he wanted to enrich himself he wouldn’t have become president.”