'The Art Of Her Deal' Aims To Show Melania Trump As An Influential Collaborator
The flattening effect of political discourse, insipidity of the first lady role and Melania's own remoteness have led us to either forget she has an inner life — or to imagine her an elegant prisoner.
by Annalisa Quinn
Jun 14, 2020
2 minutes
From the outside, Melania Trump looks like a woman in over her tastefully balayaged head. At public events, she rarely speaks, but assumes the rictus smolder â like a model who has just spotted a lion over the photographer's shoulder â that inspired a thousand #freemelania signs.
A new, scrupulously reported biography by reporter Mary Jordan counters this perception, arguing that the first lady is not a pawn but a
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