Everyone’s a critic and the Trumps seem to have more than their fair share with the latest detractions focused on the former first lady.
During a CNN discussion about former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York City, host Erin Burnett offered a “juxtaposition” between how he and his wife, Melania Trump, are “spending their time.”
The former first lady’s ex-chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham, seemed more than happy to criticize a decision to “hawk some jewelry” this week as the ‘hush money’ trial kicked off in Manhattan.
Why is Melania Trump hawking a necklace for $245? And where is the money going?
“I try not to laugh at the thought that she would be raising money for his defense,” her former chief of staff Stephanie Grisham told OutFront pic.twitter.com/LAHfvHF8YZ
— Erin Burnett OutFront (@OutFrontCNN) April 23, 2024
“She’s out now selling a new jewelry line, a necklace for Mother’s Day, $245,” said the host of “OutFront” on Monday.
“She calls it, quote, ‘Her Love and Gratitude.’ Nothing on the websites suggests that the money raised is going to charity or anything like that. Do you have any sense what she could be selling the jewelry for?” Burnett asked Grisham.
“I mean, is this just money for herself? Money, to raise money for the legal defense where Trump’s been trying left and right and center to raise money. What’s it for?” she added.
“So, I try not to laugh at the thought that she would be raising money for his defense. I’m so sorry, that’s absolutely not going to be at number one,” Grisham snarked.
“They’re using so many people who are contributing, you know, to the president and to his — or, former president — and to his campaign for those things,” she continued.
“But, she’s doing it for herself, and had I been advising her, I would have said a couple of things. Number one, ‘This is the first day of your husband’s criminal trial and you’re going to hawk some jewelry? Probably not a very good look,'” said Grisham, who resigned amid the fallout of the January 6 events at the U.S. Capitol.
“And then yeah, I would have at least said, ‘Hey, are we going to give this to some kind of an initiative for children?’ Or, you know, her mother did just pass, so perhaps it would go to some kind of a, whether it’s Alzheimer’s, cancer, something, some proceeds. But instead, it just says, ‘Here you go, buy this for $245,'” the turncoat former aide said.
“And, then, another thing that you had said at the beginning of your segment is that, you know, she finds this to be a disgusting trial, or I forget what the word is. But, if that were the case, she would at least put that out on X. She would say something,” Grisham concluded her rant. “Melania Trump absolutely does what she wants to do. And if she felt this was a disgrace, she would say something.”
