OF HONG KONG ARE ALL GOING GET MIXED TOGETHER AND THEY’RE GOING
MIXED TOGETHER AND THEY’RE GOING GET SOLVED OR NOT SOLVED
GET SOLVED OR NOT SOLVED TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. >> ASHLEY I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
>> ASHLEY I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AN INTRODUCTION THE
ABOUT AN INTRODUCTION THE PRESIDENT MADE OVERSEAS WHERE HE
PRESIDENT MADE OVERSEAS WHERE HE INTRODUCED THE SECRETARY OF
INTRODUCED THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO AND HIS
STATE MIKE POMPEO AND HIS DAUGHTER IVANKA TRUMP TO A
DAUGHTER IVANKA TRUMP TO A GATHERING OF U.S. TROOPS.
GATHERING OF U.S. TROOPS. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TOGETHER.
LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TOGETHER. >> COME ON, MIKE.
>> COME ON, MIKE. AND YOU KNOW WHO ELSE I HAVE?
AND YOU KNOW WHO ELSE I HAVE? HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF IVANKA?
HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF IVANKA? COME ON UP, IVANKA.
COME ON UP, IVANKA. SHE’S GOING STEAL THE SHOW.
SHE’S GOING STEAL THE SHOW. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE. MIKE.
MIKE. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, MIKE.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, MIKE. >> ASHLEY, YOU COVERED A LOT OF
>> ASHLEY, YOU COVERED A LOT OF UNUSUAL THINGS AT THE WHITE
UNUSUAL THINGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
HOUSE. A LOT OF WEIRD THINGS.
A LOT OF WEIRD THINGS. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT WEIRD.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT WEIRD. >> SURE.
>> SURE. I MEAN, SORT OF THE BEAUTY AND
I MEAN, SORT OF THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ON THE ONE HAND IT’S A
THE BEAST ON THE ONE HAND IT’S A WEIRD WAY TO REFER TO YOUR
WEIRD WAY TO REFER TO YOUR DAUGHTER.
DAUGHTER. AT THE SAME TIME IT’S KIND OF A
AT THE SAME TIME IT’S KIND OF A TRUMPIAN FLOURISH.
TRUMPIAN FLOURISH. I THINK THE MORE STARK THING WAS
I THINK THE MORE STARK THING WAS THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS ELEVATING
THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS ELEVATING HIS DAUGHTER, WHO IS A SENIOR
HIS DAUGHTER, WHO IS A SENIOR WHITE HOUSE ADVISER, BUT SORT OF
WHITE HOUSE ADVISER, BUT SORT OF ON TO THE SAME FOOTING AS THE
ON TO THE SAME FOOTING AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
SECRETARY OF STATE. AND THIS ENTIRE TRIP WAS NOTABLE
AND THIS ENTIRE TRIP WAS NOTABLE FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH IVANKA WAS
FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH IVANKA WAS INTENTIONALLY ELEVATED, WAS
INTENTIONALLY ELEVATED, WAS FRONT AND CENTER, WAS, YOU KNOW,
FRONT AND CENTER, WAS, YOU KNOW, PLAYING A ROLE IN SOME WAYS
PLAYING A ROLE IN SOME WAYS ALMOST OF THE FIRST LADY, A
ALMOST OF THE FIRST LADY, A FIRST LADY WOULD TRADITIONALLY
FIRST LADY WOULD TRADITIONALLY PLAY, BEING IN CONVERSATIONS
PLAY, BEING IN CONVERSATIONS WITH WORLD LEADERS, BEING IN THE
WITH WORLD LEADERS, BEING IN THE MEETING WITH THE NORTH KOREANS,
MEETING WITH THE NORTH KOREANS, AND THIS IS THE PRESIDENT, YOU
AND THIS IS THE PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, MAKING A VERY CLEAR
KNOW, MAKING A VERY CLEAR DECISION DO THIS INTENTIONALLY,
DECISION DO THIS INTENTIONALLY, DELIBERATELY.
DELIBERATELY. IT’S SENDING A SIGNAL TO THE
IT’S SENDING A SIGNAL TO THE WORLD THAT IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN
WORLD THAT IF YOU ARE A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND YOU WANT TO DEAL
GOVERNMENT AND YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THE PRESIDENT AND THIS
WITH THE PRESIDENT AND THIS WHOURKS MAYBE THE BEST WAY IS
WHOURKS MAYBE THE BEST WAY IS NOT THROUGH THE NATIONAL
NOT THROUGH THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER OR THE
SECURITY ADVISER OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BUT IT’S
SECRETARY OF STATE, BUT IT’S THROUGH THE PRESIDENT’S CHILDREN
THROUGH THE PRESIDENT’S CHILDREN AND HIS DAUGHTER.
AND HIS DAUGHTER. >> WE SAW -- SOME OF THE
>> WE SAW -- SOME OF THE PICTURES INDICATED IVANKA TRUMP
PICTURES INDICATED IVANKA TRUMP AND JARED KUSHNER IN PROMINENT
AND JARED KUSHNER IN PROMINENT ROLE THIS IS WEEKEND.
ROLE THIS IS WEEKEND. SHE WAS CAUGHT IN A CONVERSATION
SHE WAS CAUGHT IN A CONVERSATION WHICH HAS BEEN SHARED AROUND THE
WHICH HAS BEEN SHARED AROUND THE INTERNET SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE
INTERNET SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE IT SORT OF ILLUSTRATED WHAT
IT SORT OF ILLUSTRATED WHAT ASHLEY IS TALKING ABOUT, THE
ASHLEY IS TALKING ABOUT, THE FIRST DAUGHTER, IMPLYING HERSELF
FIRST DAUGHTER, IMPLYING HERSELF INTO VARIOUS IMPORTANT GLOBAL
INTO VARIOUS IMPORTANT GLOBAL DISCUSSIONS.
DISCUSSIONS. LET’S WATCH THAT.
LET’S WATCH THAT. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE START
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE START LISTENING.
LISTENING. >> AND THE SAME WITH THE DEFENSE
>> AND THE SAME WITH THE DEFENSE SIDE IN TERMS OF THE WHOLE SORT
SIDE IN TERMS OF THE WHOLE SORT OF BUSINESS AND VERY MALE
OF BUSINESS AND VERY MALE DOMINANT.
DOMINANT. >> AGAIN, UNUSUAL, ANNIE.
>> AGAIN, UNUSUAL, ANNIE. THAT IVANKA TRUMP SEEMS PERHAPS
THAT IVANKA TRUMP SEEMS PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF HER DEPTH IN
A LITTLE BIT OUT OF HER DEPTH IN SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AND
SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THESE WORLD LEADERS ARE
THESE WORLD LEADERS ARE STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO
STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH HER.
DO WITH HER. >> THE BODY LANGUAGE IN THAT
>> THE BODY LANGUAGE IN THAT CLIP IS REALLY INTERESTING TO
CLIP IS REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH.
WATCH. YOU SEE LA GUARD NOT MAKING EYE
YOU SEE LA GUARD NOT MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH HER WHILE SHE’S
CONTACT WITH HER WHILE SHE’S SPEAKING.
SPEAKING. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY’RE BEING
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY’RE BEING POLITE BECAUSE IT’S THE
POLITE BECAUSE IT’S THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER WHO HE’S
PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER WHO HE’S ELEVATED BUT IT SEEMS AWKWARD IN
ELEVATED BUT IT SEEMS AWKWARD IN THAT THEY DON’T KNOW -- SHE’S A
THAT THEY DON’T KNOW -- SHE’S A FAMILY MEMBER, A WHITE HOUSE
FAMILY MEMBER, A WHITE HOUSE ADVISER, IS SHE A DIPLOMAT?
ADVISER, IS SHE A DIPLOMAT? WHAT IS HER ACTUALLY JOB?
WHAT IS HER ACTUALLY JOB? IT’S STILL A QUESTION THAT
IT’S STILL A QUESTION THAT REMAINS UNCLEAR TWO AND A HALF
REMAINS UNCLEAR TWO AND A HALF YEARS INTO THE CONVERSATION.
YEARS INTO THE CONVERSATION. ONE THING I NOTICED THIS
ONE THING I NOTICED THIS GENERATED CRITICISM BECAUSE IT
GENERATED CRITICISM BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IVANKA IS TRYING TO
LOOKS LIKE IVANKA IS TRYING TO INSERT HERSELF IN A PLACE.
INSERT HERSELF IN A PLACE. IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS
IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS ADMINISTRATION THERE WAS HOPE
ADMINISTRATION THERE WAS HOPE THAT JARED AND IVANKA WERE THE
THAT JARED AND IVANKA WERE THE SECRET LIBERAL SAVIORS OF THE
SECRET LIBERAL SAVIORS OF THE WORLD.
WORLD. THE PROGRESSIVES AND LIBERALS
THE PROGRESSIVES AND LIBERALS STARTED TO BRAND HER AS COME
STARTED TO BRAND HER AS COME POLICE IT WHEN IT TURNED OUT SHE
POLICE IT WHEN IT TURNED OUT SHE WASN’T CHANGING THE PRESIDENT’S
WASN’T CHANGING THE PRESIDENT’S VIEWS ON THINGS.
VIEWS ON THINGS. SHE DIDN’T GET HIM TO STAY IN
SHE DIDN’T GET HIM TO STAY IN THE PARIS ACCORD AND OTHER
THE PARIS ACCORD AND OTHER THINGS.
THINGS. SHE DIDN’T SEEM TO HAVE ANY
SHE DIDN’T SEEM TO HAVE ANY OVERT INFLUENCE ON HIM.
OVERT INFLUENCE ON HIM. NOW THE HASHTAG THAT’S TRENDING
NOW THE HASHTAG THAT’S TRENDING IS UNWANTED IVANKA, WHICH IS
IS UNWANTED IVANKA, WHICH IS POKING FUN AT HER FOR TRYING TO
POKING FUN AT HER FOR TRYING TO INSERT HERSELF INTO SITUATIONS
INSERT HERSELF INTO SITUATIONS WHERE SHE HAS NO PLACE.
WHERE SHE HAS NO PLACE. IT SIGNIFIES TO ME HOW HER
IT SIGNIFIES TO ME HOW HER ROLE -- PEOPLE ASSUME SHE’S ALL
ROLE -- PEOPLE ASSUME SHE’S ALL IN FOR TRUMP AND NOW JUST
