This is how Melania Trump is also making money from her name in the hot phase of the election campaign
The wife of the Republican presidential candidate has published her memoirs: 183 pages for a whopping $40. What does Melania Trump write about in the booklet?
Melania Trump on July 18 at the Republican Party Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Image: Matt Rourke/AP
She makes herself rare in the election campaign. Apart from an appearance at the Republican convention, Melania Trump has not yet appeared at her famous husband’s side.
Now the 54-year-old wife of the ex-president has published her memoirs and is causing a stir in the race for the White House. The thin volume – 183 pages of text plus glamorous photos of the former model – describes the career of the native Yugoslavian. In 18 chapters, Melania Trump tells how she found her way from a provincial Slovenian town to the center of power in the USA.
This is actually an interesting story. But unfortunately, Trump doesn’t speak openly about perhaps the most exciting parts of her life — her turbulent time alongside Trump, whom she married in 2005. Rather, the former first lady turns out to be a hardcore fan of her husband. She describes her Donald with so many positive words that you quickly get the feeling that an advisor to the Republican presidential candidate had written it.
Melania supports abortion rights
This also explains what is probably the most controversial passage in the book, in which Melania Trump advocates for the right to abortion. All women, she writes, should be able to dispose of their bodies freely from birth. This statement is supported by the majority of the American population, but is met with strong resistance from the right wing of the Republican Party. Trump, the presidential candidate, has long tried to act more flexibly on the abortion issue, at least in his numerous statements. Trump, the author, is now supporting him.
And of course they both benefit financially. The list price of the booklet, which bears the brief title “Melania,” is $40. (A German translation of the memoirs, which appeared in the USA on Tuesday, does not appear to be planned at the moment.) The Trumps never miss an opportunity to benefit financially from their fame.
