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Stephanie Grisham texted Melania on 1-6 (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 OP
This Grisham woman is a former Trump employee trying Tomconroy Sep 2021 #1
Mary Trump book not nice to Uncle Don Goonch Sep 2021 #3
Mary Trump, Ph. D., has NOTHING to do with the book under discussion, so why bring niyad Sep 2021 #12
It's her book? I was thinking it was the woman who wrote me and Melania Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #4
This new book was written by f'n orange traitor 45**'s last "press secretary". She also niyad Sep 2021 #10
There were two Stephanies hovering around FLOTITS at one point , of course you were confused. fierywoman Sep 2021 #16
I prefer Stephanie Ruhle! BidenRocks Sep 2021 #22
Thanks! At least I'm only half crazy. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #26
That's Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Merlot Sep 2021 #27
This country is not safe until they are both in jail or dead. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #2
When I see those threads about Ilsa Sep 2021 #6
OMG ... Lovie777 Sep 2021 #5
... markie Sep 2021 #19
The only stripping that should be done.... TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #7
"Melania texts "NO" (in 1 of her 5 languages)" rurallib Sep 2021 #8
5 Languages More Money NonPC Sep 2021 #11
stupid women forgot she still can be deported ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #13
But she has that degree in Architecture! Haha Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #28
ya rite ! I can tell by way of white house rose garden ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #31
What's funny is a very long time ago, I researched her Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #35
I bet it was Nyet. berni_mccoy Sep 2021 #20
Where is Grisham in this tweet? Grins Sep 2021 #9
Here's an article - Ex-White House press secretary's book likens Melania Trump to Marie Antoinette: Beaverhausen Sep 2021 #24
Thanks for that. Didn't know she was preparing for a photo shoot Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #29
probably on a rug naked like in good ol' day's ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #32
:) yet can you think of a better example of sheer and utter Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #39
If You Think Any Of This Matters, I've Got A Bridge To Sell You SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #14
Sadly, I concur. maxsolomon Sep 2021 #17
Giuliani got some consequences IronLionZion Sep 2021 #23
These two are a pair, a horrible pair. Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #15
She needs to be sent back to.... paleotn Sep 2021 #18
For any DUers saying who is Stephanie Grisham IronLionZion Sep 2021 #21
Wow just read that bio thanks. Unbelievable. Especially her quote Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #41
Lol, classic! nt Hortensis Sep 2021 #42
NYET* Blue Owl Sep 2021 #25
Melania had a classy response.... Nevilledog Sep 2021 #30
Wow that's interesting. Thanks for posting that. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #36
Wow that's interesting. Thanks for posting that. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #37
mug shot like that , know wonder he found greener pastures ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #33
What was in it for her? Retrograde Sep 2021 #34
I did not buy Bolton's book and I will pass on this book LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #38
Oh, yes. Historians and others will mine it for any credible bits Hortensis Sep 2021 #43
I think I have every one of the books written LOL and most of them were really so Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #44
So Omarosa wasn't just seeking employment at that center of power Hortensis Sep 2021 #45
For both of them, my take was that they loved the limelight Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #46
Interesting. I didn't really realize Cohen loved the limelight. Hortensis Sep 2021 #47
Yeah loving the limelight probably isn't the exact right description Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #48
That seems to fit what we saw when he was in the news a lot. Hortensis Sep 2021 #49
Won't buy the book she (and the rest of them) is peddling... Patton French Sep 2021 #40
 

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
1. This Grisham woman is a former Trump employee trying
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 03:18 PM
Sep 2021

To sell books. I won't be buying one no matter what she writes.

niyad

(113,030 posts)
12. Mary Trump, Ph. D., has NOTHING to do with the book under discussion, so why bring
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 04:05 PM
Sep 2021

her into this?

niyad

(113,030 posts)
10. This new book was written by f'n orange traitor 45**'s last "press secretary". She also
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 04:03 PM
Sep 2021

served in the East wing.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
26. Thanks! At least I'm only half crazy. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 05:53 PM
Sep 2021

Which I got only about halfway through with

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
6. When I see those threads about
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 03:42 PM
Sep 2021

IQ45 calling Biden illegitimate, I think the same thing, except for the prison part. I would be concerned about how he'd recruit from inside.

Malignia can go to hell.

NonPC

(281 posts)
11. 5 Languages More Money
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 04:04 PM
Sep 2021

Sex workers like her need every edge they can get to make more money -- makes the boys happier when she purrs in their language...

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
35. What's funny is a very long time ago, I researched her
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 11:17 PM
Sep 2021

And she still had a website like I glamour website existingly remember seeing her profile and saying oh yeah, that's why he liked her because she knew about architecture. Long since scrubbed

Beaverhausen

(24,469 posts)
24. Here's an article - Ex-White House press secretary's book likens Melania Trump to Marie Antoinette:
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 05:25 PM
Sep 2021
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/13/stephanie-grisham-melania-trump-new-book/8315610002/

Grisham writes that Melania Trump was “Dismissive. Defeated. Detached,” according to Playbook. While a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, Melania Trump was “preparing for a photo shoot of a rug she had selected” and declined to tweet Grisham’s suggestion that Americans have the right to peaceful protest but not “lawlessness and violence.”
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
29. Thanks for that. Didn't know she was preparing for a photo shoot
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 05:56 PM
Sep 2021

Wow guess they were a self-centered match made in heaven

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
39. :) yet can you think of a better example of sheer and utter
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 06:36 AM
Sep 2021

Lack of curiosity and compassion ever? Grisham's calling her Mary Antoinette may be the best description.

And Grisham may be scum but no way in the world did she make the decision to not have pressers.

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
14. If You Think Any Of This Matters, I've Got A Bridge To Sell You
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 04:17 PM
Sep 2021

NOBODY associated with TFG is going to be held accountable.

The discussion about Melania being deported, arrested, or whatever the hell is the thought today, is Laughable.

If you're looking for ANY accountability for ANYTHING they did these past years, you're in the wrong country.

maxsolomon

(33,232 posts)
17. Sadly, I concur.
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 04:38 PM
Sep 2021

The further we get from his term, the more his monstrousness goes down the memory hole.

The DOJ has zero stomach for a fight to protect the nation from a 2nd Trump term.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
21. For any DUers saying who is Stephanie Grisham
Mon Sep 13, 2021, 05:20 PM
Sep 2021

she's the first white house press secretary in American history to hold 0 press conferences. She would only grant interviews to friendly conservative news outlets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Grisham

If you've never seen this face, you didn't miss much.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
41. Wow just read that bio thanks. Unbelievable. Especially her quote
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 06:51 AM
Sep 2021

( about why no press conferences)

and I think that a lot of reporters were doing it to get famous. I mean, yeah, they're writing books now. I mean, they're all getting famous off of this presidency.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
43. Oh, yes. Historians and others will mine it for any credible bits
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 11:05 AM
Sep 2021

to research further. And the rest is destined for landfills.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
44. I think I have every one of the books written LOL and most of them were really so
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 12:36 PM
Sep 2021

thick in the reading sense, that it was drudgery. So now I've got a bookcase full of half read books. The only one that was really enjoyable and very easy to read was believe it or not Omarosa's. I do want to finish Michael Cohen's tho.

One thing that they can't ever seem to explain is why they were so enamored with him and stayed with him for so long. Omarosa and Michael Cohen tried very hard to explain.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
45. So Omarosa wasn't just seeking employment at that center of power
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 01:56 PM
Sep 2021

after spoiling her nests where she'd already been? She really was drawn to this charismatic leader? I sort of pegged Cohen (without reading his book) as a loyal authoritarian type who'd found a leader to serve in tRump. ?

I have a good number of partially-read books also, especially those that get really boggy with details important for scholars but not me. Neither my memory or attention span are what they used to be.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
46. For both of them, my take was that they loved the limelight
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 11:28 PM
Sep 2021

Back when most of the public thought trump was a powerhouse.

If you watch the documentary on Netflix about the Trump family dynasty, it is so apparent that he fooled many many people at first including major networks and press. Greatest self promoter ever..one person said.

I still liken his ascent and fall to a runaway train. Seemingly harmless and awesome at first and horrible and unstoppable on the descent. If we hadn't acted quickly on mail in voting when we did and caught them flat footed, we would still be living in his reign of horror.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
47. Interesting. I didn't really realize Cohen loved the limelight.
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 11:58 PM
Sep 2021

Her, of course.

Runaway train is a vivid analogy. Everything that supported his election was something gone dreadfully wrong. I suspect our government would already have been taken over if voters didn't give us control of the house in 2018.


Oh, well. On to tomorrow. So far it's looking like California tRump is being soundly rejected.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
48. Yeah loving the limelight probably isn't the exact right description
Wed Sep 15, 2021, 08:40 AM
Sep 2021

for Cohen. More local for him. Being able to wield power in NYC using Trump as his benefactor? He grew up working in a country club, meeting mafia boss types. He seemed enamored by their wealth and power.

He's a very tragic character in all this. And one of the few who turned on Trump. I think spending time in jail and the influence his wife had on him to turn his life around made a lot of difference.

Cohen has spent endless hours with prosecutors. I know the wheels of justice turn slowly but I don't understand why it's taking so long. That reminds me what's going on with trump's accountant?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
49. That seems to fit what we saw when he was in the news a lot.
Wed Sep 15, 2021, 10:10 AM
Sep 2021

With tRump's power he was able to act as if it was his, and tRump instructed him in how he wanted it use. Easy to imagine him as one of the many who are good in environments that expect it but could be criminal thugs in the environment around tRump.

Boy, aren't we all waiting and wondering about that last? Timing's virtually always a huge, critical factor. The bad guys have enormous power and are using it as best they can manage, I imagine almost always including to delay. I think we're all afraid, with reason, that potentially huge (and even dangerous) costs to an already unstable nation of pursuing justice could lead to decisions to put most big tRump admin crimes behind us. But we need tRump and company in prison.

Well, reportedly NY prosecutors are aggressively at it, so maybe they're all busily planning for the stars to align? Hope so.

Patton French

(743 posts)
40. Won't buy the book she (and the rest of them) is peddling...
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 06:45 AM
Sep 2021

But interesting they all have the long knives out. Just wish they didn’t wait to put it in a book.

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