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hatrack

(59,587 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:25 AM Dec 2016

Vomit Time: Ivanka Wants To "Reach Out" On Climate Issues, 'Cuz She Just Cares So Much

Ed. - Fucking beyond belief - Daddy's going to gut science, research and regulations, but Ivanka's going to tiptoe around the country in $10,000 shoes and tell us all just how much she cares.

In September, as Donald Trump railed against the media and sold himself as the candidate of the forgotten man, Ivanka Trump ventured into the lair of the liberal media and power elite that was laughing at her father.

She jetted off to Aspen with her husband, Jared Kushner, to attend “Weekend with Charlie Rose,” an off-the-record gathering at which 90 percent of invitees were Trump haters. The annual event is typically filled with Nobel laureates, former government officials, royalty from abroad, business moguls and celebrity chefs who engage in intimate foreign- and economic-policy discussions, coupled with outdoor bonding activities like tennis and fly fishing. Harvey Weinstein, who hosts the Clintons in the Hamptons, added a Hollywood touch this year.

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And the ambitious daughter, who once plotted her career around international brand domination, is planning to take on an even heavier lift. Ivanka wants to make climate change — which her father has called a hoax perpetuated by the Chinese — one of her signature issues, a source close to her told Politico. The source said Ivanka is in the early stages of exploring how to use her spotlight to speak out on the issue. Advocating opposition to CO2 emissions and fossil fuels will inevitably create another warring sphere of influence in Trump’s orbit: Incoming Chief of staff Reince Priebus has clarified in recent days that Trump’s “default position” on climate change is that “most of it is a bunch of bunk.”

But no one is closer to Trump than his eldest daughter, and it would not be the first traditionally liberal position she has tried preaching to conservatives. At the Republican National Convention in July, Ivanka championed pay equity and parental leave, family issues she intends to continue pushing from what will likely be a unique platform that represents her role as an adviser, a surrogate and functional first lady. “The issues she’s talking about are ones she’s always talked about,” said a source close to Ivanka. “These are totally consistent with what she’s developed with her brand. She is playing a critical role in being able to have issues that moderate and liberal women care about — and creating a bridge to the other side.”

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/11/wrestling-exec-linda-mcmahon-a-top-choice-for-trumps-small-business-chief-232039

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Vomit Time: Ivanka Wants To "Reach Out" On Climate Issues, 'Cuz She Just Cares So Much (Original Post) hatrack Dec 2016 OP
When a Trump wants to reach out C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #1
And (of course) check your wallet . . . hatrack Dec 2016 #2
The pattern becomes apparent n2doc Dec 2016 #3
Bin-go! hatrack Dec 2016 #5
If Ivanka gave a fuck about climate change, she would have campaigned for Hillary and not her Tanuki Dec 2016 #4
Hypocrite Alert: Ivanka went on record, saying that since it's after the Election, no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #6
Climate change is easy. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2016 #7
Who the f##k is she to reach out... Txbluedog Dec 2016 #8
"She jetted off to Aspen with her husband..." smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #9

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
3. The pattern becomes apparent
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:29 AM
Dec 2016

Have somebody (Trump or associates of him) act all moderate and bipartisan, while appointing cabinet members who are proven extremists. Muddy the issue, give the media a distraction they can latch onto while the real damage is being done.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
5. Bin-go!
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:58 AM
Dec 2016

And don't forget to send out lots of outrageous tweets while quietly stabbing large slices of the electorate in the back through your butt-buddies in Congress.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
4. If Ivanka gave a fuck about climate change, she would have campaigned for Hillary and not her
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:36 AM
Dec 2016

idiot, climate skeptic father. She is a self-serving hypocrite who assumes everyone is as stupid and gullible as her father's voters.

no_hypocrisy

(46,104 posts)
6. Hypocrite Alert: Ivanka went on record, saying that since it's after the Election,
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:17 AM
Dec 2016

she was going to return to just "being a daughter".

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)
7. Climate change is easy.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:38 AM
Dec 2016

If you don't like the weather, hop on the Trump jet and go to another Trump house, where the weather is better.

Climate issue solved.

 

Txbluedog

(1,128 posts)
8. Who the f##k is she to reach out...
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:43 AM
Dec 2016

I did not realize that first daughters had any political role or power. STFU and go home (and no you are a grown adult woman, the WH is not going to be your home)

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. "She jetted off to Aspen with her husband..."
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:43 AM
Dec 2016

But she cares about the environment so verrrrry much! Yeah, right.

She makes me sick.

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