nucklehead Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Quote Because — Ivanka. The most personable, palatable, fashionable, Trump-lite member of the future first family. The most inscrutable, yet most weirdly relatable. Some people think she’ll be the real first lady, with her telegenic personality and her copacetic pet causes, and her lifestyle website, already dedicated to being a gracious host and professional woman. Last week, her father formally named her to his transition team; early this week, rumours swirled — which Donald Trump later denied — that the president-elect had requested top-secret security clearance for Ivanka and her brothers. On Monday evening, CNN’s Dana Bash went on air and read out loud an incredulous text message from a friend: “What clandestine operation is Ivanka going to run?” All the operations, Dana. We can’t shake the feeling that Ivanka is the key to this all. What is going on here? is a question everyone is asking about everything happening at every moment in Washington right now, and possibly until the end of time. On Tuesday, major news outlets reported that the transition team was a mess; on Wednesday, Donald Trump tweeted that the transition “is going so smoothly,” and we are reduced to scouring Ivanka Trump’s Instagram feed to figure out the future of the country. Here is a video of Ivanka’s daughter singing a song about pineapples, posted at the same time that a former national security official warned the world to “stay away” from the “arrogant, screaming” transition team. Here is Ivanka, 35, in a Snapchat-filtered floral headdress. Here is a current article on her pastel, aspirational lifestyle website, headlined “5 tips for mixing work and family.” (Family dinner agenda: appoint new attorney general; secretary of state?) Ivanka sat for a “60 Minutes” interview with the rest of her family this week and folded her hands primly across her lap, one wrist bedecked with a heavy gold bracelet. “I’m going to be a daughter,” she said firmly when Lesley Stahl asked whether she would be seeking a job in the Trump administration. The next morning, a sales representative from her jewelry line sent out a notice to journalists that the aforementioned gold bangle was Ivanka’s “favorite.” It could be purchased for $10,800 through the Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry website. Daughter-slash-businesswoman? Businesswoman-slash-presidential adviser? What does it all mean, Ivanka? Journalists debated whether the bracelet event was an outright conflict of interest or a slightly murky but also savvy move. The mystery of Ivanka is that she always does seem to be running some kind of clandestine mission — blowing some kind of dog whistle or bleating some kind of Morse code, or becoming the attractive vessel into which both parties poured their own hopes and dreams. “Like many of my fellow millennials, I do not consider myself categorically Republican or Democrat,” she said while introducing her father at the Republican National Convention in July. “More than party affiliation, I vote based on what I believe is right, for my family and for my country. Could Ivanka be reasoned with? wondered the commenters who viewed her father as too unpredictable and were seeking reassurance. Was Ivanka the one secretly running the whole show? When there are no answers, it’s easier to ask questions and adapt wild conspiracy theories as the answers. “Are Ivanka and Jared Kushner concocting a House of Cards-style game of their own?” Vanity Fair asked this week, in an article about the hypothetical machinations of Ivanka and her husband. They were, the essay argued, “positioned to become the de facto first couple.” Ivanka was the one who stayed focused. She was the one who had a politician’s poise, and she held her highest cards close to her vest. What do we make of her? What is her endgame, when she insists that she is not a political person, while advocating for politically divisive causes, like equal wages for women and paid maternity leave? When, while working on the transition team for the highest office in the land, she is simultaneously posting videos online of her with her officemates, goofing around, doing the mannequin challenge? Ivanka: is the fairest of them all, but she also seems like the steeliest, the kind of person who might bring a stiletto to a knife fight. Ivanka: poised to fight for child-care reform, amid her own online pregnancy photos that revealed she was one of those women who looked as though she tucked a soccer ball down her size 2 dress and emerged nine months later with a baby. Ivanka: in those other photos where — and we realize that cameras are always catching things at weird angles and odd moments — but those photos where the president-elect always seems to be patting around his daughter’s butt. “She does have a very nice figure,” Trump once said of his daughter. “I’ve said that if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps, I would be dating her.” Oh, Ivanka. Oh God, Ivanka. Speak to us. We are listening...The country needs Ivanka. We’ve got to figure out Ivanka. http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/comment-to-understand-the-trump-presidency-we-must-decipher-ivanka/ar-AAkq8ZQ?li=AAadgLE&ocid=spartanntp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Relateable? I guess if you are self entitled and expect everything to be given to you. Doesn't seem like a very intelligent person either, Michelle Obama is smart, articulates herself well and seems very down to earth. Probably a way better first-lady in my mind and would probably make a good leader/politician as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
we win the cup in 2025 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 the trump presidency will go down in history for all the wrong reasons. what is going to happen when the great unwashed who voted for him discover that it was all lies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrible.dee Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 15 minutes ago, we win the cup in 2022 said: the trump presidency will go down in history for all the wrong reasons. what is going to happen when the great unwashed who voted for him discover that it was all lies? Same thing that happened when we all found out Obama's HOPE was only a catchphrase (Well, I knew all along, the guy had NO AGENDA, just....HOPE) Nothing...zero..zilch And you guys are freaking out like a bunch of trained monkeys, you all should be ashamed Here's the deal: The prez of the USA doesn't have NEARLY as much power as you think he does, in fact the office is more of a distraction than anything, you want to see whats going on, stop obsessing about the president and look around, he didn't cause it and he isn't the one who is going to change it Millions of people the world over freaking out about Trump, when if they changed a few things in their own lives the world would change in a hurry, but that's no fun! That means I"M RESONISBLE FOR MAKING THE WORLD WHAT IT IS, not some dude thousands of miles away who most of you will neve have anything to do with. Trump isn't what you think he is, and neither is the presidency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Can't wait for Ivanka vs. Chelsea ... 2028, 2032, 2036? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 1 hour ago, terrible.dee said: Same thing that happened when we all found out Obama's HOPE was only a catchphrase (Well, I knew all along, the guy had NO AGENDA, just....HOPE) Nothing...zero..zilch And you guys are freaking out like a bunch of trained monkeys, you all should be ashamed Here's the deal: The prez of the USA doesn't have NEARLY as much power as you think he does, in fact the office is more of a distraction than anything, you want to see whats going on, stop obsessing about the president and look around, he didn't cause it and he isn't the one who is going to change it Millions of people the world over freaking out about Trump, when if they changed a few things in their own lives the world would change in a hurry, but that's no fun! That means I"M RESONISBLE FOR MAKING THE WORLD WHAT IT IS, not some dude thousands of miles away who most of you will neve have anything to do with. Trump isn't what you think he is, and neither is the presidency. And if one ever tries to be "the one", they'll end up like JFK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 3 hours ago, terrible.dee said: Same thing that happened when we all found out Obama's HOPE was only a catchphrase (Well, I knew all along, the guy had NO AGENDA, just....HOPE) Nothing...zero..zilch And you guys are freaking out like a bunch of trained monkeys, you all should be ashamed Here's the deal: The prez of the USA doesn't have NEARLY as much power as you think he does, in fact the office is more of a distraction than anything, you want to see whats going on, stop obsessing about the president and look around, he didn't cause it and he isn't the one who is going to change it Millions of people the world over freaking out about Trump, when if they changed a few things in their own lives the world would change in a hurry, but that's no fun! That means I"M RESONISBLE FOR MAKING THE WORLD WHAT IT IS, not some dude thousands of miles away who most of you will neve have anything to do with. Trump isn't what you think he is, and neither is the presidency. Should've included in the HOPE catchphrase the fine print: subject to republican sabotage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Ivanka speaks? ivanka listen. ill see myself out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 On 17/11/2016 at 2:12 PM, we win the cup in 2022 said: the trump presidency will go down in history for all the wrong reasons. what is going to happen when the great unwashed who voted for him discover that it was all lies? Sounds awfully familiar.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 On 11/18/2016 at 5:07 AM, SILLY GOOSE said: Relateable? I guess if you are self entitled and expect everything to be given to you. Doesn't seem like a very intelligent person either, Michelle Obama is smart, articulates herself well and seems very down to earth. Probably a way better first-lady in my mind and would probably make a good leader/politician as well. Michelle is also decades older. Ivanka has aaaaaaalllloooottt of time to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 3 hours ago, smokes said: Michelle is also decades older. Ivanka has aaaaaaalllloooottt of time to catch up. I doubt she will ever catch up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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