Melania Trump's Marriage To Donald Trump Labeled 'Unconventional': 'She Knows Who She Married'
By Favour Adegoke on May 3, 2024 at 10:45 AM EDT
Updated on May 3, 2024 at 1:44 PM EDT
Melania Trump's former aide, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, has released texts showing the former first lady's alleged reaction to affair allegations against her husband Donald Trump.
Trump is currently on trial for falsifying company records to cover up an alleged $130k payment to former adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Melania Trump's Ex-Aide Claims She Is 'Complicit' In Her 'Unconventional' Marriage To Donald Trump
The former senior advisor to the First Lady took to her X account Thursday to share a screenshot of a purported text conversation showing how Melania reacted to reports of Trump's sexual misconduct allegations.
Wolkoff claimed in her post that Melania "knows who she married" and that she is "complicit," noting that the allegations about her husband didn't seem to bother the Slovenian-born former model at the time.
I was worried sick about Melania hours before Donald’s 2nd presidential debate and texted her, “Are you ok?”(as you can see below).
Melania’s response…”Hi love. I canceled interview tomorrow (with @andersoncooper ) & wanted to know “If I had time for lunch.” She wanted to talk.… pic.twitter.com/waHlLTYRTu
— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (@SWinstonWolkoff) May 2, 2024
"I was worried sick about Melania hours before Donald's 2nd presidential debate and texted her, 'Are you ok?'" Wolkoff wrote in the caption, referencing the first text on the screenshot.
"Melania's response… 'Hi, love. I canceled [the] interview tomorrow (with @andersoncooper) & wanted to know 'If I had time for lunch.' She wanted to talk," Wolkoff continued.
She added, "It's an unconventional marriage & she's complicit. Remember that Melania does not care what anyone thinks about her or Donald. She knows who she married, and so does he."
The text, dated Oct. 10, 2016, showed them making several plans to get together after Trump's allegations came up. She also tagged the Manhattan DA alongside the post.
Donald Trump's Courthouse Birthday Wish To Melania Trump Was Criticized
Trump recently publicly wished Melania a happy birthday just before one of the court sessions for his hush money trial.
Since then, the former president has been mocked online for making such a move. An ex-aide, Stephanie Grisham, who worked with the former first lady, also slammed Trump's move and claimed that Melania probably "rolled her eyes" at the gesture.
According to the former aide, it was just a "performance for voters," adding that the billionaire mogul thought it would be a great move to appeal to suburban women and other voters who are not aligned with the major political parties within the country.
During a chat with CNN's Erin Burnett, Grisham emphasized her point by noting that Trump and his wife weren't "really birthday people," an observation she seemed to notice when she worked with Melania.
She added, "It had nothing to do with her…just typical, selfish Donald Trump."
Stormy Daniels' Attorney Claims Donald Trump Had 'Sex' With His Client
Wolkoff's tweet comes after Daniels' attorney, Keith Davidson, made some interesting revelations during his testimony in court yesterday.
According to the New York Post, Davidson said that it was his "understanding" that his client and the billionaire politician had hooked up at some point, even though she denied it in a 2018 letter he drafted.
He, however, claimed that the $130,000 payment Trump allegedly paid to buy Daniels' silence about an affair they had in the wake of the election "wasn't a payoff."
Trump sat still as prosecutor Joshua Steinglass asked Davidson if he understood at the time shot his client had "in fact had a sexual encounter with Donald Trump at some point?"
"That was my understanding," Davidson said. He then explained that the $130k payment Daniels received to silence her about the alleged affair "wasn't a payoff, and it wasn't hush money."
He said he'd prefer to call the money a "consideration."
Donald Trump Is Complaining About His Lawyers
According to a New York Times report, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has reportedly been angry with his attorneys, complaining privately that they've not been following his instructions.
Trump's bane with his lead counsel is the legal strategy they've adopted in his hush money trial, as the publication claims he wants them to be more aggressive.
"Donald J. Trump's Manhattan criminal trial had barely begun when he started to turn his anger toward his lead lawyer, Todd Blanche," the NYT report stated.
"Although Mr. Blanche has been Mr. Trump's favorite lawyer for some time, behind closed doors and in phone calls, the former president has complained repeatedly about him in recent weeks, according to four people familiar with the situation," it continued.
The report further noted that Trump "has griped that Mr. Blanche, a former federal prosecutor and veteran litigator, has not been following his instructions closely and has been insufficiently aggressive."
The Former President Was Fined For Violating His Gag Order
Trump was recently fined $9k for violating Judge Juan Merchan's gag order, which prevented him from making derogatory remarks about jurors and witnesses in the case.
Merchan ruled that Trump violated the gag order in seven Truth Social posts and two statements on his campaign site days before the trial commenced.
"This court's expanded order is lawful and unambiguous," Merchan's order read. "Defendant violated the order by making social media posts about known witnesses pertaining to their participation in this criminal proceeding and by making public statements about jurors in this criminal proceeding."