Melania Trump Plotted To Keep Ivanka Trump Out Of The Swearing-In Pictures
President Donald Trump’s family sets a good example of an ideal organization of family members. They are together, show enormous support for each other both in good times and in hard times, and share a frame for family photographs. Well, the last part may not be entirely correct because FLOTUS may have broken the family tradition.
According to the first lady’s former friend, Melania Trump plotted to keep Ivanka Trump out of the swearing-in photos at Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The first lady was the one who had the final approval rights for the inauguration ceremony’s seating arrangements. She strategically chose the first daughter’s place to keep her out of the frame so that she doesn’t appear in photos of Donald Trump taking the oath of office on the inauguration day. The plot was officially titled Operation Block Ivanka.
The revelations have been made by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff’s book forthcoming book Melania & Me. Although the memoir is set to come out on September 1, an excerpt from it was recently published by New York Magazine.
According to the excerpt, Wolkoff and Melania plotted the scheme together and launched Operation Block Ivanka. The buddy-duo took advantage of Wolkoff’s position on the inauguration planning committee to know the nooks and crannies of the inauguration day in advance in order to keep the first daughter out of the shot.
Keeping Ivanka out of the frame, Melanie wanted the picture of her direct family that includes her, Trump, and their son Barron. The plan played out as intended, she got a picture of the three together while Trump was taking oath for office.
Wolkoff wrote in her book, 'Using his sketch, we were able to figure out whose face would be visible when Donald and Melania sat in their seats, and then when the family stood with Chief Justice John Roberts for Donald to take the oath of office. 'If Ivanka was not on the aisle, her face would be hidden while she was seated. For the standing part, we put Barron between Donald and Melania.'
The summarising part goes as, 'Yes, Operation Block Ivanka was petty. Melania was in on this mission. But in our minds, Ivanka shouldn’t have made herself the center of attention in her father’s inauguration.”
The pictures from the inauguration ceremony, to a great extent, authenticate what Wolkoff reveals in the book. It’s possible that she was tapped to participate in order to achieve success in keeping Ivanka away.