Former first lady Melania Trump made her now infamous statement, “I really don't care, do I?” She refers to the jacket again in her upcoming memoir, claiming that her press secretary did not let her tell the “truth” about its mysterious meaning at the time.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's wife wore a controversial Zara jacket while touring an immigration detention center on the U.S.-Mexico border in 2018, and recently criticized the media for saying it was “modest.” However, he claimed that the intention was to send an “influential” message. she, The Guardian reported on Thursdaysaid an expert on the book.
However, the move quickly sparked widespread controversy and backlash, with many questioning her motives behind this brazen message.
Melania Grisham, the first lady, wrote about the moment she boarded the plane at the end of her tour, when then-press secretary Stephanie Grisham's inbox was immediately “flooded with urgent emails from top media outlets about the jacket.”
“This is a message to the media, to let them know that I don’t care what they think of me,” I said. [but] She said she couldn't tell me that. 'Why not? That’s the truth,” the 54-year-old recalled of his exchange with Grisham.
Melania “disagreed with her assertion that she could not say that,” the paper said. “Ignoring my comments, she told a close CNN reporter that it was just a jacket and a fashion choice with no underlying message.”
In her memoir, first lady Melania Trump accused the ensuing frenzy over the $39 jacket of overshadowing “the importance of children, borders and policy change” and was “just another example of irresponsible media behavior.” did.
Meanwhile, Grisham addressed the jacket incident in her 2021 memoir, writing that Trump told her off when she and the first lady returned to the White House.
Contrary to first lady Melania Trump's claims that she came up with the idea to wear the jacket to protest the media, Grisham wrote that Trump was behind it, saying, “Just tell them you're talking to the fucking press. ” he shouted.
Meanwhile, Grisham suddenly resigned as first lady Melania's chief of staff in 2021 and has become an outspoken critic of the Trump family.
The former first lady has already addressed the jacket issue in the past, telling ABC News shortly after donning it that she was protesting “left-wing media” for recent criticism of her.
