FIRST FAMILY FEUD
FIRST Lady Melania Trump called stepdaughter Ivanka "princess" and tried to block her from inauguration photos, per a new tell-all memoir.
According to the new from Melania's former BFF, asked her adviser to make sure she wasn't attending the same presidential inauguration events as .
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, released on Tuesday, that Melania refused to wear the same designers that Ivanka would wear.
The ex-pal said Melania planned to squeeze Ivanka out of the immediate frame of in 2017 inauguration photos – a plan she allegedly dubbed "Operation Block Ivanka."
Melania's alleged disdain for Ivanka is apparent throughout the book, with the first lady reportedly referring to her stepdaughter as "princess."
In another instance, Melania did not want Ivanka to attend a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in .
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So she is said to have tasked Wolkoff with leaving the event off Ivanka's calendar.
Wolkoff wrote that Ivanka later texted her asking why the event wasn't scheduled.
Wolkoff says the bad blood grew as Ivanka began encroaching on first lady-hosted events.
"Are you kidding me?" Melania reportedly asked Wolkoff about Ivanka's request to co-host an International Women's Day event.
"Seriously? I'm not co-hosting."
"We need to let her know that I know this is a First Lady event done every year...OMG. They just want to take credit for it," Melania is said to have told Wolkoff when Ivanka asked to collaborate on the annual governors' spouses luncheon.
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"Melania versus Ivanka" allegedly extended into the fashion realm, as well.
When Ivanka wore a Kaufman Franco dress at an event, Melania is reported to have said: "Forget it."
Wolkoff explained in her book: "If Ivanka was dressed by a designer, Melania would cross them off her list."
Melania apparently told Wolkoff: "you know how they are snakes."
Wolkoff, a former adviser to the first lady, published a number of stories about Melania's relationship with her stepchildren and husband in Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship With the First Lady.
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Wolkoff joined as an unpaid adviser to Melania until her role in inaugural spending and security clearances came into question in February 2018.
Wolkoff alleges she was told privately that her firing had nothing to do with inaugural spending.
, and questioning how the funds went missing, Wolkoff says she began documenting everything to protect herself and even went on to participate in inaugural spending investigations.
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Through a series of direct phone calls, meetings, emails, and encrypted messages, Wolkoff says she was able to provide an intimate look at how the first lady interacted with members of the White House and viewed negative media reports on her husband.
In one instance, Melania allegedly even asked Wolkoff to delete their texts because she said what they discussed was private.
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Among other allegations, Wolkoff relates her version of the first lady's infamous choice to wear a green military jacket that read, "I really don't care, do u?" on the back when she departed for a tour of a border detention center.
"You know what? They deserve it," adding she was tired of people who "who connect stuff to my clothes" and she wears what she does "because I like it."
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