Posted on 04/17/2016 6:42:50 AM PDT by bobsunshine
It was a night to celebrate strong women. Amy Schumer was the host, Caitlyn Jenner was honored and the guests included Arianna Huffington, Madeleine Albright and the actress Reese Witherspoon.
They also included Ivanka Trump.
When the crowd at Glamour’s Women of the Year event on Nov. 9 sat down for dinner at the Rainbow Room, a person at Ms. Trump’s table asked the question that others were no doubt thinking: What would her father, who was being pilloried for remarks that struck many as misogynistic, make of her attending an event like this?
Ms. Trump quickly broke the strained silence by saying that she was her own person. Soon after, she and her friend Wendi Deng — Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife — left.
A spokesman for Ms. Trump said she went home not because she was uncomfortable, but because it was late and she had two small children. But it was an awkward collision of the two worlds she inhabits: One as a 30-something Manhattan socialite and role model to young professional women, the other as Donald J. Trump’s oldest daughter, biggest champion and perhaps most valuable asset.
A lot of women have come and gone over the course of Mr. Trump’s life. But through his two high-profile divorces, numerous public romances and three marriages, Ivanka Trump has remained a constant.
In interviews, the Trumps, their friends and people who have done business with them described Donald’s and Ivanka’s relationship as especially close, with Ms. Trump holding an exalted position in the family, in their company, and even in the campaign.
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“Isn’t chelsea Clinton ivankas best friend?”
I don’t think they’re in any way BEST friends. IIRC, they became acquainted when Chelsea attended Ivanka’s finishing school / charm school / whatever. Friendly, but probably not good friends.
I was replying to your family values meme. But Trump is as owned by the banks as anyone. He has to finance his business deals with someone.
He owes very little to banks, very low debt to asset ratio.
He has a few mortgages on a few properties, as does virtually anyone whose business is real estate. He is as "owned" as anyone with a mortgage -- do you have a mortgage, and does your bank tell you how to vote?
What differentiates Trump is that he could pay off all mortgages with his cash flow from rentals alone, but like most businesspersons, he looks for the best tax arrangement, which sometimes includes having a mortgage so that interest payments can be used against income.
As to your former post about his cheating and bragging, you made the psychological error many women do whose lives would collapse if they caught their husband cheating: you expressed his past behavior (and the anecdotes about cheating written long ago) in the present tense as a current fact, which is not supported by any evidence.
He has been with Melania for 18 years, seems to have found the best type of partner for himself in her, and they have been married for more than ten years. They were married before she had her son, and she takes him to church. I haven't run across any cheating stories. Can you point me to one?
In that case, the Donald needs to move to Florida, stat! (See here.)
Born in Manhattan. Will be 35 on 20 January 2017. Eligible to be President. Eligible to be Daddy's VP (as was suggested up-thread), provided Daddy moves out of NY (12th Amendment).
Don't spout birfer drivel, or folks might suspect you're a crank!
But it is fine for the Trumpets to spout non-stop eligibility issues with Cruz? I think you missed my point.
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