I Don't Think Trump Realizes He Has The Ability To Perhaps Do Good Things....

[Hortensis]

13. Various NY articles are describing growing Ivanka Kushner power,

including her husband Jared's. Ivanka and Jared are well entrenched in New York society, and The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and New York Magazine all, of course, have journalists with connections in "Kushner" circles.

The Kushners are reportedly all-in Trump supporters, and she's reportedly her father's favorite. After Jared became involved with Rupert Murdoch he became more conservative, but they seem to be very different stuff from the competing extremist factions who plan to use Trump to prey on the U.S.

The Kushners strung Christie--who prosecuted and very publicly humiliated Kurschner's father--along, then stomped on him. They're also Orthodox Jews and probably have more than a little problem with the white nationalist faction's antisemitism. Question on that is how pragmatic they are prepared to be with pragmatic predator Bannon.

Bottom line for me is, although hope is too big a word, at this point I really want Ivanka's power to grow. We shouldn't be distracted by dangling bracelets (Ivanka version of Trump steaks may be at least in part to please her father), and I could care less how many foreign leaders she helps greet.