In Wolkoff's book release, the East Wing has for the first time faced a problem more commonly reserved for the West Wing: the "tell-all" book by a former employee. "It rattled her, for sure," another White House source tells CNN of Trump's private response to Wolkoff's book. While outwardly the strategy was to discredit and demonize Wolkoff, inside the East Wing, there was a push for "nothing to see here" normalcy. A simple Google search could have helped Stephanie understand that,") and attempting to secure East Wing office space ("Never happened. Ivanka never considered having an office in the East Wing nor did she send her husband to claim one,") simply is not true.

Source: CNN September 04, 2020 16:52 UTC