A new book delving into the life of Melania Trump has exposed details about the relationship between the United States' First Lady and the President's eldest daughter.
The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump is being released on Tuesday by The Washington Post journalist Mary Jordan. It reportedly includes details of Melania's rise within the New York family and her place within the White House as the wife of President Donald Trump.
According to a preview by The New York Times released over the weekend, the book says Melania has been heard calling Ivanka "The Princess" while Melania has been called "The Portrait" by Ivanka as the First Lady speaks so little.
It's said Ivanka, who serves as a senior advisor to the President, also wanted to rename the First Lady's Office as the First Family Office, reflecting the presence of many Trump family members within the administration. It's reported Melania blocked this move.
This reportedly occurred while Melania remained with her son Barron in New York at the start of Trump's presidency. The pair remained in the Big Apple to allow Barron to finish school, but the book says during this time Melania also renegotiated her prenuptial agreement with the President.
"With Melania away, Ivanka used the private theatre, with its plush red seats, and enjoyed other White House perks. Some said she treated the private residence as if it were her own home. Melania did not like it. When she and Barron finally moved in, she put an end to the 'revolving door' by enforcing firm boundaries," Business Insider cites an excerpt from the book as saying.
Multiple media outlets report the White House as vehemently denying the book's accounts.
"These allegations couldn't be further from the truth and had the Washington Post or the publishers of this book fact-checked this with Ivanka's office, they would know that," deputy press secretary Judd Deere said.
"Hit pieces like these only serve to conjure non-existent palace-intrigue stories unworthy of the paper they're printed on."
The New York Times reports the book as saying that Melania doesn't like to be "considered fragile". Instead, she encouraged her husband to go for the presidency and chose Mike Pence to be his running mate. She has also been influential over getting the President to back down on decisions, such as separating children from their parents at the Mexican border, according to the Times.
It's said Jordan conducted over 100 interviews for the book, but many were off-the-record.