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riversedge

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Wed Sep 2, 2020, 07:36 AM Sep 2020

Melania Trump called Ivanka Trump, other Trumps, 'snakes,' new book alleges [View all]

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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