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Antifar
07/31/17 9:32:58 AM
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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/30/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-241149
But if Ivanka Trump and Kushner, socially liberal former Democratic donors, remain influential voices with Trump on personnel decisions, they have so far had little effect on his policies.

Last week they were blindsided by the president’s tweet saying he planned to ban transgender people from serving in the military, according to several White House aides, a major coup for conservatives who had been quietly lobbying the administration on the issue for months.

White House officials said the first daughter was surprised by her father’s posts; in the past, Trump has been a supporter of gay rights. Ivanka Trump, according to these officials, learned of the decision when she saw her father’s tweet on her phone.

The decree came less than a month after the first daughter tweeted, in honor of Pride Month: “I am proud to support my LGBTQ friends and the LGBTQ Americans who have made immense contributions to our society and economy.” And it spurred another wave of liberal rage directed at Ivanka Trump.

For all the talk of a White House war between New York City liberals and traditionalist conservatives, it was the latest example of the limited influence the moderates have been able to wield on policy.

Six months ago, few would have thought the president would have been circumventing his daughter to deliver victories to fiscal and social conservatives [Antifar's note: everyone thought this would happen]—but that’s precisely what happened with the transgender military ban, which the Pentagon has put on hold pending review.

Now, as Ivanka Trump runs up against some of limits of her power in the White House, she appears to be narrowing her objectives—and disappointing those progressives who had pinned their hopes on the president’s family members exerting more of a moderating influence on his presidency.

“Actions speak louder than words,” said Sarah McBride, national press secretary for the nonprofit Human Rights Coalition. “Either Ivanka is ineffective in her advocacy within the building, or her voice doesn’t matter to the president as much as she hopes it does.”

Ivanka Trump has had some victories. While she lost out on persuading her father not to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, she had much more success in limiting a religious liberties executive order to abortion and procreation issues, cutting out many other possibilities that would have angered the LGBT community.

“She’s in there doing what she can,” said R. Couri Hay, a publicist and a longtime friend of the Trump family. “It’s unrealistic, unfair and cruel to expect her to change climate policy and pre-K and women’s issues in six months.”

But Ivanka Trump — who once met with Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards to discuss a needle-threading way to potentially fund the organization — is staking out her reputation on getting a child care tax credit passed in a Republican Congress as part of tax reform, and fighting for paid family leave to be included in the budget.
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Ivanka Trump has explained to critics that she doesn’t want to ruin her credibility with Republicans, whose support she will need, by being perceived as what she sometimes refers to as a “super-lib” and expressing her personal disagreement with the administration’s most conservative policies.

Meanwhile, she desperately wants to lower expectations of what she can achieve in an administration where she views herself as one person on a large team — even though other White House officials said she still has access to the president whenever she desires it.

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Darkman124
07/31/17 9:35:49 AM
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i don't see the point of articles like this
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Antifar
07/31/17 9:38:07 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
i don't see the point of articles like this

It's exploring the role and (in)effectiveness of White House advisers, who, beyond being related to the president, were seen by some as a potentially moderating influence.
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BLAKUboy
07/31/17 9:39:41 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
i don't see the point of articles like this

Mostly damage control for the narrative that Ivanka and Jared would keep Trump from being insane. I still have no idea where that idea even came from, honestly.
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Were_Wyrm
07/31/17 9:39:53 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
i don't see the point of articles like this

Uhh Trump is bad m'kay.
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justaguy3492
07/31/17 9:40:24 AM
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Before the election a lot of conservative women (who were still concerned about women's issues that the right seems to ignore) seemed to think that Ivanka would be the voice of reason to the President, that appears to be out the window.
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FaultyGourry
07/31/17 9:41:34 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
i don't see the point of articles like this

This. She's just Trumps daughter. What kind of power do people think she has? Seems like more 'sins of the father' bullshit.
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Darkman124
07/31/17 9:43:10 AM
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Antifar posted...
It's exploring the role and (in)effectiveness of White House advisers, who, beyond being related to the president, were seen by some as a potentially moderating influence.


which people are 'some'

liberals always figured it was just bullshit

conservatives always figured he'd do what he wants and not listen to some woman, esp his daughter

moderates are mostly not paying attention at all. i guess it's for them?
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Antifar
07/31/17 9:43:18 AM
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FaultyGourry posted...
What kind of power do people think she has?


She has a "newly renovated, all-white office in the West Wing."
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BLAKUboy
07/31/17 9:44:37 AM
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I mean, Ivanka basically let the media paint her as a "moderating influence" because it worked in her favor. She really only has herself to blame for only now pointing out the narrative never had any basis in reality.
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Antifar
07/31/17 9:45:05 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
which people are 'some'


Ivanka Trump often fields messages from progressive friends pushing her to speak out on their pet issues. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio messaged her ahead of the climate decision, begging her to do more to intervene.

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PostCrisisJ2
07/31/17 9:45:40 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flv5nWZgII


Speaking of the transgender ban, if this article is correct evidently not even some conservatives actually wanted a total ban, just a ban on the treatment for them using defense funds. Depending on your viewpoint that's probably not that much better but it seems rather telling.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/26/trump-transgender-military-ban-behind-the-scenes-240990
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FaultyGourry
07/31/17 9:46:55 AM
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Antifar posted...
FaultyGourry posted...
What kind of power do people think she has?


She has a "newly renovated, all-white office in the West Wing."

To do what with? President's daughter is not an official office.
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Malcolm_Caradoc
07/31/17 9:47:02 AM
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JARED AND IVANKA FUCKING SUCK would these reporters who keep covering them "anonymously" jump off a bridge pls
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BLAKUboy
07/31/17 9:48:02 AM
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FaultyGourry posted...
To do what with? President's daughter is not an official office.

She's an official White House staff member. Has been for months. I'm... not certain we know what she actually does though.
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FaultyGourry
07/31/17 9:50:15 AM
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BLAKUboy posted...
FaultyGourry posted...
To do what with? President's daughter is not an official office.

She's an official White House staff member. Has been for months. I'm... not certain we know what she actually does though.

As an 'advisor' with no actual official title, salary or power.
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Antifar
07/31/17 9:50:21 AM
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FaultyGourry posted...
To do what with? President's daughter is not an official office.

Her official title is "assistant to the president."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/29/donald-trump-ivanka-trump/99795232/

She isn't just the president's daughter, she's been made a part of his staff.
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FaultyGourry
07/31/17 9:57:00 AM
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Antifar posted...
FaultyGourry posted...
To do what with? President's daughter is not an official office.

Her official title is "assistant to the president."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/29/donald-trump-ivanka-trump/99795232/

She isn't just the president's daughter, she's been made a part of his staff.

Ok, I was wrong. She does a title. Of assistant. Whole lot of power there.
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Balrog0
07/31/17 10:10:07 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
i don't see the point of articles like this


I dunno, seems as relevant as anything else to me

they form a coherent center of power within the administration, so exploring the actual influence they can exert is pretty relevant. just as relevant as talking about, like, steve bannon and his policy views
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Darkman124
07/31/17 10:36:02 AM
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Balrog0 posted...
they form a coherent center of power within the administration, so exploring the actual influence they can exert is pretty relevant. just as relevant as talking about, like, steve bannon and his policy views


if the article were "ivanka trump and jared kushner actually have no power, here's why: *list of things they tried and failed to accomplish along with their nearly empty accomplishments list*" i would understand its purpose in communicating that

but this comes across as another feel-good piece about how ivanka is trying soooo hard but has to 'lower expectations'

for some reason media are loath to criticize her at all
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OpheliaAdenade
07/31/17 10:36:56 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
for some reason media are loath to criticize her at all


because she's pretty
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Darkman124
07/31/17 10:39:35 AM
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OpheliaAdenade posted...
Darkman124 posted...
for some reason media are loath to criticize her at all


because she's pretty


honestly i dont know what it is, i think it's more complex than that

we were fed this narrative of how 'ivanka is the smart, reasonable trump! not like her shitty brothers and insane, racist dad'

her book basically lays out that she is no different than her brothers and her actual impact on policy suggests she is either really super ineffective at communicating with dad despite having more access to him than anyone else, or not actually at all interested in impacting most things that are claimed to matter to her

basically we've been fed a lot of stuff about how ivanka will make sure the liberals get some crumbs from trump and they should just roll over and let him do his thing because they will get some of what they want
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Balrog0
07/31/17 10:40:11 AM
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hmmm, I took it as a fairly negative piece about her, but I guess it is weird how they're framing it as her winning back credibility as though there was ever any evidence of her being able to accomplish something
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iosifsvoboda
07/31/17 10:45:46 AM
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Hopefully she gets motivated to run for office.
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Antifar
07/31/17 11:06:41 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
honestly i dont know what it is, i think it's more complex than that

Simple: she's been the source of a lot of WH leaks in exchange for favorable coverage
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Darkman124
07/31/17 11:11:38 AM
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Antifar posted...

Simple: she's been the source of a lot of WH leaks in exchange for favorable coverage


that would be very funny.

i hope that is true.
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RickyTheBAWSE
07/31/17 11:22:25 AM
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justaguy3492 posted...
Before the election a lot of conservative women (who were still concerned about women's issues that the right seems to ignore) seemed to think that Ivanka would be the voice of reason to the President, that appears to be out the window.


I wondered why that narrative was being pushed so hard, myself. that was presumptuous on a WTF level. but look how many people on this board regurgitated that rhetoric so heavily.

I'll never know what that shit was based on other than the blind faith of sheep.
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