"Occasionally, Trump has handed the phone to his daughter, Ivanka."
One individual with firsthand knowledge of how the Trump calls with foreign leaders are handled said the president “hates” such “pre-briefs” and frequently has refused to do them. Trump doesn’t like written background materials either, preferring to handle the calls himself, often in the morning from the residence. Occasionally, while on the phone with foreign heads of state, Trump has handed the receiver to his daughter, Ivanka Trump, so she can talk with the leader, according to this individual.
The person said a six-page pre-brief with attachments was once prepared for Trump before a call to a foreign leader. But that turned out to be too long, as did a single-page version. Preparing pre-brief note cards that offered about three talking points for Trump to make on a call was the norm, according to this person, who feared retribution for describing this process and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The individual said that when Trump is done with the note cards, he often rips them up and tosses them in a burn bag. Staff who handle records have had to retrieve the burn bags from the residence, put the papers out on a table and tape them back together to preserve them as official presidential records, this person said.
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and an unqualified amateur is representing the U.S.A. on the highest level, international, diplomatic stage. 
Trump family diplomacy
http://www.newsweek.com/indian-diplomat-compares-ivanka-trump-half-wit-saudi-prince-650206
"We regard Ivanka Trump the way we do half-wit Saudi princes. It's in our national interest to flatter them.”
Except Princess Royal is more of a handbag design thief than an actual designer...
That's what's really important.
I’d bet good money that it is stamped “Made in China.”
Just like everything else she wears (except of course that vapid smile).
Does anyone see a flag pin on Ivanka's outfit at the UN?
Have any patriotic republicans complained?
I’m so stealing it!
... like maybe he needs hearing aids and won't admit it. We keep saying he doesn't want to listen to anybody, and that's true, because he has no patience. But maybe it's because he can't hear what they're saying. I don't know, but it's a possibility.
It would be another explanation as to why he does those helicopter press-conferences where he shouts at reporters and ignores their questions. Then he pretends he can't hear them and walks away.
... but he's not doing that.
