US Elections: ‘He’s a Bad Loser’: Donald Trump’s First Wife Ivana Speaks Out

The first wife of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, Ivana Trump, described her ex-husband as “not a good loser” and suggested that he “go to Palm Beach” and accept that his political career is over.

“He’s not a good loser,” said Ivana Trump, 71, mother of Donald Trump’s three oldest children. “He doesn’t like to lose, so he’s going to fight and fight and fight.”

Trump spoke to People magazine on Monday (NZT Tuesday) as her ex-husband continued to refuse to admit defeat in the US presidential election, three days after Democrat Joe Biden claimed victory.

She said she hoped her ex-husband would face reality instead of continuing to claim that the victory had been “stolen.”

She expected him to waive legal action in the swing states won by Biden, rather than proceed as he and his attorney Rudy Giuliani promised they would.

“You have to go and declare that you lost,” Trump said. “I just want this to end, one way or another. I don’t really care.”

Trump, who publicly referred to her then-husband as “the Donald,” said her time in politics had come to an end.

“I don’t think I have a choice,” he said. “He’s going to go to Palm Beach and play golf and live a normal life, I think. This is the best option for what he can do.”

“He hates being a loser, I’m sure of that. But if he loses, he loses.

“He has a lot of money, places to go, live and enjoy his life.”

Trump, a former Eastern European model like current Mrs. Trump, Melania, was married to Donald for 15 years, from 1977 to 1992.

They had three children together, Donald Jr, Ivanka, and Eric Trump.

Trump said his children were doing “well” but that he hoped things could get back to normal now.

“I think they enjoyed being around Donald and running the election and seeing what will happen, but now, thank God, it’s over,” he said.

“I’m not really sure what they’re going to do. I just want them to be able to live their normal lives.

“Not life in Washington and all that, just in New York or wherever they are going to be and just live their normal lives.”

Ivana Trump’s call for her ex-husband to surrender comes as her opponent continues to receive congratulations from world leaders, including Trump supporters, high-ranking Republicans like Mitt Romney and four former US presidents.

Republican George W. Bush has joined former Democratic Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter in extending his congratulations to Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

While the presidents of Russia, China and Brazil have not joined the chorus, Trump’s friends such as Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, have.

Within Trump’s camp, the belief remains that he can win his second term as president of the United States after succeeding in court actions to prove alleged voter fraud in states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia.

People magazine reported that in the Trump family “no one expected” Biden’s victory and that there was still “chaos” between them.