RNC 2020: Melania and Ivanka Trump caught in awkward video moment as tell-all book reveals ‘tense relationship’

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While introducing Donald Trump to deliver his nomination speech, the first lady’s facial expression could be seen dramatically changing after Ivanka, who had also taken to the stage to welcome her father, enters the stage. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who is said to have been close to Ms Trump for several years before she entered the White House, alleges in ‘Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady’ that the first lady attempted to block Ivanka from appearing in photos of her father’s swearing-in at his January 2017 inauguration. But in our minds, Ivanka shouldn’t have made herself the center of attention in her father’s inauguration.” According to Ms Wolkoff, there was an ongoing power struggle between the two women in the White House. A White official sought to question Ms Wolkoff’s character, saying she had “inflated her relationship with the first lady”.