Melania Trump Is 'Trying To Profit Off' Being A Mother To Barron, Ex-Aide Claims

Melania Trump has been accused by her former friend of using her status as a mom to make money.

Over the weekend, Melania, who shares son Barron Trump with her husband Donald Trump, announced that she is selling a necklace called "Her Love & Gratitude" for $245 ahead of Mother's Day next month.

However, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who once served as a senior adviser to the former first lady, slammed Melania's move as an alleged attempt to "profit off of being a mother."

"Melania Trump is using [the] 2016 playbook. Staying away from 'bullying' [and] focusing on a strong message as a 'loving mother' because no one would dare come after a loving mother wanting to protect her son," Winston Wolkoff wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Tuesday.

The former White House aide went on to allege, "Now [Melania] is trying to profit off of being a mother, promoting 'Love & Gratitude.'"

Winston Wolkoff followed this up with another tweet criticizing Melania's new venture and accusing her of grifting.

The event planner and former Vogue staffer recalled her previous friendship with the ex-FLOTUS, sharing that she once thought Melania had a "heart" of "solid gold."

However, Winston Wolkoff claimed she later learned "the hard way" that Melania was allegedly "fake."

"Now she's selling a gold-plated pendant to grift off the 'love' and 'gratitude' of a mother?!! How apropos!" Winston Wolkoff wrote on X.

Winston Wolkoff became friends with Melania after meeting her around 2003.

After Trump was elected president in 2016, Winston Wolkoff became one of the key planners of his inauguration events before going on to join the East Wing as an aide to Melania.

However, the longtime friends fell out after Winston Wolkoff faced backlash when The New York Times reported in 2018 that her company WIS Media Partners was paid $25.8 million by the inaugural committee for its role in planning the event.

Of this figure, Winston Wolkoff reportedly personally received $1.62 million, an unnamed source told the publication.

Winston Wolkoff later told the Times that her firm "retained a total of $1.62 million for all of its consulting and creative services, which was divided among our staff of 15 members (including myself)."

Melania parted ways with Winston Wolkoff following the backlash.

Winston Wolkoff went on to write a tell-all book titled "Melania and Me," in which she shared a number of shocking details, including alleged friction between the former first lady and her stepdaughter, Ivanka Trump.

At the time, Melania slammed Winston Wolkoff over her New York Times bestselling book, saying in a statement obtained by NBC News that her ex-aide "hardly knew me" and was "trying to distort my character."

Winston Wolkoff should be "looking within at her own dishonest behavior," Melania added.

Winston Wolkoff has since continued to call out the former model on social media.

Last week, she accused Melania of being "morally bankrupt " and allegedly participating in a cover-up to cast her as a "criminal" following the inauguration scandal.

Winston Wolkoff also claimed that Melania "knowingly" betrayed her and destroyed her life amid the lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against the author over her book.

Winston Wolkoff was accused in the lawsuit of violating a non-disclosure agreement with the government by publishing personal details about Melania.

In an earlier statement to CNN, Winston Wolkoff called the lawsuit "bullying tactics" and "a blatant abuse of the government to pursue their own personal interests and goals."

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