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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,160 posts)
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 04:12 PM Dec 2016

Ivanka Trump only serves to put a literal pretty face on the Trump name. Nothing more.

I know the argument is thrown out and about that she's somehow the softer, more gentler Trump and she's reasonable and rational in ways her father isn't and would serve as an ambassador across the political spectrum, but I don't buy it for a second.

She only cares about preserving the family name as long as it still could be milked for money. Once the old man croaks, she, Uday and Qusay will need something to keep paying the bills.

I don't think she really cares all that much about climate change or child care or whatever we're told she cares about, but she'll want you to think that she cares so to put us at ease that the Trump name isn't so bad after all.

It's a schtick and deep down she's no better than her father.

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Ivanka Trump only serves to put a literal pretty face on the Trump name. Nothing more. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 OP
I've never understood how she's so attractive underpants Dec 2016 #1
She's fairly attractive to me, I'm not going to lie. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #2
Yes he does. I'd be surprised if it wasn't him. underpants Dec 2016 #4
she has had a lot of plastic surgery done.. HipChick Dec 2016 #21
My daughter and her friends mention murielm99 Dec 2016 #34
She reminds me of the women who read the weather on the 6 o'clock news jmowreader Dec 2016 #5
Melania has had a lot more... if you compare what she looks like today, to the photos of when she secondwind Dec 2016 #27
Same reason Trumpies like Fox "News." Atman Dec 2016 #3
They are all creepy as fuck ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #6
COME PLAY WITH US. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #7
Omg--exactly ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #8
Children of the corn progressoid Dec 2016 #11
Totally! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #31
I believe she is like the Cersi character in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #37
I really don't get madokie Dec 2016 #16
Stepford children. eppur_se_muova Dec 2016 #24
Space aliens, all... pangaia Dec 2016 #30
I don't know why Al Gore met with her nor why any Democrats summoned to Trump tower are seaglass Dec 2016 #9
Al Gore's going to do his thing because he's Al Gore and that's perfectly fine. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #10
Like people did with pink ribbons and breast cancer. Pinkwashed it for corporate greed. blm Dec 2016 #12
I don't mind Ivanka. romanic Dec 2016 #13
I don't think she's evil really, just very opportunistic. LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #15
I think the one with real potential for evil... Raster Dec 2016 #18
I thought that the Kushners were supposed to be big Democrats. WTF happened there? catbyte Dec 2016 #39
i dunno. that level of opportunism mopinko Dec 2016 #19
"Opportunistic" in the "first they came for the socialists" sense of the word. DanTex Dec 2016 #42
I wouldn't give madokie Dec 2016 #14
I don't really have any valid evidence... LanternWaste Dec 2016 #17
his sons are dufuses, but Ivanka is pretty, I'll give her that nt NRQ891 Dec 2016 #20
she's 35 now Skittles Dec 2016 #22
I think he intends her to be the de facto first lady. cwydro Dec 2016 #23
I sort of melt when I look at her. aikoaiko Dec 2016 #25
She is really waiting for the dicaprio call pbmus Dec 2016 #26
I think she's very influential with her father. She & her brothers. Just read all the articles napi21 Dec 2016 #28
And not that "pretty" in my opinion. We all have different standards of beauty. n/t iluvtennis Dec 2016 #29
There is something kind of "hard" looking about her. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #32
Exactly.. coco22 Dec 2016 #36
She's a Stepford daughter. n/t Greybnk48 Dec 2016 #33
Agreed.. coco22 Dec 2016 #35
Don't be so sure AC_Mem Dec 2016 #38
Or Emperess. Nt Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #40
I don't think there's any question - that if his Presidency actually lasts any real bullwinkle428 Dec 2016 #43
WWE Hall of Fame induction 2013 Trenzalore Dec 2016 #41

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,160 posts)
2. She's fairly attractive to me, I'm not going to lie.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 04:19 PM
Dec 2016

What is creepy though is that I remember back in the early to mid 90s I remember reading my grandparents' stash of National Enquirers when we'd visit. This was back when she was barely even a teenager, and all the writers were obsessing that she was going to be a huge beauty when she grew up. It was icky and exploitive to me even back then.

I have to wonder how much of that was fueled by Donald himself, who appears to have a very cozy relationship with the National Enquirer.

underpants

(182,725 posts)
4. Yes he does. I'd be surprised if it wasn't him.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 04:26 PM
Dec 2016

Ridiculous self promotion is his game.

I remember watching his show until his kids showed up. The show had run it's course and really wasn't very good even as a "reality" show. When Ivanka showed up my wife and I were incredulous as to why she was in that side of the table. When Donnie Jr showed up was the last time we watched it. We actually laughed at how much of a bag-of-hammers he was.

murielm99

(30,724 posts)
34. My daughter and her friends mention
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 06:35 PM
Dec 2016

that often. They are the same age as her, and they don't care for all that. They like Chelsea better, and I don't think it is only politics.

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
27. Melania has had a lot more... if you compare what she looks like today, to the photos of when she
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 05:58 PM
Dec 2016

was an 18 yr old...

Atman

(31,464 posts)
3. Same reason Trumpies like Fox "News."
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 04:21 PM
Dec 2016

Lot's of pretty young blondes. It doesn't matter what they're saying...they're purty.

ismnotwasm

(41,973 posts)
6. They are all creepy as fuck
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 04:39 PM
Dec 2016

Drop those sons of his in any standard vampire movie and they wouldn't even need makeup.

Dustlawyer

(10,494 posts)
37. I believe she is like the Cersi character in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 06:56 PM
Dec 2016

She will appear to fight for Climate Change while daddy and his cabinet allow Big Oil what they want, no regulations (not that they bother much since their facilities are almost never inspected, just after a fire/explosion).

seaglass

(8,171 posts)
9. I don't know why Al Gore met with her nor why any Democrats summoned to Trump tower are
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 04:46 PM
Dec 2016

acquiescing. Side eye from me.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,160 posts)
10. Al Gore's going to do his thing because he's Al Gore and that's perfectly fine.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 04:47 PM
Dec 2016

But Trump's receptiveness is all for show.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
15. I don't think she's evil really, just very opportunistic.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 05:01 PM
Dec 2016

She CO-SIGNS with all of her father's racist, misogynistic, xenophobic ways, so she gets NO pass from me.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
18. I think the one with real potential for evil...
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 05:03 PM
Dec 2016

...is son-in-law Jared "Svengali" Kushner. He's the one whispering into tRump's ear.

catbyte

(34,359 posts)
39. I thought that the Kushners were supposed to be big Democrats. WTF happened there?
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 07:16 PM
Dec 2016

"Come to the Dark Side--we've got cookies" or some such bullshit?

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
17. I don't really have any valid evidence...
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 05:02 PM
Dec 2016

I don't really have any valid evidence, information or substantiation to make a judgement call on her one way or the other. Guess I'm really out of the information loop on her.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
23. I think he intends her to be the de facto first lady.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 05:23 PM
Dec 2016

Betcha she'll be the one at the state dinners etc.

Oh god, the thought of a state dinner with that shitgibbon...

aikoaiko

(34,165 posts)
25. I sort of melt when I look at her.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 05:50 PM
Dec 2016

Even in her candid, paparazzi shots -- she's gorgeous. And I've never heard anyone say she was a not competent in the board room.

Yes, she has embraced her father's presidency, but I'll still hold out for her to evolve.




napi21

(45,806 posts)
28. I think she's very influential with her father. She & her brothers. Just read all the articles
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 06:01 PM
Dec 2016

on that subject. The "KIDS" interview every candidate before they see their father. The "KIDS" were doing the same thing when there were potential partners with the Trump Empire. THEY met with the candidate before they ever met their father. It was the "KIDS" who talked their father into putting Pence on the ticket as VP. Naw, she's not just a pretty face.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
32. There is something kind of "hard" looking about her.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 06:29 PM
Dec 2016

She looks very attractive from a distance because she's blond and thin, but up close I don't find her look that attractive either.

coco22

(1,258 posts)
36. Exactly..
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 06:46 PM
Dec 2016

The media acts likes ahe is the most beautiful woman in the world,I don't get it . They have been pushing her along with Michael Moore as though she ran for office and she has some special talents which are???

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
43. I don't think there's any question - that if his Presidency actually lasts any real
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 11:55 PM
Dec 2016

length of time, he's going to start pushing the "Ivanka will be America's first woman President" meme.

Trenzalore

(2,331 posts)
41. WWE Hall of Fame induction 2013
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 09:53 PM
Dec 2016

I'm a wrestling fan since I was a kid and got tickets with a buddy to the HOF induction in 2013. Trump was getting booed out of the place. He brought his daughter out to appease the crowd.

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