Melania joins her husband at Al Smith dinner where Trump takes jabs at Harris and his ‘persecution’: Live

Donald and Melania Trump made a rare public appearance together at Thursday night’s Al Smith charity dinner in New York City .

Trump gave the dinner’s keynote address, making jabs about his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris , Melania’s latest memoir and even his own legal woes.

“But I must say, I was shocked when I heard that Kamala was skipping the Al Smith dinner,” Trump said. “I’d really hoped that she would come, because we can’t get enough of hearing her beautiful laugh. She laughs like crazy. We would recognize it any place in this room.”

He also addressed Mayor Eric Adams’s recent legal scandal.

“Mayor Adams, I like to poke some fun at Eric, but I’m going to be nice,” Trump said. “I just want to be nice because I know what it’s like to be persecuted by the DOJ for speaking out against open borders.

“We were persecuted, Eric, I was persecuted, and so are you.”

While Harris did not attend — making her the first presidential candidate in decades to do so — she sent in a pre-recorded video featuring comedian Molly Shannon playing her iconic “Superstar” character, Mary Katherine Gallagher.