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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSeems pretty clear to me, Trump is setting the stage for an Ivanka Trump run in 2020.
You heard it here first. Trump will bow out of seeking re-election and, as with everything else, will completely break with tradition and endorse his own daughter for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2020.
It should be clear to everybody by now. HE has decided that if there was ever to be a woman president, it will be HIS daughter.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)so the plan is for her to get on the job training with Vlad?
Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)And now Trump is colluding with Vlad to steal the next election, too.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)Jewish grifter President?"
no_hypocrisy
(46,061 posts)What's not to like?
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)oasis
(49,365 posts)Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)1) His rabid and very stupid base.
2) Republican held state governments that are hard at work in voter suppression efforts.
3) Vladimir Putin's government hacker troops.
If he wants Ivanka to be president, he has the backing to make it happen.
The thing about Republicans backing this Russian election hacking is they are making the same mistake they made with the tea party and if the Russians decide they don't like any particular Republican, they'll just hack the primaries.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Fast forward a few years and anyone with Bush as their last name couldn't win a dog catcher election.
Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)That was obvious when she quit her $150 million job to work for nothing. She did what college students who take on unpaid internships do, or if you used to watch ER, what John Carter did when he switched from surgical to ER, worked for a year without pay, because he did not need the money, he just wanted the job.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)total inexperience would be blatantly obvious in any campaign events and especially debates, etc. Yes I realize that Trump himself is hideously unqualified and that his voters found his "honesty" (his refusal to prepare for anything and his obvious lack of knowledge during the campaign) and lack of qualifications attractive but Ivanka would NOT be able to hide behind Daddy Trump's blustery presentation.
Unlike daddy, Ivanka could not sail through a campaign by viciously ridiculing her opponents' height and/or stamina and/or constantly imply things about their sexual prowess or genital size or the attractiveness of their spouses. And bragging that she was/is a tough guy who can intimidate every world leader into submission would sound very unbelievable. That sort of behavior is interpreted very differently when a woman engages in it -- and especially a young, attractive woman like Ivanka. It would come across as "Mean Girls," and very, very few people would believe that any world leader would find Ivanka challenging in any significant way.
Her ridiculous girly, breathy, "sexy" voice, and weird monotonous delivery, which is an unnatural affectation and ridiculous for a woman of her age, becomes grating very quickly. She would be very hard to take in a two hour debate. And she was of temporary interest in the campaign. Now that Trump is allowing her into meetings with world leaders, and is using her as a shiny object to deflect attention from himself and his appalling failures, people are not so accepting and indulgent of Ivanka. So even if Trump has some silly fantasy along these lines the likelihood of it going anywhere in 2020 is next to zero imho.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Aside from Russian hacking, and AA GOTV, the biggest bullet point from the 2016 voting was white women voting for Trump. There is a plan to keep and possibly build on those votes. I am not sure that the Jewish vote is that significant in numbers, it will not turn NY or CA purple, but it could help with fundraising. Ivanka could draw some of the youth vote also, those who were NeverTrump, but too young to vote in 2016. I do not know how, maybe she can join Taylor Swift's squad.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Let Ivanka do what she does best. Design ugly shoes.
Vinca
(50,251 posts)flamingdem
(39,312 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)leftstreet
(36,103 posts)I'm sure that's what they're thinking
EllieBC
(3,010 posts)If you read their forums, they all keep repeating "she's beautiful but needs to go home to Manhattan and stay out of this".
There's no way he could get them to support her.