Do you think she controls her father???
I know neither enough to speculate nor do I care.
I stand by my opinion that in very short order Ivanka will harm President Trump’s administration.
I think she has more influence with him than either of his sons and that reality has been widely acknowledged in the press by the sons that she has more influence than either of them over the Trump Organization; so yes, I think she has a great deal of influence over him, which is not the same as control.
She was the only one of his children to make what amounted to a policy speech at the Republican Convention (about women’s issues and childcare), and Trump repeatedly, perhaps 100 times or more, gave her credit in his rally speeches for her views about women’s issues; in particular he said she developed a lot of his childcare platform, which I did not feel was very favorable to the institution of marriage or traditional Republican conservatism.
So, control him? No one does. But influence him unduly? Yes, she has in the past. Let’s see what happens going forward.
I do know he is very aware of public opinion and can also be influenced by a tweet storm against a given idea. Clearly he releases rumors to see what the reaction will be.