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Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

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6
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1
Release Date
September 9, 2020
Duration
11 hours 22 minutes
Summary
What Melania wants, Melania gets.

The former director of special events at Vogue and producer of nine legendary Met Galas, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff met Melania Knauss in 2003 and had a front row seat to the transformation of Donald Trump’s then girlfriend from a rough-cut gem to a precious diamond. As their friendship deepened over lunches at Manhattan hot spots, black-tie parties and giggle sessions in the penthouse at Trump Tower, Wolkoff watched the newest Mrs Trump raise her son, Barron, and manage her highly scrutinised marriage.

After Trump won the 2016 election, Wolkoff was recruited to help produce the 58th Presidential Inaugu­ration and to become the First Lady’s trusted advisor. Melania put Wolkoff in charge of hiring her staff, organising her events, helping her write speeches and creating her debut initiatives. Then it all fell apart when she was made the scapegoat for inauguration finance irregularities. Melania could have defended her innocent friend and confidant, but she stood by her man. The betrayal nearly destroyed Wolkoff.

In this candid and emotional memoir, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff takes you into Trump Tower and the White House to tell the funny, thrilling and heartbreaking story of her intimate friendship with one of the most famous women in the world, a woman few people truly understand. How did Melania react to the Access Hollywood tape and her husband’s affair with Stormy Daniels? Does she get along well with Ivanka? Why did she wear that jacket with 'I really don’t care, do u?' printed on the back? Is Melania happy being First Lady? And what really happened with the inauguration’s funding of $107 million? Wolkoff has some ideas...
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Profile Avatar Tareena J. Jun 2025

I found this very interesting. While I believe the author’s account, as there is a lot of documentation, facts, etc. it read a bit whiny in parts, as if she felt a bit desperate to prove her innocence. Fair enough, I imagine anyone wronged would. I would think anyone backing her husbands administration will dismiss her in this way instead of perhaps a less personal account might be useful for proving the blatant misuse of public monies and resources, for one.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Sep 2020

Love the book very easy listening.

Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

Author: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
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