Omarosa Claims Melania Trump Is Using Fashion to Punish Donald Trump

It’s the book that keeps on giving! Former White House aide to the president Omarosa Manigault Newman has officially published her new book, Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House, and it’s chock-full of drama.

Newsweek reported that Omarosa wrote first lady Melania Trump is using fashion to “punish” her husband, alluding to two particularly damning incidents: Once, in 2016, Melania wore a pussy bow blouse to a presidential debate, shortly after the release of the Access Hollywood tape where Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women “by the pussy.” Then, more recently, Melania wore a jacket that said “I Really Don’t Care. Do U?” when she went to visit immigrant children after the administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy separated children from their parents at the border.

Manigault Newman wrote, “Taken as a whole, all of her style rebellions have served the same purpose, and not only misdirection and distraction—strategies her husband knows all too well. I believe Melania uses style to punish her husband. She wore that jacked to hurt Trump, setting off a controversy that he would have to fix, prolonging the conversation about the administration’s insensitivity, ruining the trip itself, and trying to make sure that no one asked her to do something like that again.”

Manigault Newman also wrote that, in her opinion, “Melania is counting every minute until he is out of office and she can divorce him.”

Melania’s spokesperson Stephanie Grisham told Newsweek, “Mrs. Trump rarely, if ever, interacted with Omarosa. It’s disappointing to her that she is lashing out and retaliating in such a self-serving way, especially after all the opportunities given to her by the president.”

But that’s not all! The rest of Manigault Newman’s book includes comments on Donald’s inappropriate behavior with his daughter Ivanka, critiques of other White House officials, including Betsy DeVos, and concerns about Trump’s mental health. In an interview with ELLE.com, she explained, “I do not believe that he has the mental capacity to lead this country. He is not well. The president is not well.”