Ivanka's North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials

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Ivanka’s North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials
Multiple officials in Washington were caught off guard by the news that Ivanka Trump had found her way into a conversation with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Erin Banco
National Security Reporter
Asawin Suebsaeng
White House Reporter
Updated 07.02.19 3:00AM ET / Published 07.01.19
9:19PM ET


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The meeting in the DMZ seemed to spur a new sense of frustration in Washington on Monday, this time directed in particular at the first daughter, who was also present—front and center—at the G20 summit in Hamburg. She provided a video readout about the conversations Trump had with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and took photo-ops with attendees.

“Ivanka has participated in previous bilateral meetings, and on behalf of the White House at past G20 summits,” said Garrett Marquis, a spokesperson for the National Security Council. “Issues of women’s empowerment are central to the president’s national security and women’s peace and security strategies.”

Photos and video footage from the conference emerged over the weekend, showing Ivanka mingling with some of the top world leaders, inserting herself into conversations with veterans of the foreign policy world. The internet erupted, and lawmakers took to social media.

“It may be shocking to some, but being someone’s daughter actually isn’t a career qualification,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said on Twitter. “It hurts our diplomatic standing when the President phones it in & the world moves on.”

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One senior administration official told The Daily Beast that the Trump team often tries to find roles for Ivanka on travels overseas because she is a talented spokesperson. But it is unclear what Ivanka was doing in North Korea beyond the purely ceremonial. Two senior administration officials and one former one said they do not consider the president’s daughter a significant player on major foreign policy initiatives, including on the Koreas, though they all acknowledged that President Trump will at least solicit her advice for gut checks on any manner of foreign policy and national security decision: striking other countries, climate agreements, and so on.

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[targetpractice]

1. Is their anyone else concerned she doesn't take a salary?

Why not? Does that mean she is technically not even an employee of the government? Does she do it for legal reasons to avoid some accountability? Or, does it give her freedom to do whatever she wants without any real responsibility. Seems really fishy to me.

I think most of us object to her being an advisor at all. I think taking a salary would be the least of our objections.

[Igel]

2. Paying close relatives nepotism.

No pay = no nepotism.

Short answer.

[targetpractice]

3. Ah... Makes sense.

Thanks, Igel.

[Demovictory9]

4. "foreign leaders have factored it into their diplomacy and flattery of Trump"

It’s not only Trump’s aides and advisers who have taken note of that; foreign leaders have factored it into their diplomacy and flattery of Trump, as well. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is known to go out of his way to ask the president how Ivanka is doing and ask about her interest in global women’s empowerment projects, another one of the current senior Trump administration officials said.

and Ivanka takes their flattery and posts pics of them gazing at her in wonderment as she speaks - that's what she mostly tweets, pics of her speaking to audiences of bigwigs and them listening like they care. She doesn't have the self awareness that she's only getting this attention because she's the daughter of the president.