India, Dec. 21 -- President Donald Trump went off on a personal tangent about First Lady Melania Trump on Friday, while criticizing the 2022 FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago resort during a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Trump, 79, was initially addressing economic topics, including inflation and efforts to lower drug prices ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Then he pivoted to the federal investigation into his handling of classified documents.

As part of his critique of a raid, Trump told supporters that FBI agents searched through his wife's personal items. He said, "They went into my wife's closet . they looked at her drawers."

Describing Melania as meticulous, Trump added, "Her undergarments, sometimes referred to as panties,...