Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

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Overview

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

What Melania wants, Melania gets.

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. 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 scrutinized marriage.

After Trump won the 2016 election, Wolkoff was recruited to help produce the 58th Presidential Inaugu­ration and to become the First Lady’s trusted advisor. Melania put Wolkoff in charge of hiring her staff, organizing her events, helping her write speeches, and creating her debut initiatives. Then it all fell apart when she was made the scapegoat for inauguration finance irregularities. Melania could have defended her innocent friend and confidant, but she stood by her man, knowing full well who was really to blame. The betrayal nearly destroyed Wolkoff.

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...

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781982151256
Publisher: Gallery Books
Publication date: 06/29/2021
Pages: 368
Sales rank: 277,607
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, former trusted advisor to First Lady Melania Trump, is the founder of SWW Creative, a consulting agency known for its work in event production, branding, and strategic partnerships. Wolkoff served as executive producer and chief creative officer of the 58th Presidential Inauguration and senior advisor to inauguration chairman Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. She was also the director of Special Events for Vogue; the founding fashion director for Lincoln Center, overseeing Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week; and a recipient of the 2011 Gordon Parks Foundation Award. Currently she’s vice chairperson for the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation, advisor to Hopeland, and a board member of the UN Women for Peace Association, which is committed to the prevention of violence against women and girls. Through her association with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, she is an advocate for integrating the teaching of social-emotional learning into our education systems nationally and worldwide. Wolkoff resides in New York with her family.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Just Another Lunch 1

1 How to Marry a Billionaire 9

2 Opposites Attract 27

3 The Campaign Year 49

4 The Setup 66

5 Showtime 130

6 White House-keeping 155

7 Trial by February 189

8 The Shutdown 224

9 Be Best 245

10 The Takedown 280

11 Just Friends 312

Epilogue: I'm Still Here 337

Acknowledgments 341

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