Washington (AFP)
Melania Trump expresses her views through her wardrobe, does not wear Ivanka Trump in her heart and does room in the White House with her husband president, according to a new unauthorized biography.
"Free, Melania," written by Kate Bennett is out Tuesday, but is already talking Washington.
At age 49, the American First Lady, a former model born in Slovenia, is "much stronger and more influential with her husband" than the public thinks, writes the CNN reporter.
The book thus confirms the role of Ms. Trump in the dismissal of a White House security official, Mira Ricardel, who had placed her team rather than that of the First Lady on the plane that took her to Africa. October 2018.
He also confirms that the presidential couple is sleeping apart. While the president sleeps in the large bedroom on the first floor, she chose a second floor suite of the White House formerly occupied by the mother of Michelle Obama, where she has a private gym.
According to Kate Bennett, Melania expresses herself through her clothes and this is sometimes confusing.
In June 2018, during a trip to the Mexican border, she wears a khaki Zara jacket with the inscription "I REALLY DO NOT CARE, DO U?" (I do not care, and you?).
For the observers, she showed either her disdain for the families of illegal immigrants detained at the border, or for the critical mass media of her husband.
But for the author, the message was directed to her daughter-in-law, Ivanka, a close adviser to Donald Trump and sometimes accused by Melania of wanting to assume the role of First Lady.
For Kate Bennett, Melania wears pants suits when she is angry with her husband, "known to appreciate women wearing tight, short and ultra-sexy skirts".
The reporter also reveals that Melania's public absence for 25 days in 2018 due to a kidney problem was much more serious and painful than what the White House had suggested.
The "unauthorized" biography contains no comments from the First Lady, while Donald Trump calls CNN "the enemy of the people".
The rare critical pages of Melania evoke her campaign focused on the well-being and health of children "Be Best" which, one year after its launch "has no frame, no calendar or progress report" .
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