Melania Trump has 'a transactional marriage', says ex-aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff - BBC Newsnight
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Published 2020-09-11
A former aide to Melania Trump has written a memoir, Melania and Me, about her 15-year friendship with the US first lady.
In 2018, Ms Winston Wolkoff was reportedly forced out of the White House, amid allegations that she had been profiteering from President Trump's inauguration.
But the former aide has said she was "thrown under the bus".
She denied claims her company received $26 million (£20 million) in payments to help plan the 2017 ceremony and surrounding events, saying her firm "retained a total of $1.62 million".
The White House has denounced the book as a "bizarre twisting of the truth".
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All Comments (21)
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Nothing like having a friend who is your Enemy.
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Who carries ‘who she really is’. There’s no mystery. It’s an arrangement as old as time. She wanted a wealthy man, he wanted a young hot woman. They deserve each other.
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Meh. Been married 30 years. You can’t explain money to person in love, and you can’t explain love to a person into money.
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Who needs friends like this.
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Relationships with narcissists aren't intimate, they're transactional interactions.
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Their marriage is their business.
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She is a “TRANSACTIONAL” friend.
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With friends like this, who needs enemies? This is her 15 minutes of fame
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This is an example as to why people don't trust each other anymore and why you should NEVER trust an employee with any kind of details of your personal life. Regardless if this is true or not.
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Women "friendships" are scary..
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Jealousy and envy is killing you !
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Pretending to be her friend was transaction , the difference is that she isn't a backstaber
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As soon as I heard her say she wrote a book, this all made sense
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And it takes her 4 minutes to state, how she is so morally better than the Trump's. Wearing her heart on her sleeve. Self serving.... Making money off her friend and no loyalty. That's her.
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It sounds like you weren't her friend but a paid employee
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Her "loyalty is her akilles heal"? 🤣 Oh honey, how dumb do you take us for? 🤣
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with friends like this one, one needs no enemies...
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Nobody will ever trust Stephany again. What a way to live your life.
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Nothing like an extremely jealous evil friend
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Its just so weird how everyone that was close to them turns against them. Like how can every single one of these people be lying on them?
