If you’re a serious news outlet seeking an in-depth, nuanced analysis of the political landscape in America, about the last person you’d call on is Omarosa Manigault Newman. So, it’s no surprise that MSNBC dragged the coattail-riding Trump critic out, dusted her off, and asked her about Ivanka Trump’s recent announcement that she would “not be involved in politics” in the 2024 election cycle.
According to Omarosa, who rose to fame as a contestant on former President Donald Trump’s reality show, The Apprentice, and later disgraced herself as a member of Trump’s administration, the timing of Ivanka’s announcement, which coincided with her father’s official 2024 declaration, was meant to cause “damage.”
Omarosa on why Ivanka wasn't at Trump's announcement pic.twitter.com/yego0m6yYQ
— MSNBC Reports: Weekends (@MSNBCweekends) November 20, 2022
“Ivanka is very, very strategic,” Omarosa opined. “I would say she’s his favorite child, so the fact that she chose that timing, that moment to announce she wasn’t going to support him was her opportunity to be very much like her father and take the spotlight and let the narrative be about her.”
“She knew that would damage him,” she stated.
Wildly speculative and drenched in bitter envy, it’s exactly the sort of thing you’d expect Omarosa to say.
But as BizPac Review reported, Ivanka’s announcement was far less scandalous. The mother of three professed her love and support for her fearless father but said it was time for her to devote herself to her family, away from the spotlight.
Two Trump kids did not attend dad’s big announcement; Ivanka says she’s staying out of it https://t.co/J4wB0v0Gnh pic.twitter.com/64g3XaOSVZ
— BPR (@BIZPACReview) November 16, 2022
“I love my father very much,” she said in a statement. “This time around, I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics.”
“While I will always love and support my father,” Ivanka continued, “going forward I will do so outside the political arena. I am grateful to have had the honor of serving the American people and I will always be proud of many of our Administration’s accomplishments.”
They are hardly the seething words of a conniving daughter drowning in daddy issues.
But that didn’t stop Omarosa from spinning her own narrative.
“She knew the narrative would be that his family wasn’t there for him,” she insisted. “His favorite child, might I add.”
The failed White House aide then offered her take on Melania Trump’s state of mind.
“Melania wants nothing else but to stay as far away from the White House as possible,” Omarosa stated. “She was miserable. I saw her with my own eyes, day in and day out, counting the days until they were out of office.”
“You will not see a lot of Melania on the campaign trail,” she predicted, as MSNBC played a clip of her standing up for Trump as he announced his candidacy. “You will not see her standing up for him.”
Omarosa on why Melania isn't into Trump's 2024 run pic.twitter.com/eYwndiI3qV
— MSNBC Reports: Weekends (@MSNBCweekends) November 20, 2022
Stunning observation, Omarosa…
Just… stunning.
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