The Art of Her Deal

Author: Mary Jordan

Genre: Biography

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2020

Pages: 352
Rating: Recommend

Synopsis: Based on interviews with more than one hundred people in five countries, The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump draws and unprecedented portrait of the first lady. While her public image is of an aloof woman floating above the political gamesmanship of Washington, behind the scenes Melania Trump is not only part of President Trump's inner circle, but for some key decisions she has been hissingle most influential advisor.

Throughout her public life, Melania Trump has purposefully worked to remain mysterious. With the help of key people speaking publicly for the first time and never-before-seen documents and tapes, The Art of Her Deal looks before she met Donald Trump. Mary Jordan traces Melania's journey from Slovenia, where her family stood out for their noncorformity, to her days as a fledgling model know for steering clear of the industry's hard-partying scene, to a tiny living space in Manhattan she shared platonically with a male photographer, to the long, complicated dating dance that finally resulted in her marriage to Trump. Jordan documents Melania's key role in Trump's political life before and at the White House, and shows why he trust her instincts above all.

The picture of Melania Trump that emerges in The Art of Her Deal is one of a woman who is savvy, steeling, ambitious, deliberate, and who plays the long game. And while it is her husband who became famous for the phrase, "the art of the deal," it is she who has consistently used her leverage to get exactly what she wants. This is the story of her art of the deal.

 

Review: Melania is interesting to me, and partly because she is rather mysterious. This author didn't dig up any dirt on her, and took a non-biased approach in discussing. I didn't expect any earth-shattering revelations, and there weren't any. Melania is a smart lady, stands on her own two feet, and she and Trump are well-suited. That was my take-away.