Posted on 09/05/2019 3:58:52 PM PDT by ransomnote
Ivanka Trump descended upon Bogota, Colombia, this week to talk about women’s empowerment and left us talking about her sleeves. They were voluminous, bell-shaped swaths of green fabric. As the first daughter stood in solemn formation with the Colombian vice president, the sleeves caught a draft and attempted to launch themselves away from her body. Midair, they formed into perfect circles, and this became the hallmark photograph of the trip. Ivanka Trump from the neck up was on a mission of benign diplomacy. From the neck down, flying saucers.
It’s shallow to call attention to a minor clothing malfunction, but this viral sleeve image is what alerted many people to the fact that Ivanka Trump — who, after all, is not an elected official with a dedicated press corps — was in Latin America at all.
To understand exactly what she was doing there, your best hope was to follow the itinerary she unspooled on Instagram: She launched the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs, which, she said, was “designed to equip women with the practical skills they need to create sustainable businesses and to participate more fully in the global economy.” She participated in a wreath-laying ceremony. She met with Colombia’s president and vice president, and then she prepared to head to Argentina and Paraguay for more of the same.
Ivanka abroad seems to be Ivanka’s platonic ideal of herself: doing things that are considered patriotic but not overly political, important but not controversial, and personally on-brand. If you believe the rumors that Ivanka will run for office one day, you see her social media presence as fodder for a future campaign ad. MORE AT LINK
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Ivanka needs to be in the WH baking cookies....not empowering women around the world...../S
Ivanka needs to be in the WH baking cookies....not empowering women around the world...../S
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Yes. Exactly. She needs to stay home and take care of her adult family members???
Smart people talk about ideas; Ignorant people talk about other people.
I just find it so amusing that women want to talk about “equality” and “empowerment” and yet when a woman writes what is essentially a “news” article about another woman they go right to the clothing! As if it matters...
You never read “Joe Biden, today, dressed in a grey suit with wide lapels and a beige shirt with a striped tie, vowed today to put an end to gasoline-powered engines...”
Washington Post.
A sick,diseased rag.
No, but we heard endless slavering praises for Mooche’s epic “guns” jutting out of her sleeveless threads.
“Smart people talk about ideas; Ignorant people talk about other people.”
That sounds very progressive.
It’s the Post. They sow division
So true. Liberals are very depraved and intellectually vapid.
It is the WP after all.
Superior minds talk about ideas.
Mediocre minds talk about events.
Inferior minds talk about personalities.
WaPO: Instead of asking for me to pay a dollar to read your article ask Mr. Bezos to pay me a dollar for every article I read on the WaPo site.
LOL, no side-boob either!
Very pretty lady, with a pretty good business sense.
I still think she has no place in the US diplomatic corps, doing anything as a government agent, but she is trying to do good things for people, which is more than I can say for the last WH residents...
Nothing is “normal” in this malicious relentless war on Trump by Media and Dems, while Trump and his family strive mightily and selflessly to help the country and save Democracy and our way of life.
How nice that Ivanka Trump got to visit Colombia. I have a lot of friends from Colombia, and I hear it’s a very nice place, a lot of the time. It’s too bad her poor clothing choice got more attention than the huge benefits her visit brought to the people of Colombia.
I did not vote for Ivanka Trump.
Don’t be silly, of course you did.
Please tell me that the wind is blowing and that dress has really weird sleeves.
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