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I bet her mom Ivana wished she was the one in line for the FLOTUS position now. I remember that bitter divorce in the 80's to the early 90's. Who is Ivanka Trump? Three children, married to a handsome guy by the name of Kushner and a shrewd businesswoman. The backbone of her father's campaign and oldest daughter of Donald Trump. Gosh I admire her so much. We even spotted the guy below with this sign. Girlfriend is born for politics. She may be the first female President taking over after her dad's 8 years. Watch out Hillary!
Ivanka Trump: The glamorous, accomplished, 34-year-old daughter, who is more disciplined and on-message on her worst day than her father on his best.
So perhaps it shouldn’t be shocking that Ivanka’s political star has quietly been on the rise over the past year. Before Donald Trump selected Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, there were suggestions — occasionally serious — that he should pick Ivanka. She’s slated to speak just before her father tonight at the Republican National Convention, and it’s safe to assume that her speech will be polished, poll-tested, and perfectly uncontroversial.
Behind the scenes, Ivanka has amassed a surprising amount of influence within the Trump campaign. She was reportedly responsible for the ouster of controversial campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in June. And some sources suggested she was one of the deciding votes in her father’s vice presidential pick.
"She is very, very trusted by me," Trump told the New York Times in April. "She has great real-estate instincts and great political instincts." Trump jumps at the chance to tell interviewers how great and accomplished his daughter is (though this fulsome praise often veers into his cringe-inducing joke that he’d date her if they weren’t, you know, related).
The big question, then, is how Ivanka will wield this outsize influence within the Trump campaign. In some cases, she’s garnered a reputation for trying to push her father to moderate his positions. Yet that doesn’t seem to have succeeded thus far — and in at least a few instances, she’s been unable to shake Donald Trump’s core beliefs.
With files from Vox
