Donald Trump's presidency was filled with drama, from his election to his loss at the
hands of Joe Biden in 2020 to his refusal to concede. But former first lady Melania
Trump also grabbed numerous headlines during her tenure at the White House.
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham
had much to say about Melania's role in the White House. In her upcoming book,
"I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw in the Trump White House,"
Grisham recalls her experience while working as the press secretary and Melania's chief advisor.
Among several shocking revelations, her book details how Melania felt
when she found out about Trump's infidelities and Trump's temper.
"Do you love your husband?" "Yes. We are fine. Yes."
Clearly, Melania isn't happy about the book — her office labeled the tell-all's motive
as "an attempt [for Grisham] to redeem herself
after a poor performance as Press Secretary," according to Politico.
One of the juicier details? Grisham wrote about the code name the Secret Service
gave to Melania after observing her role at the White House.
In her 352-page book, Grisham reveals that the secret service nicknamed Melania Trump
"Rapunzel." This name was given to Melania because she rarely left the White House,
which Grisham describes as "her tower."
According to a Washington Post preview of the book,
agents requested assignments that involved protecting Melania -- apparently an easy
task because she rarely ventured outside of the White House.
The book also reveals that Melania would spend time working on her photo albums when not with
her family. Grisham even went so far as to refer to the photo albums as Melania's "children."
Grisham also wrote that Melania was working on a
photo shoot during the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The book comes in the wake of several other memoirs by former Trump White House staffers.
Like Grisham, many of these aides of the former president
describe his administration as dysfunctional and chaotic. But
there are also anonymous sources willing to go to bat for Trump, as you'd expect,
considering his continued popularity in the GOP. One such source told People magazine,
"As usual, [Stephanie Grisham] doesn't tell the whole story.
She is publishing a text with her own twist and mistruths."
Melania Trump's Secret Service nickname wasn't the only tea Stephanie Grisham spilled in "I'll
Take Your Questions Now." According to Politico, Grisham also compared the former first lady to
Marie Antoinette, calling her, quote, "Dismissive. Defeated. Detached." What led Grisham to this
grim diagnosis? It was her reaction to the riot at the US Capitol on January 6.
At the time, Grisham was serving as Melania's chief of staff and reached
out to her to strategize on a response to the riot. Grisham says she asked,
"Do you want to tweet that peaceful protests are the right of every American,
but there is no place for lawlessness and violence?"
Melania, she writes, replied one minute later with a short, succinct answer: "No."
Grisham also revealed that she was "shocked" to learn that Melania appeared to support Donald
Trump's claims that the election was stolen. Melania allegedly told her that, quote, "something
bad happened" that delegitimized the election results, and Grisham explained to her that while
all elections have small irregularities, there was no conspiracy to remove her husband from office.
Understandably, Melania Trump's office is already doing damage control,
issuing a statement which read, in part,
"The intent behind this book is obvious. It is an attempt to redeem herself after a poor performance
as press secretary, failed personal relationships, and unprofessional behavior in the White House.
Through mistruth and betrayal, she seeks to gain relevance and money at the expense of Mrs. Trump."
According to Politico, "failed personal relationships" is likely a reference to a
relationship Stephanie Grisham had with one of Donald Trump's former aides, Max Miller.
Politico reported that Miller — whom Donald has called "a really great guy" — pushed her
against a wall in his apartment and slapped her across the face after she accused him
of cheating on her. His attorney denied the allegation, writing in a statement,
"Mr. Miller has never, ever assaulted Ms. Grisham in any way whatsoever."
It's unclear if Grisham will address her relationship with Miller in her book.
But with the book set to come out on October 5,
we'll find out sooner rather than later. A publishing source told Politico,
"Stephanie has secrets about Trump that even the first lady doesn't know.
Secrets that he doesn't want her to know. They will be in this book."
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