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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lloyd Green

Melania by Melania Trump review – a blame-dodging masterclass

a side-by-side image of Melania Trump looking to the side and her black and white book cover
‘Melania is by no means an exhaustive read, but it does leave the reader asking why she has chosen to bare her soul just weeks before the election.’ Composite: Getty Images, EPA

Melania Trump’s eponymously titled memoir is a 180-page exercise in buck-passing and blame-dodging. The former US first lady blames staffers for plagiarizing Michelle Obama; repeatedly stresses her love for her husband despite professing to abhor lying liars who lie; and declares abortion a fundamental right, without pausing to consider Donald Trump’s role in attacking it via the US supreme court.

Melania is by no means an exhaustive read, but it does leave the reader asking why she has chosen to bare her soul just weeks before the election. Or whether Kamala Harris might more accurately channel her policy preferences than her husband, the Republican nominee yet again.

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