If there’s one thing that’s been making headlines lately, it’s the Trump family.
Following Donald Trump’s return to the White House after winning the 2024 election, media coverage of his family has been relentless.
Their son, Barron Trump, has drawn significant attention, making multiple public appearances during the campaign. His presence at the inauguration celebration sparked discussions about everything from his towering height to his charisma.
Even after settling back into a ”normal” life at New York University, the fascination with Barron has not faded But another key figure under the spotlight is, of course, Melania Trump.
As the First Lady of the United States, all eyes are naturally on her.
Having already experienced life in the White House from 2016 to 2020, Melania is no stranger to scrutiny.
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Shortly after Donald Trump returned to office, speculation ramped up over everything from her wardrobe choices to the couple’s inaugural dance.
But the real question on everyone’s mind: What’s the true state of Melania and Donald’s relationship?
Now, one insider claims to have the answer.
”She hates Him”
According to The Daily Beast, bestselling author Michael Wolff is preparing to release a new book, All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America, that promises to reveal what’s really going on between the Trumps.
Wolff reportedly spoke to a trusted source who painted a bleak picture of their marriage.
“She f—ing hates him,” a “Mar-a-Lago patio confidant” of Trump and his family told Michael Wolff.
The best-selling author writes that his source was “bewildered that this needed saying.”
”Part-time first lady”
In his book, Wolff also suggests that Trump refused to acknowledge during his campaign that ”the most public marriage in the nation was breaking down,” even though it appeared to be doing so in public.
He also alleges that members of Trump’s own staff had no idea where Melania was living. For 18 months, she reportedly made no public appearances before finally showing up at an event in Milwaukee in July 2024. Even then, she allegedly refused to give a speech.
The book also points out her absence during Trump’s legal battles, choosing not to stand by his side in court.
Wolff writes that “whatever was going on—and no one had any idea what was going on, at least no more than what was plainly obvious—it had certainly not been helped by the Stormy trial,” referring to the criminal case in which Trump was convicted on 34 felony charges related to a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Instead, he claims Melania took on a passive role as a “part-time First Lady” and preferred to stay at Trump Tower in Manhattan to be closer to Barron.
According to Wolff, Melania’s book Melania, released in October 2024, took Trump’s campaign by surprise. He notes that it remained uncertain whether the publication was “a diss or a kiss (of course from afar)” directed at her husband.
Trump’s team dismisses the book
Trump’s team was quick to dismiss Wolff’s claims even before the book was released. In a statement, several key campaign figures, including co-chairs Susie Wiles — now the president’s chief of staff — and Chris LaCivita, announced:
“A number of us have received inquiries from the disgraced author Michael Wolff, whose previous work can only be described as fiction. He is a known peddler of fake news who routinely concocts situations, conversations, and conclusions that never happened. As a group, we have decided not to respond to his bad faith inquiries, and we encourage others to completely disregard whatever nonsense he eventually publishes. Consider this our blanket response to whatever he writes.”
Wolff, however, describes the Trump marriage as a “black hole” where no one —perhaps not even those closest to them—knows the full truth.
“Nobody knows the answer to the what-about-Melania question. Not even the people closest to him. What is the nature of the marriage. Nobody can tell you.”
The book, titled “All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America,” is set to be released soon.
