Ivanka, Donald Jr. are playing above their class
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During the G-20 Summit Ivanka Trump sat in a meeting for the president. Concurrently, reports of a meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer inundated Donald Trump Jr.
Ivanka was not elected president; Donald Trump was. She should not be doing his job. Imagine if President Obama had stepped out and put Malia in his place. The whole world would be shocked and laughing. Georgiana Hall
Any Democrat who was perfectly OK with the self-proclaimed “co-presidency” of Bill and Hillary Clinton better pipe down about Ivanka’s role now. Andrew Zink
Donald Jr.’s meeting with the Russian lawyer shows that President Trump brought his whole family to sell out the country. Darrell Brown
There are so many other countries that are a bigger problem for the U.S. than Russia. We face many threats and countries that need our intervention. Jr.’s meeting was nothing.
Meanwhile, Russia is probably our second-best non-Middle Eastern ally in our fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Keith John
Representatives of Donald Jr. and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner confirmed the meeting after “The New York Times” approached them with information about it. Does anyone doubt the Russians were currying favor with the Trump campaign? Cora Roever
I’m sleeping better knowing that the president’s daughter is leading the country in meetings with other world leaders! Steve Anderson
I’m glad President Trump listens to his daughter and supports the effort to support women around the world! Now if he only cared enough to continue providing affordable health care to them and everyone in the U.S. Glenn Heller
So what if Donald Jr. met with someone to get dirt on Hillary Clinton? It’s called politics, and it was not the Russian government! Do the liberal snowflakes think Democrats don’t try to get dirt on Republicans? Debbie Homesley
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We asked our followers their thoughts on Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. after she held the president’s place at a G-20 meeting and he was accused of dealing with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential campaign.
President Trump thinks he’s grooming Ivanka to be first woman president. And Donald Jr.? Oh Lord, I hope he goes down with this administration. @Becks543
If President Hillary Clinton had let Chelsea sit in for her, can you imagine the left’s rhetoric about empowering daughters/women? Never ending. @MemomOfFour
Ivanka isn’t a “Trump child.” She’s a grown woman in the White House. She should be held to the same standards as a less telegenic person. @Lara_Schwartz
Ivanka didn’t do anything wrong. She is an adviser. When the president is busy other people will help out. @TulsaTsunami
Apples don’t fall far from the tree. Donald Jr. and Jared Kushner, along with the president, need to be investigated for collusion. @taxedinmaine