WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump landed in yet another soup as his daughter Ivanka Trump, official yet unpaid member of the White House represented the country in the recently held G20 summit. While allowing other high-ranking officials to sit in is a common practice in the meet of world leaders, Ivanka replacing her father saw uproar due to her lack of political qualifications.
Responding in his trademark style, Trump said the move was “standard” and that public reactions would have been different had it been former presidential daughter Chelsea Clinton. Tweeting on the issue, the US President wrote, “I asked Ivanka to hold seat. Very standard. Angela M agrees!” In a follow-up tweet he added, “If Chelsea Clinton were asked to hold the seat for her mother, as her mother gave our country away, the Fake News would say CHELSEA FOR PRES!” Clinton responded saying, “Good morning Mr President. It would never have occurred to my mother or my father to ask me. Were you giving our country away? Hoping not.”
Mending the damage done by Trump, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said his tweet was not about attacking the Clintons, but rather a response to an “outrageous attack against a White House senior adviser.” She said, “If she didn't have the last name that she has I think that she would be constantly celebrated instead of constantly attacked.”
