Ivanka Trump gives blunt 3-word response when asked why she won’t return to White House

President-elect Donald Trump’s eldest daughter will not be playing a role in his second administration and gave a candid response when asked why not.

Ivanka Trump played a visible role in her father’s first term in the White House, serving as an adviser along with her husband Jared Kushner. But while speaking on the Skinny Confidential’s “Him & Her Show” podcast, the 43-year-old explained she would not be returning this time, choosing instead to “be there” for the former and future president.

“I love policy and impact. I hate politics. And unfortunately, the two are not separable,” Ivanka Trump told hosts Lauryn Bosstick and Michael Bosstick.

“There is a darkness to that world that I don’t really want to welcome into mine,” said Ivanka, who is the daughter of Trump and his ex-wife, the late Ivana Trump.

“My primary goals were just to be the best freaking mom I could be,” she told the hosts, referring to her stint at the White House while being a mother of three children.

“It’s hard. I mean, I did the best I could — and I think I was there for all the really critical moments — but you don’t want to miss the small ones either,” she said. “The main reason I am not going back to serve now is I know the cost, and it’s a price that I’m not willing to make my kids bear.”

Asked about reactions to her decision to opt out of political involvement, she explained it was an “easy” decision.

“It really feels like it’s very easy to make a decision when it aligns around your core values. And my highest, most core value is family,” she said.

“To some degree, I’m at the center of the storm because my father is about to be president, but it’s a very dark, negative business. And some people love the gladiator aspect of it — the fight. That was never me,” Ivanka said.

With her family relocated to Florida, Ivanka just wants to support her father as he steps back into leading the nation.

“I think I’m most looking forward to just being able to show up for him as a daughter and be there for him to take his mind off things, to watch a movie with him, or watch a sports game,” she said.

“To know that he can be with me, and be himself and just relax and for me to be able to provide that for him in a very loving way as his daughter,” she added. “It’s the world’s loneliest position — the enormity of the decisions you’re making on a daily basis, how transactional everyone is with you.”

 

Frieda Powers

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