Posted on 06/07/2017 2:37:35 PM PDT by drewh
Ivanka Trump is back in the headlines—but not because of any news, per se.
On Wednesday, the first daughter appeared on the cover of celebrity news publication Us Weekly, along with the caption "Ivanka takes a stand: Why I disagree with my dad."
The cover is causing quite a bit of controversy on social media, with some readers accusing Trump of trying to save her brand by distancing herself from her father.
But while the publication quotes "a source close to Ivanka," the story itself does not include an interview with the first daughter. Instead, it is primarily a compilation of Trump quotes from previous interviews.
The article focuses on numerous reports that Ivanka Trump disagreed with the president on the issue of climate change and advised him not to leave the Paris agreement. It does not provide any new information to suggest that her relationship with her father is any less close than it has been throughout the course of the 2016 presidential campaign or the early days of the Trump presidency.
Twitter quickly began mining the Us Weekly story for meme material. HuffPo reporter Eliot Nelson even went so far as to make memes of the caption with other characters famous for their parental disagreements (e.g. Sophocles' Oedipus Rex).
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Trump herself weighed in recently on her current White House role, saying, "This is early for me. I'm listening, I'm learning, I'm defining the ways in which I think I'll be able to have impact
I disagree.
She is a strong voice for her views and still a loyal voice.
If she becomes a ‘rubber stamp’ for her dad then she will have no further use in Washington.
IMHO
I can testify! I skimmed it while in the grocery check-out line just today!
More, ‘projection’ courtesy of The Democrat Socialist Party.
*FAKE NEWS BUMP*
...and yet the Ivanka hating chorus on F/R takes it all in as gospel.
Just a trivial point perhaps, but isn’t her name Ivanka Kushner?
GAWD I hate the press!!
During th 0bama years, those roads were always on the covers, particularly the first 4 years. I spent my waiting time turning them around and putting them back in the racks. I was repulsed everytime I saw that slobbering lovesfest.
(That said, I was at the 7-11 buying smokes and a six-pack of Budweiser when I read the 'news.' I really wasn't buying, 'groceries,' Per Se.)
*SNORT* Just kidding. I was at Walmart buying cat litter. My new Kitties are SO DARN CUTE! Besides, THEY needed Smokes and some Bud.
How many times over the past twenty years have the tabloids said Dubya and Laura were divorcing, Dubya was drinking again, Dr. Phil and Robin were divorcing, etc etc. All lies.
I think Trump doesn’t want to be surrounded by a bunch of yes men. What’s the value in that? He may like his daughter’s opinions, not because he agrees with them, but because he knows she’ll speak her mind and he can ensure his own arguments are sound. Think of it as stress testing.
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