Ivanka is cute but useless. Steve Bannon was doomed with Gen Kelly coming in so Ivanaka is not much of a factor. It would have been someone or something else.
DJT really appreciates having family down there in DC to comfort and support him. Melania and Ivanka. But at this point I think Trump is aware enough to put Ivanka on ignore when it comes to politics. He knows she is an incorrigible lib.
Islamist pro-palistian Afghan build-up CAIR protege McMaster probably was more of a factor.