A former adviser to Melania Trump – who was once a good friend – wrote a scathing opinion piece about the First Lady, accusing her of standing still while the President destroyed America.
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff wrote her article for the Daily Beast, motivated by the Capitol riots. Five people were killed, including a Trump supporter who was shot to death and a Capitol Police officer who died of head injuries after being hit in the head with a fire extinguisher.
Wolkoff calls the violence “shocking, terrible, discouraging and shameful”.
“It was an assault on human life and our great democracy. Unfortunately, our president and our first lady have little or no regard for any of them. “
She calls herself “Melania’s enabler”, only one in the orbit of the first couple who “fed and massaged their egos and consciously agreed with the poisonous falsehoods and lies, veiled as truths, that built this house of mirrors”.
Wolkoff talks about how the president’s role in the attack on the Capitol does not surprise her, but how the first lady’s silence does – although she is in her best form of reading a teleprompter.
Trumps, writes Wolkoff, “lack character and have no moral compass. Although my intentions to support the First Lady in launching her initiatives have always been pure, I am discouraged and ashamed to have worked with Melania. “
Wolkoff, who has already organized Anna Wintour’s parties, and the first lady became friends almost 20 years ago. She was there when Melania married Donald and was at Barron’s baby shower, the New York Times reported.
She went to work for the first lady shortly after the president took office, which she helped plan, but resigned after just a year, when the Times reported that the inaugural committee paid millions of dollars to the company she founded.
Next, Wolkoff put everything on paper, writing a story entitled “Melania and me: the rise and fall of my friendship with the First Lady”. The book was released in September. Melania attacked, calling her ex-friend a “dishonest opportunist”.
In her article, Wolkoff talks about how the First Lady will leave behind “no legacy or profile to be proud of”.
“Melania is no better than Donald in terms of the need for attention. She wasted a once in a lifetime opportunity to create a platform to make a difference in the lives of so many children and did not provide any of that. … In her spare time, she started making “albums” and making scrapbooks with pictures of her. Melania is simply an extension of her husband, equally hypocritical, speaking on both sides of her mouth, when it suits her ”.
She continues: “What does a mother do when her father is an abuser? Many still believe that Melania is powerless, but don’t be fooled; she is also an abuser, of the worst kind. The kind who speaks kindly to children. The disease is under the skin. Melania knows and supports Donald and his views. If you hit it, it will hit you harder. He’s the English punch, aggressive guy, and she chooses to smile and take it. She closes her eyes. The truth is that she is really encouraging you to go ahead. Be aggressive. She is his biggest cheerleader. “