TORONTO -- A new unauthorized biography about Melania Trump aims to strip away some of the mystery surrounding the First Lady.
鈥楩ree, Melania,鈥� released on Tuesday, was penned by , who describes Trump as 鈥渃alculated, quiet and independent鈥�-- and not to be underestimated.
The title appears to be a play on the viral hashtag which surfaced soon after Trump鈥檚 inauguration, alleging that the First Lady was a victim of circumstance.
The book digs into some of the major events surrounding the first family and rampant theories about what life is like behind closed doors.
The book alleges that the First Lady often weighs in on her husband鈥檚 decisions both in the political sphere and how he deals with his staff -- dispelling the myth of the president鈥檚 wife being a 鈥渂ystander鈥� in the corridors of power.
The speech that she gave at the Republican National Convention, which included plagiarized passages from a previous Michelle Obama speech, apparently made the First Lady 鈥渂eside herself with guilt,鈥� the book says.
However, the claims that the First Lady was let down not just by her speechwriter but by the president himself, as the speech only vetted by a 鈥渟keleton staff of political neophytes.鈥�
Bennett said in an interview with 麻豆影视鈥� Washington bureau correspondent Richard Madan that the Trumps sleep in different bedrooms in the White House, but that doesn鈥檛 鈥渋ndicate that there鈥檚 trouble.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檝e watched the president鈥檚 Twitter habits, he doesn鈥檛 get a lot of sleep,鈥� Bennett said. 鈥淗e tweets late at night and early in the morning. That can be part of it too.鈥�
The book also offers new context on some of Trump鈥檚 most infamous events.
For instance, Bennett writes about the jacket Trump wore during a trip to see migrant children at a border detention centre with the words 鈥淚 really don鈥檛 care, do u?鈥� on the back.
The jacket was in fact a message aimed at Ivanka Trump, Bennett alleges, after the president鈥檚 daughter took the 鈥渃redit鈥� for the work the First Lady did 鈥渂ehind the scenes鈥� pushing to end the migrant family separations at the border.
This is just one of the events detailing the friction between the two most important women in the president鈥檚 life according to Bennett, who says the way that the First Lady shows her anger is oftentimes more subtle.
For example, during the peak of the Stormy Daniels hush money scandal, the First Lady expressed her anger with the situation by refusing to travel with the president to his State of the Union speech.
Bennett suggests the snub was a way for Trump to express 鈥渢hat she鈥檚 maybe mad at him like things aren鈥檛 so great behind the scenes.鈥�
Even the Trump鈥檚 decision not to get a dog for their stay in the White House is covered in the biography, just another small glimpse into the notoriously press-shy First Lady鈥檚 daily life and decisions.
鈥淭hree years in, people still don鈥檛 know what to think of Melania Trump,鈥� Bennett said. 鈥淭hey might see her as cold and distant, but we have to dig a little deeper.
