Ivanka Trump at G20 Summit

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

 

 

The French presidency is feeling a tad awkward after a video it posted of Ivanka Trump’s seemingly stilted interactions with foreign leaders went viral and spawned mockery, insisting that it “didn’t anticipate the reaction.”

The video caught Ivanka Trump in a discussion with world leaders during her father President Donald Trump’s recent visit to the G-20 summit. And it has fueled concern that the president’s daughter is having undue influence on U.S. foreign policy.

In the clip, Ivanka Trump is shown trying to engage in a talk with a handful of foreign leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

The full context of the conversation isn’t clear, but at one point, British Prime Minister Theresa May says: “As soon as you charge them with that economic aspect of it, a lot of people start listening who otherwise wouldn’t listen.”

“And the same with the defense side of it, in terms of the whole business that’s been, sort of, male-dominated,” Ivanka Trump then says, smiling.

Lagarde, who had been nodding while May spoke, appears mystified by Trump’s comment and purses her lips. The IMF chief’s reaction alone has spawned numerous mocking tweets about the encounter.

In a statement, an official with the Élysée — the French presidential palace — stressed that the French government often releases clips of such moments at summits.

This particular one, the official said, “took place in the leaders’ lounge right before the sessions on gender equality of which Ivanka was one of the keynote speakers, so it wasn’t anything more than a moment of exchange like there were 100 more [of] with other leaders.”

The official noted, however, that the clip was released at a time of “a larger narrative in the U.S. about Ivanka’s diplomatic role and that goes beyond us, of course,” but that it wasn’t the French government’s intention to feed into that narrative.

“We didn’t anticipate the reaction, and once again, we are not responsible for the use made of the clip,” the official said.

Source: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/01/france-ivanka-trump-reaction-1392084

 

Here are some tweets making parodies of Ivanka butting into various moments of history:

 

 

[Florian 20,017]

Lagarde looking annoyed af and eye-siding her is the best part

[Pacify Him 9,073]

Yes. It's actually Ivanka who controls everything  

[Reginald 13,841]

So annoyed at this family ignoring all of the government's rules. Why is Washington too afraid to tell them no? Civilizans shouldn't be involved in these international leadership talks 

[River 127,811]

Macron's look at the end

She reminds me those students who goes to lunch with the professors and then they talk nonsense about the research 

[hankhatesyouall 2,731]

Of course, you are going to belittle a woman simply because she's Trump's daughter, but then you scream about female empowerment 

[Economy 52,910]

I saw this

 

Her being taken was very inappropriate to say the least

[DeleteMyAccount 11,881]

She and the other Jr. were almost charged with a felony fraud case, but it was thrown out when a big Trump donor tipped the DA... There was found evidence of the Trump's creating false information/emails to persuade clients/consumers. We all know what the Trump's have been using this Presidency for. And the history only backs it up. If only Americans would get smart...

[REALITY 80,177]

5 minutes ago, hankhatesyouall said:

Of course, you are going to belittle a woman simply because she's Trump's daughter, but then you scream about female empowerment 

People are mocking her because of her relation to Trump and the fact that she has no place in discussions with world leaders.

This isn't about female empowerment or trying to "belittle women" 

[Fish 6,259]

7 minutes ago, hankhatesyouall said:

Of course, you are going to belittle a woman, but then you scream about female empowerment 

This is about ELECTED officials or people APPOINTED BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK having legitimate standing. This is literally the essence of democracy, which Ivanka and her hateful dad do not seem to be bothered with.

You trying to make it  agender issue is an insult to real gender equality battles

[ladylinners 485]

 

[Guest Adarsh]

33 minutes ago, hankhatesyouall said:

Of course, you are going to belittle a woman simply because she's Trump's daughter, but then you scream about female empowerment 

So now you care about female empowerment? 

[FATCAT 60,896]

2 hours ago, Reginald said:

So annoyed at this family ignoring all of the government's rules. Why is Washington too afraid to tell them no? Civilizans shouldn't be involved in these international leadership talks 

Republicans are a cult

[FATCAT 60,896]

2 hours ago, hankhatesyouall said:

Of course, you are going to belittle a woman simply because she's Trump's daughter, but then you scream about female empowerment 

It was bring your kid to work day, that's the only reason she was there

[Delusional Aura 5,129]

2 hours ago, Reginald said:

So annoyed at this family ignoring all of the government's rules. Why is Washington too afraid to tell them no? Civilizans shouldn't be involved in these international leadership talks 

Technically, the anti-nepotism act doesn't cover what Ivanka is doing. So it's legal.