Wearing an oversized sweater, Ivanka sat down for an interview with NBC’s Peter Alexander during the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.
In case you missed it, the interview, which took place on Sunday, had the two chatting about this and that. Maybe you’ve seen it, maybe you haven’t, but we thought we would cover our bases.
Alexander even touched on a subject that Ivanka deflected with a defensive answer, reports Mediaite.
It went something like this:
“Do you believe your father’s accusers?” Alexander asked, to which Ivanka balked.
“I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated that there’s no truth to it,” Ivanka replied.
“I don’t think that’s a question you would ask many other daughters,” she added. “I believe my father, I know my father.”
“I think I have that right as a daughter to believe my father.”
Watch it below, from the 0:37 mark:
Uncomfortable, yes. Inappropriate, no.
Trump has had a long history of dodgy dealings with women, among other things.
We all know that Donald and Ivanka share a close bond that many times borders on creepy, and her response to this question only proves her loyalty.
A quick look at why it’s not inappropriate to ask such a question via NewsAU:
…an inappropriate question to ask “a daughter”? Has she forgotten she’s been a senior adviser in the President’s administration for almost a year now?
Ivanka has her own office, staff and a wide portfolio of issues under her belt, but when faced with an inconvenient question — a question anyone who works closely with the President in his administration should be able to answer — she’s suddenly just “a daughter” again.
Ivanka is not just “his daughter” anymore, like she was during the presidential campaign. She holds a key role in the White House. She’s positioned herself within the administration as a voice for women’s issues. Since her father’s rise to the White House, she’s addressed the gender gap, called for improvements to paid family leave policies, and penned a book filled with advice for corporate women, presenting herself as a symbol of women who can “have it all”.
NBC’s Alexander deserves points for trying, though.
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