During the election, and shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration, liberals were pinning their hopes on one person, Trump’s daughter Ivanka. She believes in climate change, she’s not an overt bigot, she seems nice, sort of. It quickly became apparent, though, that Ivanka was no more of an influence on her father than any other woman.
Still, an Us Weekly profile of the First Daughter is still trying to spread the myth that Ivanka is somehow a normalizing influence on her unstable and cruel father. The headline was “Ivanka Takes a Stand: Why I Disagree with my Dad.”
The article acknowledges that Ivanka lost the battle when her father pulled out of the Paris Climate agreement. In fact, it doesn’t note a single victory that she can personally claim when it comes to standing up to her father (it does note that her husband Jared Kushner may be behind Trump’s decision to stay in the North American Free Trade Agreement). Still, Us Weekly says:
But Ivanka is the best woman for the job. As Donald’s beloved daughter, “she’s the person he listens to more than anyone,” says an Ivanka friend. And the skilled negotiator knows just how to work him — stating her case calmly and directly. “Where I disagree with my father, he knows it,” she told Gayle King in an April 5 interview. “And I express myself with total candor.”
Readers quickly took to Twitter to rewrite the headline to reflect the way things actually seem between Ivanka and her father.
If I designed the cover for the new US Weekly issue on Ivanka Trump. pic.twitter.com/txHgQmuePn
— Born Miserable (@bornmiserable) June 7, 2017
— darth:™ (@darth) June 7, 2017
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The cover of US Weekly seemed to have a few typos.
Fixed it.#ParisAgreement #TrumpRussia pic.twitter.com/nD5ebyKlC6— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) June 7, 2017
Then there’s this truth bomb about Us Weekly:
If you subscribe to @usweekly, you should stop doing that. https://t.co/uXpoIv8xre
— shauna (@goldengateblond) June 7, 2017
And then there were the memes:
Ivanka we have so much in common!! I disagree with your dad too!! @usweekly @IvankaTrump pic.twitter.com/ENcd2MR5s6
— Nina C (@ninsical) June 7, 2017
US Weekly wants us to believe that Ivanka isn’t like her dad.
The majority of Americans react: pic.twitter.com/QD4KKFjfI1
— Doctor #Covfefe (@ShomahKhoobi) June 7, 2017
why I disagree with my dad pic.twitter.com/Ib0OJyrqEF
— Susan J. Demas (@sjdemas) June 7, 2017
WHY I DISAGREE WITH MY DAD pic.twitter.com/XWsCpCB0Re
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2017
Why I Disagree With My Dad pic.twitter.com/FGRuBAYZEG
— Alex Yablon (@AlexYablon) June 7, 2017
The obvious truth is that Ivanka may sometimes disagree with her dad, but that doesn’t mean she has any influence whatsoever. He barely listens to his male advisors. Ivanka is only around for comfort and for eye candy.
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