First Lady Melania Trump allegedly “hates” her husband, President Donald Trump, according to a new book about the GOP’s campaign challenges.
In his upcoming book, All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America, author Michael Wolff interviewed a “Mar-a-Lago patio confidant” who spilled the beans about Melania’s true feelings about her ball and chain.
The author is the best-selling author of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, which shocked readers in 2018 by exposing the infighting and dysfunction in Trump’s first administration.
In his new book, he says that his source was “bewildered that this needed saying,” but Melania “f—— hates him.”
One of the most surprising revelations is Melania’s conspicuous absence from Donald’s campaign events. Melania reportedly did not make a single campaign appearance during the 18 months preceding the Republican National Convention in July 2024.
Even though she appeared on stage with Donald following his acceptance speech, she did not give a speech herself, leading many to speculate about the state of their marriage.
“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,” Wolff writes, referring to the criminal trial in which the president was convicted of 34 felony charges for making a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
“But that seemed hardly the only thing to explain the colder and colder winter,” Wolff observed.
According to the book, the campaign’s portrayal of Melania as a “part-time First Lady” and her reluctance to attend campaign events contributed to the couple’s growing tension.
As the book delves deeper into the complexities of Donald and Melania’s marriage, it becomes clear that their relationship is anything but conventional.
A number of campaign figures, including co-chairs Susie Wiles — who now serves as the president’s chief of staff — and Chris LaCivita, issued a statement in advance of the book’s publication.
“Several of us have received inquiries from Michael Wolff, the disgraced author whose previous work can only be described as fiction. “He is a well-known propagator of fake news, routinely fabricating situations, conversations, and conclusions that never occurred,” they wrote.
“As a group, we have decided not to respond to his bad-faith inquiries, and we encourage others to ignore whatever nonsense he eventually publishes.” Consider this our general response to anything he writes.”