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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 09:39 AM

lkinwi (1,411 posts)

My thoughts about Stephanie Grisham's book. (I'll Take Your Questions Now)

It was a quick easy read. For most of the book, she was devoted to Melania and couldn’t stand Jared and Ivanka. Mark Meadows also came off as a jerk. tRump came off as a weird ill-tempered fool who would also use flattery as a form of control. Personally, I think that she could have said a lot more but held back. I also don’t believe all of her protests of innocence when clashing with the “big bad bully” press.

Until the last chapter, she took, what I consider to be, a typical Republican approach and blamed everyone and everything but herself for any mistakes that were made. The ending somewhat mollified that, but her “Republicanness” did shine through.

All in all I enjoyed the read. The tRump chaos was definitely alarming, and it was interesting to get her perspective on how Melania handled it.

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
My thoughts about Stephanie Grisham's book. (I'll Take Your Questions Now) (Original post)	lkinwi	Oct 2021	OP
thanks for reading it...	markie	Oct 2021	#1
I would probably enjoy bits of the book,	Ilsa	Oct 2021	#2
My thoughts about Stephanie Grisham's book. (I'll Take Your Questions Now)	FelineOverlord	Oct 2021	#3
I haven't read the book but...	skypilot	Oct 2021	#6
She didn't come out and specifically address why,	lkinwi	Oct 2021	#11
And she called the book...	Cracklin Charlie	Oct 2021	#10
SHE NEVER EVEN HELD A SINGLE PRESS CONFERENCE!! How can she possibly	bullwinkle428	Oct 2021	#4
She's Nothing But A PATHETIC Sycophant And Grifter	SoCalDavidS	Oct 2021	#5
I am with you on this.	Claustrum	Oct 2021	#7
EXACTLY!	SoCalDavidS	Oct 2021	#8
She reminds me of Michael Cohen.	lkinwi	Oct 2021	#13
Ditto	malaise	Oct 2021	#9
My question...why was she loyal so long to Melania	cally	Oct 2021	#12
She seemed to think that there was more of a	lkinwi	Oct 2021	#14
This is	Timewas	Oct 2021	#15

Response to lkinwi (Original post)

Fri Oct 8, 2021, 09:42 AM

markie (21,861 posts)

1. thanks for reading it...

so I don't have to...

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 09:44 AM

Ilsa (59,598 posts)

2. I would probably enjoy bits of the book,

but I doubt I'll even check it out of the library. Thanks reading it so we don't have to.

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 09:45 AM

FelineOverlord (2,401 posts)

3. My thoughts about Stephanie Grisham's book. (I'll Take Your Questions Now)

I have always wondered why she didn't give press conferences. Did she ever explain why in the book?

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 10:00 AM

skypilot (8,683 posts)

6. I haven't read the book but...

...I've read articles about her where she claims that she never held a press conference because she didn't want to be put in a position where she had to lie or say something outrageous on Trump's behalf. Whatever.

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 10:51 AM

lkinwi (1,411 posts)

11. She didn't come out and specifically address why,

but she did dodge some bizarre tRump requests. Also I assumed COVID was an issue.

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 10:47 AM

Cracklin Charlie (11,798 posts)

10. And she called the book...

I’ll take your questions…now.

Like she wasn’t gonna answer any questions then. She was the press secretary. Her job was to answer questions from the press. Typical Republican thinks they don’t have to do their job.

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 09:46 AM

bullwinkle428 (20,355 posts)

4. SHE NEVER EVEN HELD A SINGLE PRESS CONFERENCE!! How can she possibly

complain about the "big, bad bully press" when she never even attempted to deal with them directly, in the traditional setting?

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 09:49 AM

SoCalDavidS (7,487 posts)

5. She's Nothing But A PATHETIC Sycophant And Grifter

I wouldn't give her 1 Cent of my money by buying her book.

I'm with Colbert on this one.

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 10:10 AM

Claustrum (3,446 posts)

7. I am with you on this.

I hate the crazy Trump cultist but I also hate these people who saw the chaos but didn't speak up about it at the time. If you see a fire or a crime in progress, do you wait till the event is over and then write a book about the event to make money off it? The right thing to do is to speak up at the time.

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Response to Claustrum (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 8, 2021, 10:23 AM

SoCalDavidS (7,487 posts)

8. EXACTLY!

Hearing how she describes what she "supposedly" thought was so wrong about the daily occurrences, yet she still dutifully stuck around the entire 4 years, makes me think SHE was as much a part of the problem as he was. She's nothing more than an enabler, now trying to rewrite her role, and shock us with what she has to reveal.

Fuck Her!

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 11:01 AM

lkinwi (1,411 posts)

13. She reminds me of Michael Cohen.

Drunk with power while she was in the inner circle, but cries foul only after she’s used and abused.

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 10:31 AM

malaise (245,760 posts)

9. Ditto

Fuck her too

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 10:51 AM

cally (21,377 posts)

12. My question...why was she loyal so long to Melania

Does she have any redeeming qualities? She seems shallow, self centered and boring.

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 11:31 AM

lkinwi (1,411 posts)

14. She seemed to think that there was more of a

friendship than there was. Stephanie also blamed the press for Melania’s negative publicity issues. She also felt that Melania’s accent held her back. In my opinion, Melania came off as uncaring and lazy. Too lazy to think things through like when she wore the “I don’t care…”jacket.

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 11:33 AM

Timewas (1,495 posts)

15. This is

her book is nothing beyond and attempt to make herself look better and excuse her inaction until now.. No different than any of the rest of the t-rump toadies. Plus making a lot of money.

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