Itd be nice to be with her: Trump wishes Melania happy birthday as he arrives at court for criminal hush money trial. [Video]

Donald Trump wished his wife Melania a happy birthday as he arrived at court in Manhattan Friday for his criminal trial.

Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York as part of a hush money scheme to bury stories of alleged extramarital affairs that he feared could hurt his presidential campaign in 2016. He is the first former president to ever stand trial on criminal charges.

“I want to start by wishing my wife, Melania, a very happy birthday. It’d be nice to be with her, but I’m at a courthouse for a rigged trial,” told the press before entering the courtroom. “It’s a rigged trial — terrible.”

“But we’re doing very well in this rigged trial, and everybody knows it. Yesterday was a big day,” the former president said.

“But I do have to begin by wishing Melania a happy birthday,” he continued. “She’s in Florida. I’ll be going …