General Discussion

Additionally, Grisham and another staffer spent time "shopping" in the White House military office "for a good-looking aide" to accompany the first lady to the State of the Union, at Melania Trump's request. "Mrs. Trump called to let me know that she wanted one of our military aides to escort her throughout the Capitol because 'the floors were so slippery,'" writes Grisham, who felt the request was a ruse for Trump to be seen with a handsome, uniformed younger man -- a visual likely to rankle her husband. "I laughed to myself because I'd seen the woman navigate dirt roads in her heels."