Trump Claims He Wants To See ‘First Woman President Also’: If It’s His Daughter

LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE - AUGUST 28: President Donald Trump speaks at an airport hanger at a rally a day after he formally accepted his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention on August 28, 2020... LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE - AUGUST 28: President Donald Trump speaks at an airport hanger at a rally a day after he formally accepted his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention on August 28, 2020 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Addressing hundreds of supporters, many wearing face masks, Trump made his case for his re-election against his opponent Joe Biden. Trump spoke at at Pro Star Aviation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump railed against Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris during a New Hampshire campaign rally on Friday night, suggesting that the California senator is “not competent” enough to make history as the first female president.

“I want to see the first woman president also,” Trump said, before rebuffing Harris and then boosting his own daughter for the role, claiming that Ivanka Trump who is also among his advisers, is the kind of female leader his supporters could back.

“They’re all saying, ‘We want Ivanka!’” Trump said. “I don’t blame them.”

The comments follow Trump’s ongoing attack of Harris who is the first Black woman and Asian American to be nominated to a major party’s presidential ticket.

Harris — the woman that he has said is “not competent” — is also the woman that he has repeatedly called “dangerous,” “nasty,” and even “disrespectful” in her tough questioning of his Supreme Court justice pick, Brett Kavanaugh during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings and in her criticisms of her then opponent and now running mate, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, during the party’s debates last year.

Trump has also fanned the flame surrounding a false and racist conspiracy theory about Harris’ eligibility for the vice presidency, suggesting that she may not have been born in the United States. 

On Thursday, ahead of the Trump’s GOP acceptance speech, Harris had ripped the President during her first solo campaign event, saying that he had mishandled the coronavirus pandemic and failed in his duty to ensure the safety of all Americans as COVID-19 continues to ravage the nation. 

The rally follows Trump’s speech on Thursday concluding the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House. Few of the spectators in New Hampshire wore masks, and they stood close together, ignoring the six feet of social distance recommended to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. 

Notable is not only Trump’s effort to expand the profile of his daughter, but also a tactical move to continue to paint Harris as his true opponent for the presidency — stoking fear among conservatives about a “dangerous” and “radical” woman of color hijacking the presidency from Biden who he referred to on Friday as a “puppet” to a much more liberal agenda.

Trump’s rebuke of Harris follows efforts to shore up support from female voters during the RNC this past week where several speakers touted Trump’s record on advancing women’s issues and addressing concerns of people of color.

As he tore into Harris in his remarks on Friday, the President also acknowledged state Rep. Al Baldasaro in a shoutout. The New Hampshire Republican previously called for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be “shot in firing squad” during her 2016 presidential bid.

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  1. I sure would like to know the areas in which Ivanka has demonstrated any competence. Recipient of cosmetic surgery? Ability to leverage role in maladministration into Chinese patents/trademarks? Remarkable ability to demonstrate tone-deafness?

  2. Avatar for bdtex bdtex says:

    “They’re all saying, ‘We want Ivanka!’” Trump said. “I don’t blame them.”

    Someone as unqualified and undeserving as him.

  3. All I can say is ick, that’s icky and no fucking way.

    I’m reminded of the one thing Chris Matthews got right about tRump… and that’s that he thinks the pResidency is like the Romanov family and that he’s treated it up to this point as if that’s his entire working premise. It wouldn’t surprise me if he thinks he can bequeath the pResidency onto his shallow and thoroughly empty-headed daughter.

  4. Intel briefings to congress on election security: Gone. Postal sorting machines: Gone. A fair election is ebbing away right in front of our eyes. Ivanka as president? I think it’s entirely possible. Who will stop it?

    This is heinous on every level.

  5. Given the chance, I’ve no doubt that he’ll try.
    Let’s work to make sure he doesn’t get the chance!

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