Melania Trump is furious over Donald’s alleged affairs but “lives in an ivory tower of denial” and is using her stony silence on the allegations as “armor” against her, a former White House staffer has claimed.
Melania, 52, was not at Donald Trump’s side when he handed himself in to the New York City attorney on Tuesday, nor was she present at the Mar-a-Lago ballroom after-party.
And now former assistant Stephanie Wolkoff Winston has shared her own insight into her marriage.
Her claims emerged as offered exclusive insight into the Trumps’ much-discussed marriage following Donald’s indictment
Wolkoff claims Melania is actually furious at Stormy Daniels’ sex claims, who are once again raising their heads. Melania split from Wolkoff when he left the White House in February 2018.
Still, in a new interview with Page Six, Wolkoff said that Melania will never divorce the ex-president. Trump was in the Big Apple to stand trial over hush money payments to alleged lovers Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels.
“Of course she knows about Donald’s affairs, she knows everything. But her silence is her dignity. She will stand by her husband as she always does. I don’t think Melania is humiliated by his affairs — but she’s angry,” Wolkoff added.
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania Trump and Donald Trump were photographed together at a Gucci event in New York City in 2008
The former first lady’s ex-assistant Stephanie Winston Wolkoff claims Melania is actually furious at Stormy Daniels’ sex claims, which are once again raising her head
‘Nevertheless, 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 to just pretend it never happened,” the former assistant said
Wolkoff helped produce Trump’s inauguration and later served as an unpaid White House adviser. She later published a book about her relationship with Melania.
Wolkoff said she was surprised to see Melania at her husband’s side. “Her silence is intentional, it is her weapon of choice and her protective armor,” she said.
‘Nevertheless, 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 to just pretend it never happened,” the former assistant said.
Wolkoff said Melania describes her critics as “jealous” and said the Slovenian native “hoped the Stormy Daniels scandal would be swept under the rug.”
“Her way of dealing with it is never to let her feelings show or influence you. I predict we’ll see her by his side again at the next social event in Mar-a-Lago,” she continued.
“Melania feels she doesn’t need to answer anyone or explain herself, so she’s not going to put herself in that position,” Wolkoff also said.
After returning from New York Tuesday night, Trump lashed out at New York City Attorney Alvin Bragg for filing criminal charges against him and declared himself a victim of vote-rigging without providing evidence.
Gathered before him in a gold-rimmed ballroom in Mar-a-Lago was a lineup of militant, die-hard Trump supporters, including Republican lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz, longtime activist Roger Stone, pillow maker Mike Lindell, the former US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell and the Trump sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
“I never thought something like this could happen in America,” Trump told supporters gathered at his home in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. “The only crime I committed was fearlessly defending our nation against those who seek to destroy it.”
Melania Trump failed to appear for husband Donald’s speech at Mar-a-Lago following his historic arrest and indictment in New York
Donald and Melania Trump were pictured together at Trump’s Palm Beach resort last week following the latest news of his indictment and imminent arrest
Trump, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, delivered a relatively short 25-minute speech Tuesday night in Florida compared to his rally speeches, which can sometimes last two hours.
Although he launched a tirade against prosecutors, he did not call for new protests from his supporters. And while he’s expected to return to campaigning soon, he gave no details on the matter.
Trump went deep into his personal grievances to declare himself persecuted by political opponents who are using 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 catching him “before he knew anything about me.”
He said the judge in the case, Juan Merchan, was “a Trump-hating judge.” But he offered no evidence to support his claim that they took action to undermine his bid for the White House.
Trump took fresh shots at all the different legal cases against him, from handling classified documents that were brought to Mar-a-Lago when Trump moved out of the White House in early 2021, the January 6, 2021 inquest, attack on the US -Capitol and the vote-interference case he’s faced in Georgia since the 2020 election.
Trump has expressed particular concern about the document case being investigated by Special Counsel Jack Smith, whom he has repeatedly called a “maniac.”
He said the cases were an attempt to thwart his third presidential bid, calling it “massive electoral interference on an unprecedented scale.”
Donald Trump Jr. and his fiancé Kimberly Guilfoyle have also both been spotted in Mar-a-Lago
Eric Trump, pictured with his wife Lara (left), and Tiffany Trump (right) were present at their father’s Mar-a-Lago speech
Donald Trump enters the courtroom 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 College Republican Club.
He said he was there to support a man who “represents the best chance for America to be great again.”
Mitchell said of the allegations against Trump: “It humiliates us all before the world.”
Wearing a black leather biker vest with a “Born to Ride” patch above the number 45, Alex Gonzalez, 45, who runs a security firm in Palm Beach, said he was there to show the former president that people care about him believe.
“It’s all a charade, man, it’s all a witch hunt,” Gonzalez said of the charges. “Trump should not be above the law – if he does something wrong, he should be held accountable like anyone else. But that’s nonsense and everyone knows it.’