As the ups and downs of the US election came to an end, many friends discovered a long-lost face at the "Victors Settlement Party" in the early morning of November 6, local time - Ivanka. The one on the right is Ivanka. Trump's current wife Melania and her son Barron Trump s

As the ups and downs of the US election came to an end, many friends discovered a long-lost face at the "Victors Settlement Party" in the early morning of November 6, local time - Ivanka.

The one on the right is Ivanka. Trump's current wife, Melania, and her son, Barron Trump, stand closest to the center. Unlike the first term, which focused on cultivating Ivanka, Trump has recently been interested in cultivating his younger son, so Melania worked very hard during the campaign and was beaming after the election.

On the rostrum, Trump’s family is the most central, followed by the Vances, and then the major sponsors and core political allies. The Ivankas very subtly stand outside the Vances.

Trump has had three marriages and gave birth to five children:

His first wife Ivana gave birth to the eldest son Donald Jr., the eldest daughter Ivanka and the second son Eric Trump;

The second wife, Marla Maples, gave birth to the second daughter Tiffany Trump;

the third wife Melania gave birth to Barron Trump.

Among the five children, Trump is particularly fond of Ivanka and gave her a political status that exceeded all family members during his first term.

Although it is not as strict as the East, Americans' positions on key occasions are also full of connotations.

Ivanka was born in October 1981. She graduated from the famous Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She later entered the family business Trump Group and became the executive vice president. Her status was even higher than that of her brother Trump Jr.

After Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States in 2015, Ivanka became her father's most powerful helper.

In the long campaign of more than a year, Ivanka traveled extensively and visited key swing states countless times to canvass votes.

At the Republican National Convention in July 2016, Ivanka introduced her father movingly. The level of her speech was extraordinary and was hailed as a classic.

Facing his strong opponent Hillary, Ivanka has greatly consolidated Trump’s female votes and become an important factor in his winning the presidential election.

In January 2017, Ivanka attended Trump's presidential inauguration, tied with Melania for c position, and was in the limelight.

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Even Clinton kept stealing glances at Ivanka, earning a glare from his wife Hillary.

After Trump took office, he handed over the management of the family business Trump Group to his eldest son and second son, and Ivanka, who originally served as the executive vice president of the family business, was brought into the White House.

In March 2017, Ivanka was appointed as a senior adviser to the president and director of the Office of Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship. Her husband Kushner also served as a senior adviser to the president and director of the Office of American Innovation.

At this point, Ivanka has become a rising political star of the Trump family, known as the "first daughter", and has overshadowed stepmother Melania.

How much power/role does Trump give Ivanka?

We might as well give a few examples.

White House official portrait in 2020

In July 2017, Trump attended the G20 summit for the first time during his term.

Unlike the "First Lady" Melania, who simply acts as a vase, Ivanka accompanies her father to various occasions as a presidential adviser and sits behind Trump during many heads of state summits.

When Trump left for business, Ivanka directly took her father's place and held talks with German Chancellor Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders - this caused some controversy at the time, and pro-Democratic media such as CNN was once criticized.

In February 2018, Ivanka led the US presidential delegation to attend the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and had dinner with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House, his official residence.

It is worth mentioning that Trump himself did not participate in the closing ceremony. Instead, Ivanka led the "US Presidential Delegation". This move was interpreted by the media as Ivanka played a "role" to some extent. The role of "another Trump" or "presidential doppelgänger" shows how much he relies on her.

There have been countless similar scenes in the following years. For example: in 2019, Ivanka accompanied her father to participate in the informal photo session of the leaders of the G20 Osaka Summit (but did not participate in the formal head of state photo session). She was next to the host, then Japanese Prime Minister Abe. Shinzo is seated on the right, and further to the right is Trump.

Ivanka attended the 2019 G20 Summit. This time Trump simply did not bring Melania.

Abe waved like a fan in front of Ivanka.

attends various occasions with his father.

Ivanka and Moon Jae-in, this is the first time she has attended a major diplomatic occasion alone. After Ivanka led the delegation to arrive in South Korea, Trump immediately tweeted: "My daughter has just arrived in South Korea. As a representative of the United States, there is no better or smarter person than Ivanka."

2018 5 On March 14, Ivanka and her husband Kushner (who is Jewish) attended the opening ceremony of the relocation of the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

g20 Ivanka attends the China-US Presidential Summit during the Osaka Summit, June 28, 2019.

Between 2017 and 2020, Ivanka shone brightly under Trump’s support and became the most dazzling star in the family.

During the 2020 election, Ivanka tried her best to help her father achieve re-election, trying to renew her status as the "first daughter", and did not rule out seeking a higher position during the second term.

Unexpectedly, things backfired. Biden ultimately received more than 81 million votes and won the Electoral College by 306 votes to 232 votes.

As Trump loses power, various liquidations are coming. Ivanka, who has been deeply involved in politics, has become the first target within the family.

After the 2020 election, especially after the Capitol Hill riots broke out in early 2021, the situation is quite unfavorable to Trump. Once he is convicted of participating in planning the Capitol Hill incident, he will be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

According to the situation at the time, few people believed that Trump would be able to make a comeback in four years—otherwise, he would not have been called "the greatest comeback in history" by some.

Under tremendous pressure from her husband, children and all parties, Ivanka chose to protect herself. She encouraged her father to record a video condemning the riots in order to ease her own image, but she was rejected.

After Biden came to power in 2021, Ivanka and her husband Kushner left Washington with their three children for Miami, Florida. At the time, some media interpreted this move as an "exile."

However, how could the Democratic Party let her go easily? In the following years, she was frequently used to testify in procuratorates and courts.

What is the Trump civil financial fraud case, the Trump Organization financial fraud case, the case of falsely exaggerating net worth and deceiving banks and insurance companies, the case of illegally obtaining tax benefits, the case of misuse of funds at the inauguration ceremony, the case of Capitol Hill riots...

Faced with accusations involving her father or herself, Ivanka insisted that she did not know about her father's financial situation and tried her best to draw a line from the case.

In June 2022, at a hearing of the House Special Committee to Investigate the Capitol Hill Riots, Rep. Liz Cheney shared a piece of video evidence in her opening statement, which showed that Ivanka publicly expressed her position, saying that she "respects the Attorney General Barr’s opinion and accept his statement.”

What statement do you accept? That is, the Justice Department found no evidence of election fraud.

On July 14, 2022, Ivanka’s biological mother Ivana fell down the stairs at her home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York, and died of blunt force trauma.

This incident is as confusing as Zhao Anji’s drowning, but no matter what, the death of her mother caused a major mental blow to Ivanka.

At 9 a.m. on August 8, 2022, FBI agents went to Trump’s residence Mar-a-Lago to conduct a search. There was unconfirmed news that Ivanka “revealed” confidential documents at Mar-a-Lago to Got the fbi.

On November 17, 2022, the night Trump announced his participation in the 2024 presidential election, Ivanka stated that she would no longer participate in politics, but decided to return to her family - she had previously called politics a "blood sport" and "an unwanted person." Areas to get involved in again”.

On February 23, 2023, the devastated Ivanka was once again summoned by the special prosecutor to testify before a federal grand jury to assist in the investigation of Trump's role in the Capitol riots.

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In the past more than a year of campaigning, although Ivanka barely appeared ( only made a low-key appearance at the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024, and did not speak) , but Trump mentioned his daughter many times.

He publicly explained that he "does not blame his daughter", saying that Ivanka "did nothing wrong" and that he and Ivanka "spent the simplest and best time".

When Trump participated in the campaign in August this year, Trump also recalled that he wanted Ivanka to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during his first term, but Ivanka rejected it - "She could have done anything, she was the most A great student, the most beautiful girl, everything about her is beautiful.”

Therefore, some analysts believe that every action taken by Ivanka was discussed with Trump in advance and approved by him, although in the end it was still the case. It caused some damage to the relationship between father and daughter.

Ivanka speaks at her father’s campaign event, September 2016. My eyes were filled with light back then, a stark contrast to today.

At the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024, Ivanka made a rare appearance.

Although she was still standing on the rostrum, the attentive media quickly discovered the clues - the people next to Trump were Ivanka's two brothers Trump Jr. (donald trump jr. ) and Eric (eric trump).

In the four-day meeting, Ivanka did not give a speech as she did in 2016 and 2020. Instead, Trump’s granddaughter, 17-year-old Kay (kai trump) made a very powerful speech based on the shooting incident. The infectious speech was praised as having the "style of the eldest princess in the past".

I still remember that at the Republican nomination conference eight years ago, Ivanka shocked everyone with her performance. Almost everyone said that her speech was "the best of the night" and the "climax of the conference."

was in a trance, already separated from the world.

After Trump won the 2024 election, he held a family dinner at Mar-a-Lago, and Ivanka was still an important member of the family. Musk and his son are indiscriminate, and are ridiculed as "adopted sons" by some good people.

On October 30, before the general election vote, the New York Times wanted to interview Ivanka, but was rejected.

She entrusted her husband Kushner to respond:

"While I will always love and support my father, in the future, I will continue to love and support him outside the political arena."

Kushner She said that Ivanka would not rejoin the Trump campaign in the final stage of the presidential election. She made the decision when she left Washington to end the political chapter in her life.

Finally, I return to Trump’s perspective and try to speculate and describe the inner world of the protagonist. Readers should just read the novel.

The moment Trump decided not to admit defeat and fight to the bitter end with the Democratic Party on the day of the November 2020 election, Trump may have been prepared to risk his life deep down, and Ivanka was the one he appointed. The "last flame" of the family, with all exceptional privileges.

Trump said that he and Ivanka "spent the simplest and best time". That time was probably his first term - as a political amateur who suddenly ascended to the pinnacle of power, father and daughter The two of them were somewhat carried away.

After eight years of tempering and ups and downs, Trump is no longer "simple". He has gradually become tough, fierce, sophisticated, and knows how to hide.

On the road full of uncertainty in the future, Trump hopes to leave the word "simple" to his favorite daughter so that she can stay away from the right and wrong in Washington.