Donald Trump's former executive assistant has revealed that Melania Trump was 'definitely the one in charge' in her marriage to Donald Trump.
In dramatic testimony to Trump's hush money trial Madeleine Westerhout said the former first couple had a 'special relationship' founded on 'mutual respect'.
When he was president Trump he would call his wife from the Oval Office and ask her to look down from a window in the White House residence. And when he was leaving on a helicopter he would call her to 'check in'.
Westerhout gave evidence in a Manhattan courtroom soon after Stormy Daniels, the former porn star who was paid $130,000 by Trump's former 'fixer' Michael Cohen.
Trump denies 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up an alleged affair with Daniels.
Westerhout broke down in tears on the witness stand as she also recounted how making indiscreet comments at a dinner with journalists had led her to leave her job in the White House.
As Trump looked on from the defense table she answered questions about the former first couple's marriage and how it had been impacted by Daniels' claims of her.
She said nothing appeared to have changed in the Trumps' relationship.
Westerhout said: 'I believe they have a relationship of mutual respect. I just found their relationship really special. He cares a lot about her opinion of her There was no one else who could put him in her place of her.
'He was my boss but she was definitely the one in charge I remember thinking their relationship was really special. They laughed a lot when she came into the Oval Office.'
She went on: 'He once in a while would tell me to call her and let her know she was running late, just like any other marriage.