# Ivanka - de facto First Lady in the event of a Trump presidency? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivanka-de-facto-first-lady-in-the-event-of-a-trump-presidency/745702 "2016-02-10T11:43:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivanka-de-facto-first-lady-in-the-event-of-a-trump-presidency/745702/61 "2016-02-11T15:01:10Z")
True. I’d greatly respect any GOP pol who said out loud for the record “if you’re a white nationalist I want nothing to do with you, and neither should any follower of mine”. Or a Dem who said to Al Sharpton “why should I care if you get along with me??” Both are highly unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivanka-de-facto-first-lady-in-the-event-of-a-trump-presidency/745702/62 "2016-02-11T15:07:34Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > True. I’d greatly respect any GOP pol who said out loud for the record “if you’re a white nationalist I want nothing to do with you, and neither should any follower of mine”. Or a Dem who said to Al Sharpton “why should I care if you get along with me??” > > Both are highly unlikely. There are a lot of reasonable criticisms of Sharpton, but I don’t think he can be compared to white supremacists. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivanka-de-facto-first-lady-in-the-event-of-a-trump-presidency/745702/63 "2016-02-11T15:33:53Z")
Not making equivalency of the subjects. Just of the pandering. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivanka-de-facto-first-lady-in-the-event-of-a-trump-presidency/745702/64 "2016-02-11T15:41:56Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > So Ivanka should be First Lady because you find her hotter? That’s not how I read it. Granted he mentioned her looks once, along with some comments about Melania’s: > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Off to one side was Melania, she of squinty eye…On the other side was Ivanka [looking] beautiful… > > …I don’t find Melania particularly likable (or beautiful)… But then there’s the rest of what he said about Ivanka: > [@](#): > > [She is] charming [and] intelligent… She would be great hosting White House dinners, meeting with foreign dignitaries and heads of state, and would be a great ambassador for both Trump and the U.S. on the world stage. And she seems to be respected by almost everyone, Republican, Democrat, young and old, male and female. > > She seems to have won almost universal respect for her charm, intelligence and business savvy and to me she’d be quite effective as a unifier among those Trump would have to deal with, both on domestic and international fronts…She’s quite an impressive young woman. I also think she could work wonders during the campaign in bringing undecided women into the fold. > > Still, this is one of the areas where Ivanka might prove invaluable. She seems as tactful and charming as he is gruff and outspoken, and like I said in the OP I think she’d be a hell of an asset in dealing with Congress and foreign leaders and dignitaries. And like her father, she seems to be quite the multi-tasker and would probably be able to juggle these different duties with ease. Doesn’t seem like “hotter” enters into it at all. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivanka-de-facto-first-lady-in-the-event-of-a-trump-presidency/745702/65 "2016-02-11T16:51:02Z")
Pfffffft - The Donald should just abdicate in favor of Ivanka. I think she is far better presidential material than either her father or stepmother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivanka-de-facto-first-lady-in-the-event-of-a-trump-presidency/745702.md?page=3)