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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2020 19:13:12 GMT
The East Wing on Friday dismissed a new book about first lady Melania Trump that reported she waited to move to the White House in 2017 while she renegotiated the terms of her prenuptial agreement with President Trump.
"Yet another book about Mrs. Trump with false information and sources. This book belongs in the fiction genre," Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's chief of staff, said in a statement. The statement did not address any specific claims in the book.
The Washington Post reported Friday morning on a forthcoming book from one of its reporters, Mary Jordan, about the first lady prior to and during her time in the White House.
Melania Trump remained in New York City when the president first moved into the White House, citing a desire not to uproot then-10-year-old Barron Trump in the middle of a school year. Jordan reported that was accurate, but that the first lady was also using the time apart as leverage to renegotiate more favorable terms for her prenuptial agreement.
Jordan's book was based on more than 100 interviews with the first lady's former schoolmates and those close to the White House, according to the Post.
The Trumps' relationship has been subject to intense scrutiny throughout their time in the White House.
The president faced allegations in 2019 that he had an affair with adult-film star Stormy Daniels shortly after Melania Trump gave birth to Barron and then paid her to remain quiet during the 2016 campaign.
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Post by Admin on Jun 16, 2020 18:55:18 GMT
Melania Trump was among those who did not wish her husband, the US president, a happy birthday this weekend despite commemorating the US Army’s birthday on the same day.
Neither was Ms Trump seen alongside Donald Trump as he landed back in Washington DC alongside daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka had earlier tweeted a birthday tribute and wrote: “Happy birthday @realdonaldtrump! Love you!”
The three were said to have celebrated the president’s 74th birthday playing golf in New Jersey on Sunday, which also marked the 245th anniversary of the US Army’s foundation.
Ms Trump, however, appeared to shun her husband on social media and shared a US Army post which read: “Today, we recognize 245 years of bravery, commitment, skill and answering the call to serve. We are America’s Army.”
The president, who later retweeted the same US Army message, instead shared another birthday post featuring himself and Ms Trump dancing together.
Thousands used Sunday as an opportunity to taunt the president, with Twitter posts that praised the 44th US president, Barack Obama, and condemned Mr Trump.
“We love, appreciate, and miss the most intelligent, articulate, handsomest president ever in the United States of America. God bless you and the family”, wrote one user above a video showing Mr Obama.
Phrases such as #ObamaAppreciationDay and #AllBirthdaysMatter were among those used to troll Mr Trump throughout the day.
The “All Birthdays Matter” slogan in particular called-out those Trump supporters who have used the term “All Lives Matter” to dismiss the Black Lives Matter movement amid nationwide protests against systemic racism and police violence.
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Post by Admin on Jun 24, 2020 23:11:24 GMT
Melania Trump's spokeswoman rebuked Food Network host John Henson after he implied in a tweet that President Trump is not Barron Trump's father.
"I hope Barron gets to spend today with whoever his dad is," Henson, a regular critic of the president on social media, tweeted Sunday on Father's Day.
Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's spokeswoman, fired back at Henson.
"Sadly we continue to see inappropriate and insensitive comments about the President’s son [Barron Trump]," the former White House press secretary told The Hill in a statement Tuesday.
Henson's tweet also drew criticism on social media after going viral.
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Post by Admin on Jul 7, 2020 7:15:12 GMT
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was appointed as an unpaid adviser to the first lady shortly after Donald Trump won the 2016 election, and she played a high-profile role in helping Melania Trump transition into the White House from New York while advising her on her political portfolio. But in February 2018, Winston Wolkoff was forced out after reports that her firm had received $26m in payments to help plan Trump’s lavish inauguration ceremony in 2017 and related events. At the time, Winston Wolkoff said the firm had “retained a total of $1.62m” that was divided among staff. She has since challenged the notion that she was dismissed and claimed that she was “thrown under the bus”. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff at Trump Tower in New York, New York, on 5 December 2016. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff at Trump Tower in New York, New York, on 5 December 2016. Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images Winston Wolkoff later cooperated with federal prosecutors in Manhattan who opened an investigation into whether Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee misspent some of the record $107m it raised from donations. The book will be titled Melania and Me, and published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, on 1 September, Vanity Fair reported. The memoir will detail Winston Wolkoff’s time “navigating the White House and East Wing”, where first ladies have offices (the president works in the West Wing). It will also include her “journey from their friendship that started in New York to [Winston Wolkoff’s] role as the First Lady’s trusted advisor to her abrupt and very public departure, to life after Washington”, according to a description obtained by the magazine. Winston Wolkoff was long considered one of Melania’s closest friends. A socialite, she previously worked for Vogue and was best known for her role in producing the Met Gala, the star-studded annual fundraising gala for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York. When the two parted ways in 2017, she told the New York Times: “I expect to remain a trusted source for advice and support on an informal basis.” According to the Daily Beast, a Google Books description of the book available online said it would provide “a revealing and explosive portrayal of Stephanie Winston Wolkoff’s 15-year friendship with Melania Trump and observations of the most chaotic White House in history”.
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Post by Admin on Jul 9, 2020 5:49:35 GMT
A wooden sculpture of first lady Melania Trump near her hometown in Slovenia was set on fire the night of July 4, according to the artist who commissioned the piece.
Brad Downey, a Berlin-based American artist, told Reuters the wooden sculpture near Trump’s hometown of Sevnica was torched.
“I want to know why they did it,” Downey told Reuters.
He told the newswire the sculpture was removed as soon as police informed him on July 5 of the incident.
Downey reportedly said he filed a police report and that he would like to interview the people behind the incident, if they’re found, for a film he is preparing ahead of his exhibition that is set to open in September.
Police spokeswoman Alenka Drenik told Reuters the police can’t reveal details since the investigation into the case is ongoing.
The wooden statue was unveiled in Slovenia last year. It depicts Trump in the blue outfit she wore to her husband’s inauguration in 2017, raising her left hand as if to wave. It became the butt of some jokes last year after it was revealed, but Downey defended the artwork at the time.
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