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riversedge

(70,205 posts)
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 07:36 AM Sep 2020

Melania Trump called Ivanka Trump, other Trumps, 'snakes,' new book alleges

She is spot on with this description



Melania Trump called Ivanka Trump, other Trumps, ‘snakes,’ new book alleges


https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/31/melania-trump-called-ivanka-trump-other-trumps-snakes-new-book-alleges/


The new tell-all about Melania Trump, written by a former close friend and adviser, explains the tension between the first lady and her ‘relentless’ and ‘driven’ stepdaughter.



By Martha Ross | mross@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group


PUBLISHED: August 31, 2020 at 9:37 a.m. | UPDATED: August 31, 2020 at 10:24 a.m.

One of the top memes of the final night of the Republican National Convention showed Melania Trump’s radiant smile collapsing into a look of distaste — even alarm — after Ivanka Trump greeted her on stage.

The latest tell-all about Melania Trump, written by her former close friend, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, offers a possible backstory for the seemingly withering look the first lady gave to her stepdaughter, whom she calls ‘princess.’

In “Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady,” Winston Wolkoff wrote that Melania once described Ivanka Trump and other family members working in the White House and controlling the Republican Party as a bunch of “snakes,” according to ABC News.

In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning American, Winston Wolkoff similarly described Ivanka Trump and the Trump family as a callous clan tainted by “deceit” and “deception.”

“It was amateur hour then, and it’s amateur hour now, and I think it’s really frightening for our country,” Winston Wolkoff said in the interview, the day before the release of her book.


“Everyone does need to know what … this presidency is doing and what this propaganda machine behind this man at the White House is doing,” Winston Wolkoff said.....................................






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WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 27: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump is introduced by his daughter and White House senior adviser, Ivanka Trump, as he prepares to deliver his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump gave the speech in front of 1500 invited guests. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Melania Trump called Ivanka Trump, other Trumps, 'snakes,' new book alleges (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2020 OP
What did Ivanka say to Melania onstage that night? raging moderate Sep 2020 #1
One word: BITCH! no_hypocrisy Sep 2020 #6
so lets hear the freaking tapes on Melania saying this NOW beachbumbob Sep 2020 #2
She did not say everything was on tape. riversedge Sep 2020 #10
Ironically when most of us merely want them to go away and never be heard from again... hlthe2b Sep 2020 #3
Snakes get a bad rap. Harker Sep 2020 #4
I imagine these are the stinking, slimy #Trumpswamp type of snakes. riversedge Sep 2020 #11
I know you are, but what am I? no_hypocrisy Sep 2020 #5
I started reading this book last night. madaboutharry Sep 2020 #7
Comments appreciated. Mike 03 Sep 2020 #14
most families have tensions and small feuds people calling each other names etc mucifer Sep 2020 #8
Saw her on Rachels show. Sounds like besides sounding the alarm she is trying to clear her name. mitch96 Sep 2020 #9
Did it sound like this? louis-t Sep 2020 #12
Sssss. Marcuse Sep 2020 #13
The woman who purposely makes her eyes look reptilian calls others "snakes" Rorey Sep 2020 #15
That's offensive..... marmar Sep 2020 #16

raging moderate

(4,304 posts)
1. What did Ivanka say to Melania onstage that night?
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 07:39 AM
Sep 2020

We don't know what happened to change Melania's expression so suddenly, do we?

hlthe2b

(102,239 posts)
3. Ironically when most of us merely want them to go away and never be heard from again...
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 07:43 AM
Sep 2020

There is enough material for an infinite number of movies/miniseries/books for decades to come. Let's just hope the majority is on courttv or the like.

madaboutharry

(40,209 posts)
7. I started reading this book last night.
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 07:54 AM
Sep 2020

Last edited Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:50 AM - Edit history (1)

It is a real page turner. First of all, Wolkoff is an experienced event planner with a long resume of organizing highly visible events. She was more than qualified to plan an inauguration. What she wasn’t qualified to do was deal with a rogues gallery of seedy and unscrupulous people.

Nor was she prepared to deal with a backstabbing and selfish friend named Melania who cares about only herself and her needs.

Melania may at one time been a nice person, but she has been corrupted by the family she married into. She is 100% Trump. She comes off badly in this book, as a selfish woman who never gives and only takes.

Wolkoff clearly had loved Melania and cherished that friendship. But Wolkoff ended up like everyone else in Trump world, she was only useful for as long as she was.

mitch96

(13,895 posts)
9. Saw her on Rachels show. Sounds like besides sounding the alarm she is trying to clear her name.
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 08:45 AM
Sep 2020

She became a easy scapegoat for the tRump machine.. This will be interesting to see where it goes. Will Faux noise condemn her? Will the right wing spam machine go after her? Phone calls? threats? or have they already started. Where's the popcorn.
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