Melania Trump's former chief of staff and press secretary has revealed the one-word text from the former First Lady that made her resign.
Stephanie Grisham was a trusted adviser to the First Lady for years but resigned after the January 6 Capitol riots.
Grisham told CNN after the riots she tried to get Melania to condemn the violence but instead received a one-word text that pushed her to resign.
"I wanted her to say...'To assemble is the right of every American but there is no room for violence or hatred'.
"Nothing political, just please let's take the temperature down. I thought she would because when Charlottesville happened she was one of the first to put something out... when she wrote back 'no' - one word 'no', I just stared at the phone, I was shocked and I was kind of waiting for a follow up of 'Maybe we should say this' but there was just nothing," she told CNN.
In her newly-released memoir "I'll Take Your Questions Now’, Grisham said after she resigned she received a vague and "cold" letter from her former boss.
"After they left the White House, Mrs. Trump sent all of her employees personalized letters thanking them for their service, along with a candid photo with them that she had signed. I know that because the gift was my idea and I wrote the letters which were filled with personalized details as well as their job titles," Grisham wrote.
"Not that it matters at this point, but I received no gift, and my letter was so vague and cold that a doorman would have been offended. It read, 'Dear Stephanie, Thank you for your service to the American people as a member of the office of the First Lady. I hope you look back on your time at the White House as cherished, knowing you helped serve our country. I send my best wishes to you on your next endeavour.'"
Grisham said in her book she felt slighted by the letter and its impersonal tone.
"It's the equivalent of a 'Dear John' letter for the workplace. I'm not sure that was done because I resigned on January 6 or because my resignation went public in the press and she felt betrayed."
Grisham said she knew Melania well enough to know she "knew what she was doing with that letter".
Grisham, along with several other White House staffers publicly quit after the infamous Capitol Riots.
