“Saying no to protect the president’s time was my job, and I became good at it.
But despite her swagger and semi-notoriety in the press, very little is known about Westerhout.
Countless individuals who once worked for the Trump administration have turned their back on the former president.
As Trump’s trial continues, let’s find out who Madeleine Westerhout is.
Here are 10 facts about the former personal secretary to former President Donald Trump.
“So I secured an internship, moved up there.”
At the end of the day, she was just eager to work.
The college graduate worked as a fitness instructor before embarking on her political career.
Westerhout’s fitness background became a point of contention when her identity was made public in 2016.
It seems like she may have closed the door on her fitness instructor chapter for good.
Rather, she joined a consulting firm called American Global Strategies as the company’s chief of staff.
In fact, she was so distraught following Trump’s victory that she reportedly burst into tears.
She also said her perspective had been clouded by the mainstream media at the time.
“Tonight, I could not be more proud to support @realDonaldTrump with all of my heart.
“Who is this?”
“Top Chef” star Tom Colicchio asked onX.
“She has greeted everyone at Trumps [sic] golf club and T Tower.
No snark just wondering.”
By 2017, she was appointed executive assistant to President Trump.
The job was sometimes stressful for the Orange County native, but she nonetheless found her work highly rewarding.
Accordingly, the newcomer had nothing but kind words to say about her divisive boss.
“Madeleine is the key,” he once declared, per The Washington Post.
“She’s the secret.”
Unlike countless others who were once regarded close confidants of Trump, Westerhout remained loyal to the contentious reality-TV-star-turned-POTUS.
Accordingly, she became indebted to him.
Millennials,” she wrote onXin 2020, her idiosyncratic tweeting style not unlike Trump’s.
But in February 2019, such claims were seemingly confirmed when the president’s work schedule was leaked toAxios.
According to her, the laziness accusations levied at Trump were entirely baseless.
“What these don’t show are the hundreds of calls and meetings @realDonaldTrump takes everyday.”
Much has been made ofDonald Trump’s relationship with his kids.
In August 2019, Westerhout was fired after making disparaging remarks about Tiffany to journalists.
He later wrote onXthat he forgave Westerhout, who apologized for her behavior.
“I was devastated after I lost my job,” she said.
And I think this book reads almost like my diary.”
What I experienced was someone who loves this country and who’s a kind man."
But in addition to his distinctive mannerisms, Trump is famed for his bizarre speech patterns and tweeting style.
“But we finally have a commander-in-chief who shares with the American people his thought process …
So I would much rather have a transparent president.”
“My recollection is there are certain words he liked to capitalize,” she said, per theBBC.
“Words like ‘country’.
He liked to use exclamation points.
It is my understanding that he liked to use the Oxford comma.”
