‘I know Melania. I haven’t talked to her in months, but if my gut is right, I don’t think she’s going to put up with it much longer,’ Brzezinski said. ‘I know nothing. That’s just my instinct and I go with my gut and my gut’s always right.’

Then, in a startling suggestion she claimed her ‘gut’ was telling her that the first lady was only doing ‘the worst job in the country’ for the sake of her young son, Barron.

‘I’m just telling you, Melania’s got the worst job in the country and I don’t think she wants do it a lot longer. I think she will do it for as long as she has to for her son, and that’s it,’ Brzezinski said.