There are a lot of aspects of Donald Trump's
personal life that have made headlines during
the course of his administration, but his
ways of displaying affinity for eldest daughter
Ivanka Trump may be the most unusual.
Unlike his other children, Donald Trump has
given Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared
Kushner official positions in the West Wing,
which means the scrutiny surrounding their
personal history is even more heightened.
Not only are there several photos of them
together in positions that are not typical
for a father and a daughter, but Donald Trump
has also publicly spoken of her in terms that
many find to be totally inappropriate.
Here are just some of the times Donald Trump
acted inappropriately when it came to how
he treated Ivanka.
Hands-on dad
In July 2016, Ivanka Trump introduced her
father at the Republican National Convention,
but while she talked about policy, what a
lot of people seem to remember from her appearance
is her father's reaction to her.
After she finished speaking, he joined her
on the stage and thanked her with a loose
hug and double cheek kiss.
That might've been harmless enough, but then
he reached down and patted her hips and behind
as an awkward send-off, which instantly set
the social media world ablaze with criticism
and questions about why he might feel so free
to reach for that particular area of his daughter's
body.
Like lover, like daughter
There have been a lot of women whose prior
personal dealings with Donald Trump have spelled
out scandal since he took up residence at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but none has received
quite as much media attention as the story
of Stephanie Clifford, aka "Stormy Daniels."
Among her many explosive revelations about
her relationship with Trump, she said:
"He said, 'Wow, you are special.
You are smart.
You remind me of my daughter.
You're smart, and beautiful and a woman to
be reckoned with.
I like you."
Soon after, Karen McDougal, a former Playboy
Bunny, told CNN she had a similar experience,
claiming:
"He said I was beautiful like her and, you
know, 'You're a smart girl.'
There wasn't a lot of comparing, but there
was some.
I heard a lot about her."
The fact that both women came forward about
stories of being compared to his daughter
left a lot of people grossed out by his "bizarre"
bedroom behavior.
Shared interest?
Before Donald Trump's political ambitions
truly came to a head, he and Ivanka appeared
on The Wendy Williams Show in 2013.
One otherwise innocuous question became an
excruciating case study in awkwardness.
When asked what she has in common with her
father, Ivanka said:
"Either real estate or golf."
When the matter was then turned to him, Donald
took it to an entirely different dimension.
"Well, I was going to say sex, but I can't
relate that to her."
Ivanka seemed to share the audience's bemused
sense of surprise at the comment, but it wasn't
the first time he went there in a TV interview
with her.
Career hopes
In 2006, Donald Trump appeared on The View
alongside Ivanka.
At the time, the two were sharing the small
screen thanks to her joining The Apprentice
as a guest judge, so audiences might have
expected the conversation to remain centered
on the subject of their reality work.
However, co-host Star Jones instead opened
their segment by asking the very leading question:
"I'm afraid to ask this question, but what
what would you do if Playboy put Ivanka on
the cover?"
"This is gonna be an interesting answer."
At first, Trump's response was somewhat ordinary.
"It would be really disappointing.
Not really."
But things started to go right off the rails,
when he added:
"I don't think Ivanka would do inside the
magazine, although she does have a very nice
figure.
I've said that if Ivanka weren't my daughter,
perhaps I'd be dating her."
Perhaps this is the moment Joy Behar's notoriously
strained relationship with the POTUS began
because she retorted:
"Who are you, Woody Allen?"
Locker room talk
One of Donald Trump's most frequent interview
haunts throughout the years was Howard Stern's
radio show.
"No matter what I asked him, he would answer."
In 2003, it was Trump himself who brought
up the subject of his then-23-year-old daughter's
looks.
"You know who's one of the great beauties
of the world according to everybody?
And I helped create her?"
"My daughter Ivanka.
She's six feet tall.
She's got the best body."
In a later appearance in 2004, Stern pressed
his luck by saying:
"By the way, your daughter…"
"She's beautiful."
"Can I say this?
A piece of ass (bleep)!"
"Yeah."
"She looks more voluptuous than ever."
"She's actually always been very voluptuous."
For her part, Ivanka seems to take it all
with a grain of salt.
"He's definitely not a typical father."
"He's a character."
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