national security staffer mira ricardel was removed after mrs. trump publicly called for her dismissal. let s speak with nina, the author of golden handcuffs: the secret mystery of trump s women. how does melania trump s move to demote a staffer fit with your somewhat special understanding of her given your book? i think that one thing we have to keep in mind is the woman she ousted is croatian. and there may be some kind of balkan war hangover. slovenia was part of croatia. i just throw that out there because i can t believe that it only had to do with what is reportedly a disagreement over airplane seating. but overall what this tells us is that the first lady has more power in the white house,