When Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner first took jobs in the White House in 2017, they presumably assumed that eight years later, they‘d return to New York and be crowned the king and queen not just of an exclusive social set but the city—nay, the entire globe. Vogue would put them on the cover of the September issue. Billionaires would beg them to sit on the boards of their companies to lend an air of credibility. People would scream, “I love you Javanka!” as they walked down the street. Politicos would constantly beg them to run for president. Penguin Random House would get into a bidding war for their memoirs, telling The New York Times, “That $65 million we dropped on the Obamas? Peanuts compared to what we’re shelling out for these two.”
Instead, they’re being unceremoniously booted out of the place after just four years, with significantly worse reputations than when they started. To be clear, no one was falling all over themselves to get an audience with the couple before Donald Trump was inaugurated but they weren’t reviled among the people whose opinions they presumably once and probably do still care about, with just a narrow portion of Manhattan reportedly looking forward to their return, and an open invitation from Staten Island to take the ferry out and put down roots. “Everyone with self-respect, a career, morals, respect for democracy, or who doesn’t want their friends to shame them both in private and public will steer clear,” a former friend of the couple told my colleague. . . . .
Not surprisingly, the outgoing first daughter appears to be in extremely frantic damage control mode, attempting to prove, via tweets that should come with fact-checks, that the Trump administration isn’t the worst collection of people in modern presidential history.
Of course, had Ivanka’s father won a second term, which he definitely didn’t no matter what he says, he’d continue with a quest to bury the planet in a shallow grave, which he‘s actively trying to do in the time he has left in Washington.
Also on Tuesday, Princess Purses, like Daddy Trump, seemingly tried to suggest the Trump administration was to thank for the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a new high . . . . . Strangely, Ivanka did not mention the fact that her father had claimed the stock market would crash were Biden elected . . . . nor did she mention that the reason the Dow is up is that investors appear to be relieved Biden is going to be president.
Anyway, despite Ivanka’s efforts at image-rehab, it seems the couple has read the writing on the wall, and seemingly plans to spend less time in their old city than they did prior to 2017. Per The New York Times:
Town officials in Bedminster, N.J., have the plans for a possible Trump family future, or at least the blueprints: a major addition to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s “cottage” on the grounds of the Trump National Golf Club, four new pickleball courts, a relocated heliport, and a spa, and yoga complex. As Manhattan awaits word of the Trump family’s return, the first daughter and her husband appear to be making preparations elsewhere: a Garden State refuge behind guarded gates, perhaps, or Florida, where President Trump is renovating his Mar-a-Lago estate.
“In an odd way, they will even have a harder time than Trump himself” in New York, Donny Deutsch told reporter Elizabeth Williamson. “He’s despicable but larger than life. Those two are the hapless minions who went along.”
Sorry, but I cannot feel the least bit sorry for her. Indeed, she best hope that her father's likely tax fraud schemes don't land her in state prison. Poor little rich girl not.
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