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Grisham, who describes the Trump White House as “a clown car on fire running at full speed into a warehouse full of fireworks,” served as Melania Trump’s press secretary and later her chief of staff. In between, she worked as the White House’s communications director, a position she likened to “sitting in a beautiful office while a sprinkler system pours water down on you every second and ruins everything on your desk.”

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Grisham also shared that, during her time as communications director, a teenager challenged the president to go vegan for one month in exchange for a $1 million donation to veterans groups. Trump refused, she said, explaining “It messes with your body chemistry, your brain.” Before adding: “And if I lose even one brain cell, we’re ******.”

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Originally posted by AdagioM:
Too little, too late. She stayed long enough to be complicit.

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While other top aides resigned or were forced out, with some even speaking out against Trump while he was still in office, Grisham stood by the president throughout nearly the entirety of the Trump administration's four-year term, through numerous controversies -- and when asked on Monday by Stephanopoulos if it was a mistake to work for President Trump, she quickly replied, "Yes."

"Why do it?" Stephanopoulos asked.

"I do believe he gave voice to a lot of people who did feel forgotten," Grisham said. "But I think that many of us, myself included, got into that White House, and got heavy with power and … we didn't think about serving the country anymore, it was about surviving."