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McClatchy, Getty, AP Photos: Ivanka Trump ‘Will Be Donald’s Closest Adviser’
McClatchy, Getty, AP Photos, US Weekly Magazine ^ | January 18, 2017 @ 8:10 | By Us Weekly Staff

Posted on 01/18/2017 4:19:23 PM PST by drewh

Ivanka Trump is going to be a huge deal in Washington. While a federal anti-nepotism law could prevent the 35-year-old from holding an official White House position after her father, Donald, assumes his role as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, “unofficially,” an Ivanka source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly, “she will be Donald’s closest adviser.”

Over the course of her father’s successful campaign, the husky-voiced Seventeen cover model turned Trump Organization executive evolved into his most trusted consultant. “He looks to Ivanka for advice and consultation on almost everything,” notes a close Ivanka insider.

That relationship will continue, as the real estate tycoon, 70, assumes his role as commander in chief. While brother Donald Jr., 39, and Eric, 33, remain in New York City to run the Trump business empire, Ivanka is moving to the nation’s capital, where her husband, Jared Kushner, 36, will act as one of Donald’s senior advisers.

The mom of Arabella, 5, Joseph, 3, and Theodore, 9 months, could take a similar role. She announced January 11 that she’s taking a leave of absence from both the Trump Organization and her eponymous apparel and accessories firm. “Donald made the best deal for his daughter,” family friend and Avenue magazine columnist R. Couri Hay tells Us. “The boys get the multibillion-dollar company, and Ivanka gets Washington.”

Along with providing advice, the University of Pennyslvania grad could act as her dad’s buffer. Insiders say the polished businesswoman has a knack for calming her father, infamous for his hot temper and middle-of-the-night Twitter rants. “She balances him out,” explains an Ivanka source. “She learned to keep her mouth shut and just let him get it off his chest. She then rationally explains other points of view.”

Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump Fred Watkins/ABC via Getty Images As first daughter, she’ll push a female-centric agenda. “I’m a huge advocate for women and women’s issues, like child care,” Ivanka, whose website IvankaTrump.com includes a series of profiles called #WomenWhoWork, told Harper’s Bazaar in August. She’s already helped her dad craft a policy proposal that seeks to provide paid maternity leave and make child care expenses tax deductible. As she explains to the mag, “In half the country, the cost of child care exceeds the cost of housing.”

With stepmother Melania choosing to reside at the family’s NYC triplex penthouse until half brother Barron, 10, finishes the school year, Ivanka will also assume some first-lady responsibilities. “She will be at State functions,” Hay tells Us. “I think Melania is very happy to share those responsibilities with Ivanka.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: flotus; ivanka; ivankatrumpadm; trumpchildren; trumpchildrenphoto; trumpfamily; trumptransition
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To: DoughtyOne
Now you're just posting from an alternate universe.

This conversation is ended. Have a nice day.


101 posted on 01/19/2017 3:41:07 PM PST by NorthMountain (CNN is Fake News)
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To: NorthMountain

I don’t blame you for taking that route.

What was left?

You have a good one too.


102 posted on 01/19/2017 3:47:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Obama, Clinton, McStain, and Graham, with people like this, who needs enemies?)
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To: Right_in_Virginia

Because ValJar was really the one that was in charge the last 8 years.


103 posted on 01/19/2017 4:03:32 PM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: drewh

An amazing and prophetic photo. Is it available on the gov archive?


104 posted on 01/20/2017 12:56:54 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Bigg Red

Ideally, yes. Not everyone can or wants to live that ideal.


105 posted on 01/20/2017 2:23:39 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (It's no longer Right versus left, but Americanism versus globalist scum.)
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To: Right-wing Librarian

I could live with that....


106 posted on 01/20/2017 2:26:03 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (It's no longer Right versus left, but Americanism versus globalist scum.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Full-time childrearing is the hardest job, but it is also the most important in terms of a child’s development. So sad to see so many little ones abandoned to the care of strangers so that mommy can feel “fulfilled”. And we as a society see the fruits of the feminist movement that told women they can “have it all”.


107 posted on 01/20/2017 5:44:18 AM PST by Bigg Red (To Thee, O Lord, I lift my soul. Thank you for saving our Republic.)
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