Report: Ivanka Trump Won’t Take WH Role, Will Leave Trump Organization

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets his daughter Ivanka Trump during the grand opening of Trump International Hotel in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Donald Trump and his children hosted an o... Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets his daughter Ivanka Trump during the grand opening of Trump International Hotel in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Donald Trump and his children hosted an official ribbon cutting ceremony and press conference to celebrate the grand opening of his new hotel. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka will not take a formal position in her father’s administration, an unnamed transition official told the Associated Press on Monday.

The official said that Ivanka Trump will also leave her position as an executive vice president of the Trump Organization and as the head of her fashion lines.

The President-elect’s eldest daughter was a fixture on the 2016 trail, advising her father on policy issues and serving as a surrogate in cable news interviews. Ivanka Trump continued to sit in on meetings with foreign dignitaries and business leaders after her father won the White House, raising questions about conflicts of interest and stoking rumors that she would receive an official White House role.

Her husband, real estate scion Jared Kushner, will reportedly serve as a senior adviser to Trump.

The couple recently purchased a home in Washington, D.C., where they will move with their three children.

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  1. Hmmm. So, what is she going to do? A cabinet post? Ambassadorship (probably not if Jared is staying put), Run for office? Come clean about the decades of abuse? Enquiring minds…

  2. Ivanka: To clear the appearance of Nepotism, I will divorce Kushner but live together in our new home in fabulous DC. Kushner now can work freely with my dad.
    FOX: Liberals have forced a good, pious, white Christian jewish family to divorce so that one of them can have a job.

  3. I’ll believe this when I DON’T see it —

  4. You mean to say that Liberals forced a Jewish family to divorce

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