07/21/2016 AT 12:00 PM EDT  is not concerned about the  portions of a speech by  in her own address on Monday at the Republican National Convention.  's George Stephanopoulos, the Republican presidential nominee shared that Melania is adapting well to the "different world" in the media spotlight.  "She handles it well. She's a strong woman, she's a good woman," he said. "I thought she made an incredible speech, I thought she made a beautiful speech. She had that hall, totally had the hall."  Since Trump Organization staff writer Meredith McIver released a statement  on Wednesday, Trump said a "cloud is lifted off" Melania.  "Which is terrific because it was very unfair," he said. "Although I will say the media, they did not think she had anything to do with it, which is nice."  Although McIver claimed in her statement to have submitted her resignation, she wrote that Trump had rejected it as an "innocent mistake."  "She's been with me a long time. She's a very good person," Trump, 70, said. "She came to see me because she hated to see the conflict and she made a mistake."  He added: "I thought it was terrific the way she came forward and just said, 'Look, it was a mistake that I made,' and she thought it was very unfair to Melania."  Trump also teased his speech on Thursday's final night of the convention, during which he will officially accept the party's nomination for president of the United States, and revealed that, despite the surprise of many others, he's always had an inkling that his longshot presidential campaign would be such a success.  "People have asked me the question and I guess the answer has to be yes or I don't think I would've done it," he said. "I mean, I don't play to lose, so I assume I thought somewhere deep down that I was going to do well."
Donald Trump said he thought it was "terrific" of staff writer Meredith McIver to take responsibility for the alleged plagiarizing