Author Michael Wolff recently made a claim that the White House fears Melania Trump might go rogue. In a recent Substack post, he discussed the first lady’s unpredictability and how it affects Donald Trump‘s administration.
The author portrays the first lady as the biggest wild card in Donald Trump’s orbit
Journalist Michael Wolff posted a new column on his Substack, HOWL, titled Melania: The Wild Card. In the post, he discussed reports of Melania Trump being an unpredictable wild card within Donald Trump’s administration. The author claimed that the White House staff often fear that the first lady might go rogue.
“Everybody in the White House is afraid of Melania Trump and her power—that is, if she chooses to use it,” Wolff wrote. “They largely think she won’t, or at least won’t use it so obviously enough to directly threaten the palace, but they can’t be sure. At the same time, they think that the relationship between the president and his wife is probably at its lowest point since the Stormy Daniels trial—and that was very low.”
Wolff went on to allege that Melania and her husband “barely speak,” further stating, “There is hardly even the pretense that she lives in the White House. Every appearance is a negotiated one.” There have been previous reports that Melania lives in New York instead of the White House with the president.
Wolff also claimed that “there is alarm about her next business moves,” within the White House. “Of all the self-dealing among Trump family members, Melania’s moves—not just about money, but about calling attention to herself—are seen as most disturbing to the White House, and most in danger of putting her on a collision course with the president,” he wrote.
In response to Wolff’s claims, White House spokesman Davis Ingle gave a statement, calling the journalist “a lying piece of s**t” (via the Daily Beast).
