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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 08:14 PM Dec 2016

Ivanka Trump Auctions Off $50,000 Coffee Date

Ivanka Trump is offering deep-pocketed bidders a chance to chat with her over coffee for a cool $50,000.

In a listing posted last week on auction site Charitybuzz, the daughter of the President-elect and Trump Organization executive vice president volunteered 30-45 minutes of her time for a “private meet and greet.” The two winners, who must pass criminal background checks and be approved by the Secret Service, will have the opportunity to meet with Ivanka Trump sometime in 2017.

Though the listing makes reference only to her business experience and family with husband Jared Kushner, it speaks to the blurred line between her political and business roles. Winners will meet with Trump either “at Trump Tower in NYC or Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.,” depending on her schedule. The listing says Secret Service agents will sit in on the coffee date to ensure her safety.

Already, 14 bidders have ponied up huge sums in the hopes of meeting the real estate heir and beauty mogul. While the coffee date is valued at $50,000, the highest bid as of Monday afternoon was $23,000.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ivanka-trump-auctions-off-coffee-date-fifty-thousand-dollars

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But, but, but the Obama women wear sleeveless dresses!

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Ivanka Trump Auctions Off $50,000 Coffee Date (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
No words dhill926 Dec 2016 #1
More pathetic than auctioning ones virginity. milestogo Dec 2016 #2
Pay for Play? Afromania Dec 2016 #3
Has the Secret Service in the past protected married children?? Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #4
There's a word for people like this, but I am not going to say smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #5
Is she giving it to charity? treestar Dec 2016 #6
It's going to the Eric Trump Foundation. Chellee Dec 2016 #10
Eric Trump's "charity" is just as corrupt and self-serving Tanuki Dec 2016 #13
Precisely. Chellee Dec 2016 #14
thanks treestar Dec 2016 #16
Oh ffs. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2016 #7
$50K and all you get is coffee? MineralMan Dec 2016 #8
The $50k for the coffee Txbluedog Dec 2016 #15
Will the proceeds go to giant paintings of Tweetler? Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #9
If Trump was really a man of the people why not let Joe Sixpack talk with Ivanka for free? Willie Pep Dec 2016 #11
And there are a few pervs who'll pay for it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #12

Chellee

(2,096 posts)
10. It's going to the Eric Trump Foundation.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 10:50 PM
Dec 2016

And from there possibly to St. Jude.

But these are the Trumps, so maybe paintings instead.

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
8. $50K and all you get is coffee?
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 08:37 PM
Dec 2016

Nah...I can make that at home. She needs to offer more than that for that kind of money...

Willie Pep

(841 posts)
11. If Trump was really a man of the people why not let Joe Sixpack talk with Ivanka for free?
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 11:04 PM
Dec 2016

That would be a better PR stunt. Instead of coffee they could get a burger and fries at the local greasy spoon.

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