The January 26 news of Wolkoff’s hiring was covered breathlessly in the press, in part because of the mystery and speculation around how Mrs. Trump, a role which took precedence over traditionally crucial team members such as a chief of staff or social secretary. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a New York social fixture, event planner, and former Vogue staffer, was brought on as an unpaid advisor to Mrs. Just a week after the Januinauguration of President Donald Trump, America’s new First Lady, Melania Trump, announced her first hire. This story was originally published in March, 2018. The Department of Justice is now suing her over the book.Listen to the recorded conversation here. In October, Wolkoff appeared on CNN, and shared tapes of the First Lady speaking about children being separated at the border as well as her disdain for decorating the White House at Christmas.She and Winston Wolkoff planned what they jokingly referred to as "Operation Block Ivanka," an effort to keep Donald Trump's daughter and White House aid from being positioned visibly close to her father during the inauguration's swearing-in ceremony. Among the revelations in the book are tensions between Melania and her stepdaughter Ivanka. Winston Wolkoff tells her side of the story with a new book, Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady, which came out September 1.A longtime friend of Melania's with deep ties to the world of fashion and New York society, Wolkoff left the First Lady's office after a New York Times story detailed controversies about inauguration spending.Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was one of the key planners of Donald Trump's inauguration events in January 2017, and went to work with First Lady Melania Trump in the East Wing at the very beginning of the administration.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. Melania could have defended her innocent friend and confidant, but she stood by her man. Then it all fell apart when she was made the scapegoat for inauguration finance irregularities. Melania put Wolkoff in charge of hiring her staff, organising her events, helping her write speeches and creating her debut initiatives. 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.Īfter Trump won the 2016 election, Wolkoff was recruited to help produce the 58th Presidential Inauguration and to become the First Lady’s trusted advisor. 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.
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