Jill Biden’s Memoir Contains the Complete Story of Her Frosty Relationship With Melania Trump
In Jill’s telling, the friendliest first lady is Brigitte Macron, who she says treated her like a sister when they shared “champagne and french fries” during an October 2021 trip to Rome. “Every time I saw Brigitte, I liked her even more,” Jill notes. Macron was apparently especially thoughtful in a pinch. “I arrived in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies in the middle of a torrential downpour,” Jill writes. “Before I had to face the public, Brigitte called me into a room she’d saved just for me, and brought in a hair dryer so I could dry off and fix my makeup before I had to greet everyone else.” Yet the one powerful woman Jill didn’t connect with was her successor in the office of first lady: Melania Trump. Jill writes that Melania didn’t invite her over for the traditional first lady tea in 2021, after Joe defeated Donald in the 2020 election. In 2024 the Democrats lost—and once again, Melania and Jill’s contact was limited; Jill writes that Melania declined her …







