Trump floats Ivanka for Cabinet, prompting Clinton jab

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24. Don't think so. If he goes down it'll hurt them.

The spotlight isn't kind. Jr.'s been doing business in Russia, doing what? Ivanka's shoe company is being sued for stealing designs from a competitor, and that isn't something she needed the whole world to know. Etc.

Not to attribute only or primarily venal motives to them by speaking to this particular aspect, but future inheritances may also have something to do with their current closeness and supportiveness. Trump's reportedly had relatively little to do with raising any of them, though the oldest three were around and he saw them, and relationships have to be very shallow, at least from his side because of his emotional limitations.

Trump has apparently given the three oldest around $150 million or so, but one can't buy many $30 million paintings with that. Very notably, though, one daughter has only $1 million or less. He saw her only a couple weeks a year because she was raised in California. This has to be a strong indicator to all of them of his capriciousness and how important it would be to have a good relationship with him as far as future gifts or inheritances go. He's 70 now.