Melania and me. The rise and fall of my friendship with the First lady

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What Melania wants, Melania gets. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, former director of special events at Vogue and producer of nine iconic Met Galas, first met Melania Knauss in 2003 and witnessed her transformation from Donald Trump's girlfriend to the First Lady. Their friendship flourished over lunches at Manhattan hotspots and gatherings in Trump Tower, where Wolkoff observed Melania raising her son, Barron, and navigating her highly scrutinized marriage. After Trump's 2016 election victory, Wolkoff was brought on to help produce the Presidential Inauguration and became Melania's trusted advisor, overseeing staff hiring, event organization, speechwriting, and initiative creation. However, their relationship soured when Wolkoff was scapegoated for inauguration finance irregularities. Despite being innocent, Melania chose to stand by her husband, leaving Wolkoff feeling betrayed and nearly destroyed. In this candid memoir, she shares the emotional journey of her friendship with one of the world's most famous women, addressing questions about Melania's reactions to the Access Hollywood tape, her relationship with Ivanka, the infamous "I really don't care, do u?" jacket, and her happiness as First Lady, along with insights into the controversial inauguration funding of $107 million.