Ivanka Sits In For Trump At G20

>> IVANKA TRUMP AND DONALD TRUMP ARE FACING CRITICISM AFTER
IVANKA TRUMP BRIEFLY SUBSTITUTED HER FATHER IN HIS SEAT AT THE
G20 SUMMIT.
SHE WAS PICTURED SITTING NEXT TO A NUMBER OF
WORLD LEADERS, INCLUDING ANGELA MERKEL.
SOME ARE ARGUING THIS
IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AS A RESULT SHE IS UNQUALIFIED AND SHE SHOULD
NOT HAVE SAT THERE.
I'M GOING TO DEFEND HER BUT FIRST LET
ME GIVE YOU DETAILS.
>>REALLY?
>> IVANKA TRUMP WAS NOT JUST THERE DILLYDALLYING ñ I'M SORRY
I HAVE A REALLY BAD COUGH.
>> THIS HAS CREATED MORE SUSPENSE.
>>I APOLOGIZE.
SO HE STEPS OUT BRIEFLY, SHE TAKES HIS SEAT.
PEOPLE ARE UPSET BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS NEPOTISM.
YES, BUT
IT HAS BEEN NEPOTISM FROM THE BEGINNING.
TO SAY REX TILLERSON,
HE WAS APPOINTED AS SECRETARY OF STATE SO HE SHOULD BE THE ONE TO
SIT THERE.
UNDERSTOOD, BUT HE ALSO WAS NOT ELECTED.
HE
CERTAINLY IS NOT QUALIFIED FOR THAT JOB AND SHE IS ACTUALLY
THERE TALKING TO WORLD LEADERS ABOUT SOMETHING, AND EFFORT THAT
SHE TOOK PART IN THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
THE WORLD BANK IS
TRYING TO RAISE $1 BILLION IN ORDER TO HELP PROVIDE CAPITAL TO
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS IN BOTH DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES.
SHE IS A WOMAN, AN ENTREPRENEUR, SHE HAS TRIED TO
RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND SO SHE NUDGED DONALD
TRUMP TO BE AWARE OF THESE ISSUES.
AS A RESULT THE US IS
GOING TO CONTRIBUTE $50 MILLION.
I THINK IT IS TOTALLY FINE FOR
HER TO SIT THERE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION BRIEFLY.
I FEEL LIKE
CRITICIZING HER FOR THIS SPECIFIC THING MAKES LIBERALS
SEEM INCREDIBLY PETTY.
ANGELA MERKEL WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS.
HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID.
>> ANA, YOU MAKE A COMPELLING CASE IN THAT SHE IS PART OF THE
ADMINISTRATION, AND IT IS WHAT IT IS.
ON THE OTHER HAND THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF POINTS TO BE MADE.
DOES TRUMP CARE ABOUT THIS
ISSUE?
>>HE DID TALK ABOUT IT DURING HIS SPEECH AT THE G 20.
>>SECONDLY, IF DEMOCRATS HAD DONE THIS PEOPLE WOULD LOSE
THEIR MINDS.
IF HILLARY CLINTON HAD CHELSEA CLINTON SIT IN FOR
HER, EVERY REPUBLICAN WOULD LOSE THEIR MIND.
>>THAT IS RIGHT.
AND THEY WOULD ATTACK AND IT WOULD BE PETTY.
BUT THAT'S ONLY IF THE CONTEXT OF THE SITUATION IS THE SAME AS
WHAT WE HAVE HERE NOW.
PLEASE DON'T END MISUNDERSTAND ME, I
HAVE NO LOVE FOR THE TRUMPS.
IT DOES PAIN ME TO DEFEND THEM,
BUT FAIR IS FAIR AND I FEEL THIS IS SUCH A RIDICULOUS CRITICISM.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING GOOD HERE, RIGHT?
>> ON THE SUBSTANCE, I AGREE WITH YOU.
YOU ARE RIGHT, THE
UNDERLINING ISSUE IS THAT THEY WORK AND THE WHITE HOUSE
IN
THE
FIRST PLACE.
PEOPLE WOULD THINK IT WAS STRANGE IF ANGELA MERKEL
HAD HER DAUGHTERS SIT IN AT A MEETING.
NOW, THE DAUGHTER IS
NOT 13, I GET IT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IVANKA TRUMP, WHAT HAS SHE
ACCOMPLISHED?
DONALD TRUMP SAID IF SHE WEREN'T MY DAUGHTER IT
WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR HER.
I THINK THAT IS A PREPOSTEROUS
STATEMENT.
>>I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE DONALD
TRUMP AS HER FATHER.
>>TRUE, BUT IT IS EASY ñ YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE.
SO YOUR DAD IS A
MONSTER, SAD DAY FOR YOU.
WOULD IVANKA TRUMP BE SITTING IN THAT
MEETING IF HER NAME WAS IVANKA JOHNSON?
NO.
VERY UNLIKELY.
>>YOU ARE RIGHT, BUT WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS WE HAVE
CRITICIZED HER QUITE A BIT FOR SAYING SHE WANTS TO EMPOWER
WOMEN WHEN IT APPEARED THAT SHE HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING TO EMPOWER
WOMEN.
HERE SHE IS PUSHING TRUMP TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR FEMALE
ENTREPRENEURS.
OBVIOUSLY SHE DOES NOT HAVE A LEVEL PLAYING
FIELD COMPARED TO OTHER WOMEN WHO ARE NOT AS CONNECTED, BUT
SHE IS AN ENTREPRENEUR AND IS DOING SOMETHING GOOD HERE.
INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE FACT THAT SHE IS SITTING AT THE
TABLE, THERE IS A GOOD SIDE TO THIS.
>> I THINK I TAKE ISSUE WITH
YOUR ñ I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO
PHRASE THINGS THAT WAY AS WELL SOMETIMES.
WHEN THEY SAY IF SHE
WEREN'T MY DAUGHTER IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR HER ñ I THINK
THAT IS WHAT GETS UNDER MY SKIN.
IF YOU WERE TO SAY ñ ACKNOWLEDGE
ñ BY THE WAY I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THOUSANDS OF BREAKS.
MY FATHER PUT ME IN
SITUATIONS THAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR.
JUST DON'T INSULT HER
INTELLIGENCE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY.
THAT GOES MORE TOWARDS
TO WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID AND IS DOING MORE THAN IVANKA.
I DO
APPRECIATE THAT THE MORE IMPORTANT THING IS THE
SUBSTANCE, AND THAT WAS GOOD NEWS.

Ivanka Sits In For Trump At G20

Latest Posts