Melania Trump is angry about Donald’s alleged affairs but “lives in an ivory tower of denial” and uses her stony silence about the allegations as “armour” against them, a former White House aide claimed.
Melania, 52, was not at Donald Trump’s side when he surrendered to the New York City district attorney on Tuesday, nor was she present at the after-party at the Mar-a-Lago ballroom.
And now former assistant Stephanie Wolkoff Winston has given her own insight into their marriage.
Her claims emerged as DailyMail.com offered exclusive insights into the Trumps’ highly publicized marriage in the wake of Donald’s indictment
Wolkoff claims that Melania is indeed furious about Stormy Daniels’ sex claims resurfacing. Melania cut ties with Wolkoff when the latter left the White House in February 2018.
Despite this, Wolkoff told Page six in a new interview that Melania will never divorce the ex-president. Trump was in the Big Apple to answer allegations of hush money payments to alleged mistresses Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels.
‘Of course she knows about Donald’s affairs, she knows everything. But her silence is her dignity. She will assist her husband, as she always does. I don’t think Melania feels humiliated by his affairs, but she is angry,” Wolkoff added.
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania Trump and Donald Trump pictured together at a Gucci event in New York City in 2008
The former first lady’s ex-assistant, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, claims Melania is indeed furious about Stormy Daniels’ sex claims resurfacing
Still, she won’t leave him. This is a transactional marriage, she knew what she was getting into when she married Donald. Her means of survival is just to pretend it never happened,” the former aide said
Wolkoff helped with Trump’s inauguration and later served as an unpaid adviser to the White House. She later released a book about her relationship with Melania.
Wolkoff said she would have been surprised to see Melania by her husband’s side. “Her silence is deliberate, it’s her weapon of choice and her protective armor,” she said.
Still, she won’t leave him. This is a transactional marriage, she knew what she was getting into when she married Donald. Her means of survival is just to pretend it never happened,” the former aide said.
Wolkoff said Melania describes her critics as “jealous” and said the Slovenian resident “hoped the Stormy Daniels scandal would be swept under the rug.”
“Her way of dealing with it is to never let her feelings show or influence her. I predict we’ll see her again by his side at the next Mar-a-Lago social event,” she continued.
“Melania believes she doesn’t need to answer anyone or explain herself, so she won’t put herself in that position,” Wolkoff also said.
After returning from New York on Tuesday night, Trump lashed out at New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg for filing criminal charges against him and declared himself a victim of election interference without providing evidence.
Gathered before him in a gilt-edged ballroom at Mar-a-Lago were a number of belligerent, diehard Trump backers, including Republican lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz, former cop Roger Stone, pillowmaker Mike Lindell, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell and Trump sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
“I never thought something like this could happen in America,” Trump told supporters gathered at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida. “The only crime I have committed is fearlessly defending our country against those who would destroy it.”
Melania Trump did not show up for husband Donald’s speech at Mar-a-Lago after his historic arrest and arraignment in New York
Donald and Melania Trump were photographed together at Trump’s resort in Palm Beach last week following the recent news of his indictment and impending arrest
Trump, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, gave a relatively short speech in Florida Tuesday night, 25 minutes, compared to his speeches that can sometimes run for two hours.
Despite launching a diatribe against prosecutors, he did not call for new protests from his supporters. And while he is expected to return to the campaign trail soon, he gave no details on that.
Trump reached deep into his well of personal grievances to state that he was being hounded by political opponents who used the legal system against him to try to prevent him from winning back the White House in 2024.
Trump accused Manhattan District Attorney Bragg of trying to get him “before he knew anything about me.”
He said the judge in the case, Juan Merchan, is “a Trump-hating judge.” But he did not provide any evidence to support his claim that they took their actions to undermine his bid for the White House.
Trump took new photos of all the different lawsuits against him, from the handling of classified documents brought to Mar-a-Lago when Trump left the White House in early 2021, the investigation into the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol and the election interference case he faces in Georgia as of the 2020 election.
Trump expressed particular concern about the documents case being investigated by Special Counsel Jack Smith, whom he called a “crazy” on several occasions.
He said the matters amounted to an attempt to thwart his third presidential run, calling it “massive election interference on an unprecedented scale.”
donald trump jr. and his fiancé Kimberly Guilfoyle were also both spotted in Mar-a-Lago
Eric Trump, pictured with his wife Lara (left), and Tiffany Trump (right) attended their father’s speech at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump will enter court in Manhattan on Wednesday
A newly married Donald and Melania Trump pictured together in 2006
Among the hundreds was Nathan Mitchell, 18, the new president of the Florida Atlantic University Republican Club.
He said he was there to support a man who “represents America’s best chance at making it great again.”
Of the allegations against Trump, Mitchell said, “It humiliates us all in front of the world.”
Alex Gonzalez, 45, who runs a security firm in Palm Beach, wore a black leather motorcycle vest with a “Born to Ride” patch above the number 45 and said he was there to show the former president that people believe in him .
“It’s all a charade, man, it’s all a witch hunt,” Gonzalez said of the indictment. Trump should not be held above the law – if he does something wrong he should be held accountable like everyone else. But this is BS and everyone knows it.’