I'll Take Your Questions Now
2021 nonfiction book by Stephanie Grisham
I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House is a nonfiction tell-all book written by former White House Press Secretary for the first Trump Administration , Stephanie Grisham . It was published in October 2021 by HarperCollins .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Background
Grisham in September 2019
Stephanie Grisham served as the 32nd White House press secretary and as White House communications director from July 2019 to April 2020.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] She served as Chief of Staff and Press Secretary for the first lady of the United States , Melania Trump from 2020 to 2021, and previously as her Press Secretary from 2017 to 2019.[ 8] She is now estranged from the Trumps. She was a press aide to Donald Trump 's 2016 presidential campaign ,[ 9] [ 10] and then a member of the presidential transition team .[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] As Press Secretary, she was the first White House press secretary in American history to hold no press conferences,[ 14] instead opting for interviews on conservative news outlets.[ 7] [ 15] [ 16] Grisham assumed the role of chief of staff to the first lady on April 7, 2020.[ 17] She resigned on January 6, 2021, following the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol .[ 8] In September 2021, she announced the publication of her book.[ 18]
Responses
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HarperCollins calls the book "The most frank and intimate portrait of the Trump White House yet." Grisham said, "[t]his is not, by the way, a book where you need to like me."[ 2]
Trump himself said, "Stephanie didn't have what it takes and that was obvious from the beginning." He also said "[s]he had big problems and we felt that she should work out those problems for herself."[ 2]
References
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Bennet, Kate (September 28, 2021). "Trump's former press secretary details his mysterious 2019 hospital visit in behind-the-scenes look at his White House" . CNN . Retrieved September 29, 2021 .
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Rogers, Katie (September 28, 2021). "Stephanie Grisham's Book Details Trump's 'Terrifying' Temper" . The New York Times .
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Jada Yuan and Josh Dawsey (September 28, 2021). "Trump played tough with Putin when cameras were around, but a new book details his insecurities" . Washington Post . Retrieved September 29, 2021 .
^ "New book says Trump told Putin: I'll act tough with you – for the cameras" . The Guardian . September 28, 2021.
^ FitzSimmons, Cal (June 25, 2019). "Eastmont graduate named new press secretary for President Trump" . NCW Life Channel . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
^ Pappas, Alex (June 25, 2019). "Stephanie Grisham to be the new White House Press Secretary" . FoxNews.com . Fox News . Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
^ a b Collins, Kaitlan; Bennett, Kate (April 7, 2020). "Grisham out as West Wing press secretary without having held a briefing" . CNN . Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
^ a b Bennett, Kate (January 6, 2021). "First lady's chief of staff and former WH press secretary resigns over violent protests" . CNN . Retrieved January 7, 2021 .
^ Bach, Natasha (June 14, 2019). "Who Is Stephanie Grisham? She Just Replaced Sarah Sanders" . Fortune Magazine . Retrieved September 17, 2019 .
^ Rogers, Katie; Karni, Annie (June 25, 2019). "Trump Names Stephanie Grisham, Aide to First Lady, as Sarah Sanders's Successor" . The New York Times . Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
^ Farhi, Paul (August 28, 2019). "Stephanie Grisham is Trump's communications czar. Only most people wouldn't know it" . The Washington Post . Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
^ Wingett Sanchez, Yvonne (January 19, 2017). "This Arizonan is going to the White House to work for Donald Trump" . The Republic . Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
^ Howard, Andrew (June 25, 2019). "Trump taps Stephanie Grisham as White House spokeswoman" . Arizona Capitol Times . Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
^ "The short, strange tale of Stephanie Grisham, Trump's third – and invisible – press secretary" . The Washington Post . April 14, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
^ Johnson, Ted (April 7, 2020). "Stephanie Grisham Departs As White House Press Secretary" . Deadline . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
^ Darcy, Oliver (November 11, 2019). "White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has yet to hold a briefing with reporters, but finds time for Fox News" . CNN. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .
^ "White House spokeswoman Grisham switches to first lady's staff" . Reuters . April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
^ Kim, Lisa (September 28, 2021). "All The Surprising Trump Revelations In Ex-Press Secretary Grisham's New Book" . Forbes . Retrieved September 29, 2021 .
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