Washington post reporter mary jordan about her biography of first lady Melania Trump. The book is called the art of her deal. She was interviewed by usa today Washington Bureau chief susan page. Its great to talk to you. How are you . It seems to me Melania Trump is the most mysterious first lady weve ever had in modern times, the one we know the least about. Do you think that is true . I do. Thats why set up to do this because i thought that was just this strange void of facts, information. During the 2016 campaign i remember turning to the editor in the newsroom. I worked at the Washington Post and saying if donald trump wins, his wife is an immigrant, especially at the time he was having a rally that day really about the wall and keeping immigrants out. I started making calls and i just come it was shocking how little was known about basic biographical information. Donald trump has been in the public eye for ever it seems like. Why do we know so little about melania . Theres a bunch
Most mysterious first lady we have ever had in modern times. You think that is true. I certainly do pretty so i set out to do this because i thought there was this strange void of facts and information. In keeping immigrants out. It was just shocking how little is known about basic biographical information. Donald trump has been in the public eye forever it seems like. Why do we know so little about melania . There are a lot of reasons. One is she only arrived in america at 26. So i had to travel to her native country, its a small country carved out of the former yugoslavia. When she was there was a socialist country. They did not have great archive archives. The bosnian war, that whole area was engulfed in conflict. Also, she once it that way. When i was going around, it was very interesting how many people said oh ive got a call that said dont talk to anybody. She really shes really made a brand out of being the mysterious milani f. I think one aspect of that is people make a lot of
Post to say if donald trump wins, his wife is an immigrant. Especially at that time he was having a rally that day really about the wall to keep immigrants out. So i started to make calls and it was just shocking how little was known about basic autobiographical information. Donald trump has been in the public eye forever. Why do we know so little about milania . A bunch of reasons but she only arrived in america in 2006 so i had to travel to her native countrys lenient part of the former yugoslavia. And was a socialist country and right around the time that she left that whole bulk and area i was involved in conflict when i was going around its very interesting how many said i got a call dont talk. And that enigmatic and mysterious. One of the effects of that people make assumptions about her that you discovered turned out not to be true. Tell us about some of those. Because we didnt see her on the campaign trail we dismissed her as a nonplayer. But it turns out even though you dont s
And what better way to honor the president than by gathering, to contract the very virus whose existence he denies . By the way, heres one of Donald Trumps old birthday invitations from a party he had in 1994. The theme was trump lord of the financial jungle. Thats him and marla maples in jungle garb. This card is amazing for so many reasons. This was 26 years ago and nothing depicted in it now exists. That body is fake, the casino went bankrupt, the marriage ended, that hair is gone. Even the elephant in the background was shot and killed by donald jr. The president had a busy day of travel today, but he did find time to tweet. A lot. Last night, he wrote about occupy protests in washington state. He must have been watching tv and tweeted radical left governor jayinslee and the mayor of seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great country has never seen before. Take back your city now. If you dont do it, i will. This is not a game. These ugly anarchists must be stoop
Especially so it is shocking how little was known about basic biographical information. Donald trump has been in the public eye forever. Why do we know so little about milania . A bunch of reasons. Wine, shelley arrived in america at 26. So i had to travel to her native country slovenia which is a small country carved out of yugoslavia. It was a socialist country when she was there rightparenthesis around the time that she left. The whole area was engulfed in conflict. Also when i was going around it was very interesting how many people said i got a call that said dont talk to anybody. Still enigmatic and one effective that is people make a lot of assumptions about her that you discovered not to be true. Talk about some of those. Because we did not see her on the campaign trail, that shes not a player but even though you dont see her and certainly dont hear her she does have influence with her husband. During the Campaign Many people, former Campaign Managers say that after a rally tru