Ivanka Trump

Ivanka Trump Wins Over China As New Charmer-in-chief

... respectful and careful approach when dealing with China.". Mainland state media have also been quick to heap praise on Ivanka, including a strange tweet last month from Xinhua that compared her face with that of Chinese actress Li Bingbing. "Do you think they look like each other?" the tweet asked. Xinhua followed up on Tuesday by posting four photos on its website of Ivanka's visit to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, with a headline describing her as "elegant, with gracious style". Chinese media have used similar terms of endearment to describe Peng Liyuan, the wife of President Xi Jinping, and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Britain's Prince William. Shanghai University media professor Dai Yuanguang said the words used were "a rather high compliment" and could be ...

Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner's Ever-growing Spheres Of Influence

... school visit with her father and Education Secretary Betsy De Vos, an Oval Office bill signing encouraging women in STEM, a visit to the National African American Museum of History and Culture and West Wing meetings on human trafficking and manufacturing, among others. She announced Sunday evening that she will be making her first international trip representing the Trump administration, attending the W 20 Summit in Berlin in late April. Looking forward to promoting the role of women in the economy and the future of our workforce globally #W 20 __link__/1 OB 9 TK 6 po H. — Ivanka Trump (@Ivanka Trump) March 27, 2017. She was in attendance and made brief remarks in front of cameras Monday at a women's economic empowerment roundtable with the President and Vice President Mike Pence at the White House. "I feel very blessed to have met so many of you," she said to the female entrepreneurs at the table, kicking off the discussion. "You truly exemplify women's economic empowerment.". Power couple. Together, Trump and Kushner have been active presences in and outside ...

Ivanka Trump Will Have An Official White House Position

... capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the White House Office, subject to all of the same rules as other federal employees,” Ivanka Trump said in a statement Wednesday. “Throughout this process I have been working closely and in good faith with the White House Counsel and my personal counsel to address the unprecedented nature of my role,” she added. “We are pleased that Ivanka Trump has chosen to take this step in her unprecedented role as First Daughter and in support of the President,” a White House spokesperson wrote in a statement. “Ivanka’s service as an unpaid employee furthers our commitment to ethics, transparency, and compliance and affords her increased opportunities to lead initiatives driving real policy benefits for the American public that would not have been available to her previously,” the spokesperson continued. Jamie S. Gorelick, Ivanka Trump’s lawyer, told the Times that she ...

Do You Have What It Takes To Have Ivanka Trump As A Landlord

... and who just wants to see inside a celebrity home. We Google people all the time.”. After weeding out the starstruck fans, a more formal background check is pretty standard. “You have to make sure that it’s the right person,” added Azoulay. “A background check is regular on any sort of rental, and maybe there are NDAs signed on occasions.”. In general, the New York real estate market tends to be more stringent than places like Los Angeles or Miami when it comes to renting a luxury home. “If a celebrity owns a co-op, it’s going to be more difficult than if they own a condo because multiple people have a say,” said Jeremy Shevett, a Corcoran Group broker who rented out Victoria’s Secret model Candice Swanepoel’s New York City pad. “It’s really for the other owners in the building to be comfortable with who is renting the celebrity’s home.” He added: “But, every owner always has the final say. Once receiving all offers, Candice (with the help of a financial advisor) decided who she thought would be the best fit and who would take care of her apartment the best.”. Candice Swanepol's New York City apartment, which Jeremy Shevett, a Corcoran Group ...

Ivanka Trump To Attend Women's Empowerment Summit In Berlin

... more than two months ago. This year's summit, the third of its kind, will focus on labor market participation, access to finance for women entrepreneurs, and closing the digital gender divide, according to its website. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will participate in a panel on the final day of the summit. Read More. While she doesn't have an official White House title, Trump is moving into a West Wing office and obtaining security clearance, an administration official told CNN last week. She will also receive government-provided communications devices, although she will not draw a salary or technically be a government employee, per the official. The President's eldest daughter has long been a key trusted adviser to her father, through her young adulthood to her time as executive vice president of real estate development and acquisition at the Trump Organization, and, ultimately, during his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump will continue to serve in that capacity, acting as the President's "eyes and ears," per her attorney, Jamie Gorelick. "She will not be his only source of ...

Ivanka Trump Isn't The Only Person To Work For A Presidential Father

... the swearing-in ceremony of White House senior staff in the East Room on Jan. 22, 2017. Her husband, Jared Kushner, is a senior adviser to his father-in-law. Andrew Harrer, Pool, EPA. Ivanka Trump arrives for the National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral in Washington on Jan. 21, 2017 in a burgundy Oscar de la Renta velvet wrap dress with a matching handbag, headband, and leather gloves. MANDEL NGAN, AFP/Getty Images. Ivanka Trump, dressed in a glittering Carolina Herrera gown, attends the Freedom Ball with her husband Jared Kushner on the evening of Jan. 20. Alex Brandon, AP. Ivanka Trump joined her siblings to dance alongside President Trump and Melania Trump during their first dance at his inaugural ball. ROBYN BECK, AFP/Getty Images. Ivanka Trump, pictured here with her brother, Donald Trump, Jr., chose an all white, asymmetrical Oscar de la Renta ensemble for her father's inauguration. Win Mc Namee, AP. Ivanka matched her ...

Rising Powers At The White House

... raising questions about how she can fully separate her business interests — she owns a jewelry and clothing line — from her service in her father's administration. Kushner has agreed to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee and could face some tough questions from the panel looking into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russian spies. Among other things, Kushner will be asked about his meeting with Sergey Kislyak , the Russian ambassador to the U. S., at Trump Tower. Once fixtures on the Manhattan social scene, Ivanka and Jared have transformed themselves into a Washington "power couple" and they are using their clout and charm to push their own socially liberal but fiscally conservative agendas. "They feed off one another," the source said. How much clout do they have. Last month, Ivanka and Jared reportedly helped kill a proposed executive order that would have rolled back Obama administration protections for the LGBTQ community — protections that cultural conservatives like Pence very much oppose. Neither of them are Republicans. She is an independent and called Chelsea Clinton a friend. He is a Democrat whose dad, Charles, was a bigtime donor ...

Ivanka Trump Is A Government Employee

... election would lead to a rapid U. S. rapprochement with Russia are fading, as the White House pushes off the Kremlin's proposals for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin and takes an increasingly skeptical view of reaching a grand bargain with Moscow.". The New York Times : "Two months after the inauguration of President Trump, indications are mounting that the United States military is deepening its involvement in a string of complex wars in the Middle East that lack clear endgames.". "The Trump administration is signaling to Congress it would seek mostly modest changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement in upcoming negotiations with Mexico and Canada, a deal President Donald Trump called a "disaster" during the campaign," writes the Wall Street Journal. "According to an administration draft proposal being circulated in Congress by the U. S. trade representative's office, the U. ...

Travel Ban, Ivanka, 'bathroom Bill,' Epa

... a legitimate traffic study, as they claimed during the trial, and said the defendants sought to mislead the jury with their testimony. EPA Denies Petition to Ban Pesticide Used on Crops. The Environmental Protection Agency denied a petition by environmental groups that sought to ban a common pesticide used on citrus fruits, apples, cherries and other crops, reversing a proposal by the Obama administration to revoke all uses of the pesticide on food. The EPA administrator  said by not banning chlorpyrifos the agency is providing "regulatory certainty" to thousands of American farms that rely on the pesticide. The pesticide, in use since 1965, has sickened dozens of farmworkers in recent years. Traces have been found in waterways, threatening fish, and experts say overuse could make targeted insects immune to the pesticide. U. S. farms use more than 6 million pounds of the chemical each year. Aunt Viv Slams 'Fresh Prince' Star After Reunion Pic. Aunt Viv is ticked off. Janet Hubert, the original Aunt Viv of the 90 s sitcom “The ...

Ivanka Trump Gets Formal White House Role, With Ethics Obligations But No Pay

... Smialowski / AFP-Getty Images). Ivanka Trump is taking on a more formal White House role — with a title but not a paycheck — a move intended to quell ethics concerns raised about her status in her father's administration. In a statement, the White House noted that the president's elder daughter already had an "unprecedented role" in the administration different from that of previous presidential children. She now will take the title of special advisor to the president, and therefore assume the same responsibility to abide by ethics standards that other federal employees have, the statement said. The decision demonstrates the administration's "commitment to ethics, transparency and compliance," the administration said. Although Ivanka Trump already had a West Wing office — as does her husband, senior advisor Jared Kushner — she now will have "increased opportunities to lead initiatives driving real policy benefits for the American public that would not have been ...