![]() Wolkoff, a seasoned businesswoman and not the fluff-brained rich person depicted later in the press, kept harping about the budget where she found expenses she felt were wildly overpriced. There was constant confusion during the inauguration planning, with too many organizations and people involved. Wokoff’s first assignment was as executive producer and chief creative officer of the 58th Presidential Inauguration and senior adviser to inauguration chairman Thomas J. It was clear to Wolkoff that most in the administration had little respect for Mrs. At one point, Wolkoff found men from the staff of Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband, eyeing space reserved for the First Lady. She wanted to turn the First Lady’s office into the “family” office where she would preside. Trump and Wolkoff), continuously trying to insert herself into every event. There were fights over space, with First Daughter Ivanka Trump (known as the Princess to Mrs. Wolkoff herself gave her salary to others on Mrs. Since there was no money to hire staff, Wolkoff had to rely on her niece and others to work for the First Lady, who kept in touch by phone and email. Trump and agreed to the job.įirst, the budget for the First Lady’s East Wing staff was snapped up by others in the administration. Wolkoff had her own career and a family, and her New York friends warned her to stay away from the Trumps, but she was loyal to Mrs. Wolkoff saw Melania Trump as a warm person who loved her friends but was indifferent to how other people saw her, a quality that served her well in the following years.Īfter the election, the First Lady asked Wolkoff to be her unpaid senior adviser. For years they lunched together, laughed, shared stories about their kids. Wolkoff thought she and the First Lady were besties. So it’s not surprising she and Melania Trump moved in the same circles long before Donald Trump was elected president. and producer of nine successful Met Galas that drew New York’s elite. She was director of Special Events for Vogue, founding fashion director for Lincoln Center. She knew everybody in New York’s fashion world as founder of a consulting agency known for its work in event production, branding, and strategic partnership. The author is as interesting as the First Lady. Wolkoff was one of the first to be thrown under the bus. It’s important because the author looks back at the beginnings of an administration that was born in chaos, filled with people who had sharp elbows, presided over by a family willing to turn on anyone who crosses them. Hunt, and because this is not a giggly tell-all. First, because it is one of the few written by a woman, except for “Too Much and Not Enough” by Trump’s niece Mary L. It’s important that Wolkoff’s book not be lost in these revelations. 1, but that seems like eons ago with the onslaught of other books about Pres. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff’s “ Melania and Me” (Gallery Books, $28) was published Sept.
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