Don: Wife’s on the mend from ‘big op’

UHH ... FORGIVE HIM FOR WHAT?

WASHINGTON — President Trump said his wife Melania had a “big operation” to treat a kidney condition that lasted close to four hours, and that she could not accompany him to Canada on Friday on doctors’ orders.

Trump told reporters as he left the White House for the G-7 meeting in Quebec that the First Lady wanted to join him at an annual summit, as she did last year, but that she “can’t fly for one month.”

“First Lady’s great. Right there,” Trump said, pointing up to the White House from the driveway. “And she wanted to go. Can’t fly for one month. The doctors say. She had a big operation. That was a close to a four-hour operation. And she’s doing great.”

Trump’s comments only added to the mystery surrounding his wife’s recent hospitalization and nearly four-week absence from the public eye.

The First Lady’s office announced May 14 she had had an embolization procedure to treat a kidney condition described as benign. The procedure can be outpatient, but she spent five nights in a military hospital before returning to the White House on May 19 to continue her recuperation. Her office has declined to provide additional details about her condition.