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Justin Vallejo,Stuti Mishra
Thursday 30 September 2021 00:39 BST
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Stephanie Grisham’s tell-all new memoir I’ll Take Your Questions Now has already generated reams of headlines before the book’s official release. The title carries a hint of irony, as the former White House press secretary never held an on-camera briefing for reporters.

Among the explosive claims in the book, Ms Grisham writes that the former president told Russian president Vladimir Putin he would but on a tough act for the cameras before the two spoke in private.

Ms Grisham claimed She also claimed her ex-boss called her from Air Force One to insist that his penis was not shaped like a mushroom, as alleged by former porn star Stormy Daniels.

On top of that, the book claims that first lady Melania Trump had her own way of getting back at her husband – by having a handsome US marine escort her at official events.

Mr Trump called Ms Grisham “angry and bitter” over his former press aide’s book.

In multiple statements, Mr Trump said Ms Grisham’s "untrue" claims were the result of a disgruntled employee who didn’t "have what it takes" after a break-up, in an apparent reference to her split with another White House official, Max Miller.

Preview copies of the book were obtained by The Washington Post and The New York Times ahead of its release on 5 October.

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David Taintor29 September 2021 16:44

Trump accused of ogling ‘highly attractive’ press assistant’s body on Air Force One

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham claims she kept a pretty young staffer away from Donald Trump after he summoned her to his cabin on Air Force One to “look at her a**”.

While the former president reportedly became “obsessed” with the “highly attractive” press assistant, Ms Grisham says in her new book that she was too “chicken s***” to tell Melania Trump.

The Independent’s Justin Vallejo has more:

David Taintor29 September 2021 18:17

I’ll Take Your Questions Now rises to no 4 slot on Amazon’s best-seller list

The steady drumbeat of thunderous headlines from Stephanie Grisham’s book has propelled it up the Amazon charts. The tell-all memoir, set to be officially released on Tuesday, currently sits at no 4 on Amazon’s best-seller list.

David Taintor29 September 2021 22:01

NYT review commends ‘chatty’ and ‘sarcastic’ prose in Grisham book

The New York Times is out with its review of I’ll Take Your Questions Now – and critic Alexandra Jacobs overall seemed to enjoy the book.

“Chatty, sarcastic and scatological (her first real encounter with Trump is near a toilet), her prose effectively Ex-Laxes the whole weird experience,” she writes.

Read the whole review here.

David Taintor30 September 2021 00:27

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