Völlig absurd
NPR also reports on that conference graced by the presence of Trump’s offspring.
Feminism was a central topic on the panel, as the moderator, who cited a “reluctance” to use the term, asked the panel to raise their hands if they consider themselves a feminist. Trump held up her hand, as did nearly everyone else on the stage.
“I do label myself a feminist, and I do think of that in broad terms,” she said later.
She has to think of it in very broad terms, doesn’t she, if she’s not going to ditch her father. A “feminism” that flatters a man who abuses women every chance he gets is so broad as to have no borders at all.
Discussing her father, Trump said the president agrees with her about the need to empower women, saying that he had encouraged her “to fully lean into this opportunity and come into the White House and be by his side” — and to take part in discussions like the Women20 Summit.
“This opportunity” – as if that’s what the presidency is: an “opportunity” for the whole family to get jobs they’re not qualified for. It’s “leaning in” to exploit nepotism as a path to a powerful job one is entirely unqualified for.
They’re such grifters.
But Trump’s earlier description of President Trump as a “tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive” was met with groans and hisses from the audience.
Ivanka Trump is booed by the audience at the W20 conference in Berlin when she describes how her dad supports families.
— SorayaSarhaddiNelson (@sorayanelson) April 25, 2017
Politician Lars Klingbeil, whose Social Democratic Party is in a coalition with Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, questioned the visit by asking, “Am I the only one who finds it completely absurd that the Chancellor now makes foreign policy with the daughter of Donald Trump?”
Bin ich der einzige, der es völlig absurd findet dass die Bundeskanzlerin jetzt Außenpolitik mit der Tochter von Donald Trump macht?
— Lars Klingbeil (@larsklingbeil) April 25, 2017
The summit panel’s discussion had started with something of a jolt, as the moderator, journalist Miriam Meckel, asked Trump to clarify what her role was at the summit — and whether she was representing the U.S., her father, or her business interests.
“Certainly not the latter,” said Trump, who has an office in the West Wing and has access to classified information. She added that she was still defining her role but was intent on furthering women’s issues.
Start with abortion rights.