Take this blind quote from a supposed friend: "She’s smart for the things she’s interested in, like jewelry. Message: She’s a wealthy trophy wife who shies away from politics and doesn’t have much to say. The Donald’s wife, at their wedding, wore "a $100,000 Dior dress that laborers’ hands had toiled upon for a legendary 550 hours, affixing 1,500 crystals." It only takes until the second paragraph of GQ’s profile of Melania Trump for the condescending tone to break through.
Melania shared a Fox News column by Howard Kurtz which says Ioffe's GQ article went "too far": It was the article's tone that upset Trump supporters, what they found to be Ioffe's condescending comments on the Trumps' wealth and the article's focus on Melania's personal endeavors, both in business and in family. Melania Trump is as tailored to The Donald as if a divine plastic surgeon had sculpted her out of his rib.īut that doesn't seem to be why Melania and Trump supporters were upset by it. She is, in fact, positively biblical-Trump’s perfect "help meet," his "suitable helper," as the Bible’s description of Eve would have it. Melania is the ideal wife for the conservative base. The thesis of Ioffe's GQ profile of Melania is perfectly clear: Melania and Donald are a perfect match: Why Ioffe's article incited so much hate from Trump supporters Ioffe has not responded to Vox's interview request. "I started the day off having a sense of humor about it but by the end of the day, after a few phone calls like this, with people playing Hitler speeches, and the imagery, and people telling me my face would look good on a lampshade, it’s hard to laugh." "It’s unsettling," she said to the Guardian on Thursday night. In an interview with the Guardian, Ioffe said she was able to develop a sense of humor about the increasingly disturbing messages she was receiving. In Ioffe's case, they were frequently anti-Semitic - which Ioffe pointed out was particularly ironic, given her family's history:Īt least they're fluent in 80s pop culture? /4pTTfa7jhE The response to Ioffe's article was immediate, and, like most attacks surrounding Trump, they were personal. Trump supporters responded to Ioffe's article with unbridled rage and violent threats And Trump, in Trump fashion, has been quiet on condemning the hatred, allowing his fans to spiral deeper into hostility. Ioffe is the latest in a string of Trump's media casualties, journalists who have been exposed to the wrath of the Republican presidential candidate's angriest supporters. In the subsequent 24 hours, Ioffe - who is Jewish and was born in Russia - has been told she should be burned in an oven, told she should be shot in the head, received a call inquiring about overnight casket delivery, and sent Photoshopped images of her in a concentration camp uniform. I am hopeful that the media will begin to cover me fairly and be respectful of my family's privacy.Įxpressing discontent was enough for Trump supporters to go on the offensive. The company in which I was involved with did not honor the contract and did not meet their obligations and as such the courts ruled in my favor. Ioffe’s unfair scrutiny.įurthermore, the statement surrounding the performance of my skincare collection is completely false. My parents are private citizens and should not be subject to Ms.
There are numerous inaccuracies in this article including certain statements about my family and claims on personal matters. Julia Ioffe, a journalist who is looking to make a name for herself, clearly had an agenda when going after my family. "The article published in GQ today is yet another example of the dishonest media and their disingenuous reporting," Melania Trump posted on her Facebook page: Since the article appeared, she has been exposed to a slew of frightfully violent anti-Semitic attacks from Trump supporters.Īlthough Ioffe interviewed Melania Trump for the article, she and her husband took issue with the final piece - which explored Melania's family life in Slovenia, her career as a model, and her relationship with Trump. "I'm getting phone calls from a blocked number that play Hitler's speeches when I pick up," Ioffe tweeted. Then she received a phone call from Adolf Hitler. Journalist Julia Ioffe published an exclusive article interviewing Donald Trump's wife Melania Trump in GQ on Wednesday.
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