Ivanka Trump personal life. Ivanka Trump: what do we know about the eldest daughter of the US President
Ivanka Trump
After Donald Trump, the new US President has attracted special attention not only to him, but also to members of his family - in particular, to the politician’s daughter Ivanka. So today, in our traditional “Evolution” section, we look at how Ivanka’s appearance has changed over the years.
Ivanka was born in 1981 to Donald Trump and his first wife, Czech model Ivana. Attention to the girl was riveted from childhood - she took part in family photo sessions and at an early age began to go out with her famous parents.
Ivanka graduated from Chapin School and Choate Rosemary Hall College, after which she studied for two years at Georgetown University, from where she transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with honors and a bachelor's degree in economics in 2004.
Like her mother, Ivanka began her career as a model - in 1997, the girl appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine, after which she took part in many shows and photo shoots for glossy magazines.
But Ivanka decided to bet in this life not on her beauty, but on her mind. So the girl’s modeling career did not last long - almost immediately after graduating from university, Ivanka became one of the main managers at the Forrest City construction company, and then worked at Dynamic Diamond Corp., which specialized in the sale of diamonds.
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Over time, Donald Trump's daughter created her own jewelry company, as well as her own clothing line. And with the start of the election race, she became one of the leaders of her father’s campaign.
There are no scandals in Ivanka’s personal life: since 2009, Trump has been married to businessman Jared Kushner, with whom she has three children together - sons Joseph and Theodore, and daughter Arabella.
As we already said, Ivanka is in everyone's sight with early age, so you can track changes in her appearance from childhood. There were no radical changes in Ivanka’s image (except for a change in hair color - but even here everything is calm). Over time, Ivanka came to an elegant and sophisticated style - neat hairstyles that emphasize the figure of the dress and no provocation - the position obliges.
At 35, Ivanka Trump is an accomplished businesswoman, a generous philanthropist, a successful writer, and the mother of three children of Jared Kushner, a renowned developer and senior adviser to her father, US President Donald Trump. Now the daughter of a Republican billionaire is preparing to take on a new challenge - taking an office in the White House. TASS tells how Ivanka Trump is becoming one of the most influential women in the United States.
Beloved daughter
Ivanka Trump was born in 1981 to Donald and Ivana Trump, the billionaire's first wife. At that time, the family already had one child, Donald Trump Jr., he was four years older than his sister, and in 1984, the third child from this marriage, Eric, appeared. It is the brothers who now manage Donald Trump’s assets while he is in the presidency. However, Ivanka is considered the billionaire’s favorite child - the children themselves admitted this during one of the interviews. He himself once stated that he would gladly date Ivanka if she were not his daughter.
Ivanka began her career as a fashion model: she first appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine in 1997, and then regularly starred in various glossy magazines, including Playboy magazine. But with the beginning of the 2000s, she began to devote less and less time to modeling, preferring business and writing. After graduating from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and receiving a bachelor's degree in economics, Ivanka became a top manager in her father's company. At the same time, she developed her own brand, Ivanka Trump, under which shoes, perfumes, jewelry and other accessories are sold.
In those days, she often appeared on TV, participated in several episodes show The Apprentice, which was taught by her father. Ivanka was involved in various circles of American society, for example, she was friends with the glamor model Paris Hilton and the intellectual Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton. By the way, relations with Chelsea, according to Ivanka, did not deteriorate even despite the confrontation between Trump and Clinton during the presidential race.
In 2009, she married Jared Kushner, the son of multi-billionaire and one of the leaders of the Jewish community of New York, Charles Kushner, owner of the development company Kushner Companies. Before the marriage was consummated, Ivanka converted to the Jewish religion and has since led a corresponding lifestyle, actively donating money to synagogues and Jewish schools. Also in 2009, her book entitled “Trump Card: How to Win in Business and in Life” was published. The daughter of a billionaire was criticized for giving advice on how to become successful, although she was born into luxury. To these accusations, Ivanka replied that she achieved everything herself.
Faithful companion
When Donald Trump decided to run for president, Jared Kushner was appointed his adviser, and Ivanka actually played the role of the future first lady: she spoke to potential voters, campaigned to vote for her father, regularly smoothed over his statements and hushed up various scandals. In particular, she said that Donald Trump respects women's rights, and in their family company, women work equally with men, receive more financial support during pregnancy and are paid no less than men. And all this despite the fact that the salary of female employees of the Trump campaign headquarters was 1/3 less than that of their male colleagues, and the contractor company that produces clothing under the Ivanka Trump brand does not provide maternity leave to its employees.
The billionaire's wife, Melania Trump, gave virtually no speeches - not counting her address at the Republican Party convention, after which she was accused of plagiarizing Michelle Obama's speech. Moreover, Trump’s wife immediately made it clear that she was not going to move from New York to Washington because she did not want to interrupt the education of her 10-year-old son Barron in one of the New York private schools. A number of experts assumed that during Trump’s presidency there would be two first ladies in America: his wife Melania and daughter Ivanka. For this reason, the Office of the First Lady in the East Wing of the White House was renamed the Office of the First Family of the United States, and the billionaire’s daughter announced that she would leave the business and help her father. Ivanka and Kushner moved to Washington, settling in a $5.5 million mansion in one of the most prestigious Kalorama districts in the northwest of the capital. By the way, the mansion of former US President Barack Obama is located there.
Journalists have repeatedly asked Ivanka whether she will become first lady. “There is only one first lady. And Melania will be an incredible first lady,” the billionaire’s daughter retorted. When asked if she would have her own office in the White House, she avoided answering: “Right now I’m focused on moving to Washington, traveling all over the country.”
It is worth noting that in the history of the United States there were examples when the post of First Lady was held by a woman who was not the wife of the president. Most often these were the daughters and sisters of American leaders. The First Lady was the wife of the son of the eighth US President Martin Van Buren, and during the work of the third US President Thomas Jefferson, this status was held by the wife of his Secretary of State Dolley Madison (later the First Lady under President James Madison). In both cases, the heads of state were widowers. William Harrison's wife Anna held the status of First Lady of the United States and mistress of the White House, but she never visited the residence of the head of state due to a serious illness.
Finally, there was a precedent when there were two mistresses of the White House at once. Emily Donelson, niece of the seventh President Andrew Jackson, served as "unofficial first lady" from 1829 to 1836. On November 26, 1834, another niece, Sarah York Jackson, arrived at the White House. For two years, the two women shared this status and, contrary to expectations, easily found a common language.
"Eyes and Ears"
So, formally Ivanka Trump will not become first lady, but nevertheless she will work in the White House. And not in the East wing of the residence, but in the West - that is, where all the work offices are located. She will occupy an office in the White House as an adviser to the head of state and will become her father’s “eyes and ears.” Her lawyer Jamie Gorelick spoke about this on March 20. According to the lawyer, Ivanka’s field of activity will include a wide range of issues. At the same time, the daughter of the American president will not be sworn in and will not occupy any official position, nor will she be paid the salary of a presidential adviser. All these measures, according to the lawyer, should remove questions about conflicts of interest and nepotism in the White House (since 1967, the US has had a law prohibiting federal civil servants from hiring relatives).
Gorelick also said that Ivanka’s growing role in her father’s circle imposes certain obligations on her: in light of the ongoing scandals, she will pay more attention to the storage of important information and data protection. According to Reuters, Ivanka will also have access to classified information. “An adult child of the president who is actively involved in the work of his administration is a precedent,” Politico quotes Gorelik as saying. “Ivanka will voluntarily comply with the obligations that the post of presidential adviser imposes, without being one.”
However, this arrangement has drawn criticism from Washington ethics experts, who pointed out that the post of “unofficial” adviser exempts Ivanka Trump from complying with some rules that officials must adhere to. On Wednesday, March 29, the president’s daughter announced that she would serve as an adviser to the American leader and would officially become a civil servant. “I have heard that some people have concerns about me serving as an advisor to the President in a private capacity while voluntarily adhering to all ethical standards, so instead I will be an unpaid White House employee subject to the same rules as other federal employees," Ivanka said in a statement. According to The New York Times, her official title will be “special assistant to the president.”
Politico writes that Ivanka's political weight is growing day by day. At the same time, sources in her circle told the newspaper that the president’s daughter herself does not see anything unusual in her current position: she held high positions in her father’s company for many years and is well aware of the principles of work in such positions. For example, in mid-March she participated in her father’s meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington. Subsequently, Trump's daughter received an invitation from the Chancellor to Berlin for the Women's Twenty (W20) meeting.
Ivanka also attended Trump's first meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and subsequently Canadian leader Justin Trudeau. During the visit of the Canadian Prime Minister, she even managed to sit in the presidential chair, then tweeted: “Great discussion with two world leaders on how important it is for women to be represented at the (negotiating) table.”
Meanwhile, it is still unclear exactly what powers and responsibilities Ivanka will have in the White House. Even presidential spokesman Sean Spicer could not answer this question in essence: “I think her role is to help and share her opinion on a number of issues that concern and fascinate her. This is especially true for the problem of women’s labor.”
But it is obvious that Ivanka’s role will not be limited to this, since her influence on her father is extremely great. It was she, according to The Wall Street Journal, who dissuaded her father from leaving the Paris climate agreement, although he promised to do so during the presidential race. My daughter's opinion played a role important role in Trump's agreement to host former Vice President Al Gore, an outspoken proponent of conservation, in New York last December environment. Gore described the meeting with the Republican as "a sincere search for common ground." Although it is known that Trump is known as an ardent critic of the theory of global warming (during the election campaign, he expressed doubts about the scientific validity of this concept).
In the eyes of the public, Ivanka looks like a person capable of “pacifying” Trump, known for his tough temper and unpredictable actions. IN interview ABC TV channel the president’s daughter admitted that she had already made attempts to moderate his activity on social networks:
Your father is known for being constantly on Twitter. Does it happen that you tell him: stop, calm down?
Certainly! (Laughs.)
And he listens to you?
It depends on what kind of day he's having.
"Devil's Advocate"
Opponents of Donald Trump believe that Ivanka is a kind of “devil’s advocate,” that is, a person who is forced to justify even the most unpleasant actions of the billionaire politician. For example, the daughter of a businessman came to her father’s defense when a scandal broke out involving alleged sexual harassment by the businessman. According to the liberal public and the press, in this situation she should have distanced herself from her father’s election campaign and stopped supporting him, but Ivanka acted differently. For this, journalists accused her of “fake feminism” and called her worldview “not very different from her father’s ideology.”
After the sex scandal on the Internet, a large flash mob was organized #GrabYourWallet (#GrabYourWallet - similar to the scandalous replica Donald Trump's "crotch grab" aimed at boycotting Ivanka's products. Retailers, one after another, began to refuse to sell Ivanka Trump products - even despite the fact that the president's daughter announced that she was leaving the business for ethical reasons. Senior adviser to the head of state Kellyanne Conway unexpectedly came to Ivanka’s defense, saying on Fox & Friends: “Go and buy Ivanka’s things.” This act shook Washington, because such statements are unacceptable from the mouth of a government official. According to Politico, Ivanka herself scolded Conway for dragging her brand into an ethics scandal, telling her not to mention it on TV again.
In turn, President Trump expressed admiration for his daughter. "I am so proud of my daughter Ivanka. Insulted and with such bad attitude to herself from the media, she continues to walk with her head held high. This is truly amazing!" he wrote on Twitter.
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At first glance, Tiffany Trump resembles a typical representative of spoiled Californian youth. However, even behind the bright photos on Instagram, a deep personal tragedy can be hidden. Let's find out what's behind the attractive photos of the youngest daughter of the US President.
When it comes to the family of US President-elect Donald Trump, the world press, in addition to his model wife, focuses mostly on the famous triumvirate of presidential offspring: daughter Ivanka (she is at the head) and sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric. They are all executive vice presidents of the Trump Organization and have been running the family business successfully for many years. Next most popular is 10-year-old son Barron. He, without a doubt, is not only the favorite of the whole family, but also the main source of affection for a good half of the American nation. Have you forgotten anyone? Oh yes, there is also Tiffany’s daughter - a young socialite and Instagram star, which, as most world publications believe, is still more busy with her “glamorous life” than with her family’s business.
We hasten to please (or disappoint) you: yes, Tiffany is young and beautiful, only her life is not so “glamorous”, but her ambitions are the most serious.
The press often adds the unflattering epithet “forgotten” to her name. Tiffany is really rarely talked about, because it seems that even her father sometimes forgets about her existence, concentrating mainly on the three older children. In the interview, Donald Trump honors Ivanka, while Tiffany gets a few dry lines. Trump is in no hurry to publicly praise his youngest daughter, because at the age of 23, apart from graduating from the prestigious University of Pennsylvania, Tiffany, as her father believes, has not managed to distinguish herself in anything.
Meanwhile, as Tiffany’s friends admit to one of the American publications, “despite the fact that Ivanka’s name has long become an independent brand, and her popularity is only growing, Tiffany, having graduated from university, is already fully immersed in family affairs. She just needs time." Indeed, at 35, Ivanka boasts years of experience presenting interviews and TV sets, and her career with the Trump Organization has given her enough footing to try to attract literary and fashion circles. Ivanka grew up next to her father all her life, and, therefore, under the close attention of the press. Tiffany was less fortunate in this regard: when Donald Trump divorced her mother, actress Marla Maples, little Tiffany was left to live without her father in California. There she managed to make acquaintances with the entire Hollywood elite, but, as one might expect, she hardly saw her father.
Speaking of Tiffany, Donald Trump was remembered by the American public for one of his interviews in which he admitted that when Marla told him about her pregnancy, he asked her just one question: “What should we do about it?” Many assessed this question as an unequivocal offer by Trump to give his wife an abortion (although he himself categorically denies this). A little later, in another interview, Trump noted that Tiffany had inherited his lips, and then expressed a desire for this similarity to pass as soon as possible.
In general, the press got the impression that the father does not particularly favor his youngest daughter. In addition, later, after her parents’ divorce, Tiffany almost never appeared on camera – this time thanks to the efforts of her mother, who wanted a normal and calm childhood for her daughter.
Was little Tiffany's life in California really an exile? The girl’s friends admit that, despite the impressive pictures on social networks, daily life Tiffany is much less glamorous. The president's youngest daughter, oddly enough, does not have unlimited access to her father's multibillion-dollar fortune. Moreover, as a student at the University of Pennsylvania, Tiffany received monthly subsidies of $500 from her father - quite modest for a beautiful life.
Tiffany, however, never complained. During the presidential campaign, she even gave a very moving and undoubtedly sincere speech at the Republican National Convention. “I still have all my school report cards and re-read the notes my dad left on them for me. “He always helped me become better,” the girl said then to the whole country.
Despite the suspicions of many that Tiffany is not particularly close to her father, there is no doubt that the girl is on excellent terms with her sister Ivanka. The girls often go out together, publish joint photos on social networks, and also declare their love for each other in numerous interviews.
In one of her books, “Trump Card Playing to Win In Work and Life,” Ivanka cites a very touching episode from Tiffany’s childhood. Then Tiffany asked Ivanka for advice on how she could access her father's credit card. Tiffany herself, out of modesty, was terribly afraid to start such a conversation with her father. In the book, Ivanka immediately clarifies that her sister wanted to get the coveted credit card “not at all because she was a spoiled child” - she simply, like any teenager, wanted to be like her friends. Ivanka, secretly from Tiffany, talked to her father and convinced him to give his youngest daughter a bank card with a small amount for Christmas. Tiffany was infinitely happy and grateful to both: her sister and her father.
For several days now, the world has been discussing the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, his political program, which, by the way, is aimed at establishing cooperation with Russia, his current wife Melania and, of course, his eldest daughter from his first marriage, Ivanka.
35-year-old Ivanka Trump, we recall, is known in wide circles as a top model, writer, businesswoman, and, more recently, the head of her father’s election campaign. So, not without the efforts of his daughter, Donald received the largest number of votes in the elections. Moreover, Ivanka is loved by the younger generation; she often appears on the pages of glossy publications both as a fashion trendsetter and as a successful businesswoman, wife and mother.
We tell you details of Ivanka’s life that you may not know about.
Ivanka Trump is the first daughter of Donald Trump and his first wife, Czech model Ivana Trump (nee Zelnichkova). She was born on October 30, 1981 in New York. At that time, her father was 35 years old, and her mother was 32. She has two siblings: the older one is Donald Trump, the younger one is Eric Trump. Both brothers are businessmen and are currently working with Ivanka on their father's election campaign.
Strict upbringing and prestigious education
Despite the fact that Ivanka Trump was born into a wealthy family, her parents initially warned her that she had to build her own life: be able to earn money and not count on outside help. From an early age, the girl was raised in strictness. Donald himself has repeatedly told reporters that he does not intend to make “capricious daddy’s children” out of his daughters and sons. And it seems he succeeded.
Until the age of 15, Ivanka went to the Chapin School for girls in Manhattan, and then moved to the private school Choate Rosemary Hall at the college of the same name. Recent years Things weren't easy for the girl at school. In one of the interviews, she admitted that she was forced to gnaw on the granite of science while her peers were hanging out in clubs. But quit studying and get bad grades she couldn't. How can you let your parents down?
But fruitful studies benefited Trump’s daughter: she easily entered a Catholic private university in Washington - Georgetown University. But two years later she transferred to an even more prestigious educational institution - the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, from which she graduated with honors and a bachelor's degree in economics in 2004. Also, over the years of study, Ivanka mastered the French language perfectly.
Following in mom's footsteps: shooting in magazines
Ivanka remembered well what her parents said about how she had to work hard to achieve something, so even in school years started working part-time. And since her mother Ivana has always been a role model for her, at the age of 16 the girl decided to follow in her footsteps into the modeling business. Fortunately, his appearance, height and parameters greatly contributed to this.
First, Trump's daughter appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine, and then began accepting invitations from almost all the leading glossy publications. The girl was predicted to have a brilliant career in show business, but she chose business over filming...
In the footsteps of his father: from manager to vice president
After Ivanka graduated from university, she quit modeling and joined the Forrest City real estate company. For the highest position, of course. But this was just the start of her career. After some time, Miss Trump realized that houses and buildings are very boring, but luxurious decorations are her thing. So, she became a marketer in the diamond sales office of Dynamic Diamond Corp. And then she created her own brand for the production of jewelry, accessories, clothing and shoes, Ivanka Trump Collection.
Without leaving her own business, Ivanka, already with good work experience, joined her father’s business empire. Currently, the girl is the vice president of the Trump Organization and the right hand of Donald Trump. She was also his main assistant in the presidential election campaign. And, as we now see, she managed to do her job perfectly!
Having your own successful business, it would seem, you can relax. But no! Ivanka Trump, like her father, does not stand still and is always ready for new projects and knowledge. So, in 2006, she decided to try her hand at being a TV presenter. Donald Trump, of course, helped her in this. It was he who invited his daughter to the reality show “The Candidate,” in which he was the host and producer. In the program, 16 participants from different states, completing business tasks, competed for the main prize - a contract for $250 thousand and the right to manage one of Trump's campaigns.
In the wake of the show's popularity, Ivanka wrote her own book with tips on how to become successful person in business and family. And the girl knows a lot about this. It’s not for nothing that she was included in the “Top 100 Successful Women in the World” rating.
“I made the best contract of my life with my husband,” Trump’s daughter once joked. Or wasn't she joking? The fact is that before marrying Jared, Ivanka took a very serious step: she accepted his faith - Judaism and since then has lived according to all Jewish customs (and, as her loved ones say, with her characteristic perfectionism).
The couple currently has three children: 5-year-old daughter Arabella Rose and two sons, 3-year-old Joseph Frederick and 8-month-old Theodore James. And, most likely, this is not the limit!
Ivanka Trump has become a star in her father Donald Trump's election campaign. The 35-year-old woman was one of the leaders of the election campaign and political analysts say that it was she who led the billionaire to victory.
Some media believe that Ivanka will not become the real first lady of the United States.
There are many laudatory articles about her in the press, both in glossy magazines and in business magazines. Ivanka Trump is not talked about as a “golden daughter” who squanders her parents’ money, but on the contrary, what kind of income she brought in, because since the age of 26 she has held the post of vice president of the Trump Organization corporation.
But Ivanka is not only a businesswoman, but also a mother of three children, as well as an author.
Korrespondent.net I figured out why Ivanka Trump became the main pride of her father.
Biography of Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump was born on October 30, 1981 in New York. Her mother, Czech model Ivana Zelnichkova, was married to Donald Trump from 1977 to 1992. Ivanka has two siblings - Donald John and Eric Frederick.
Knows English and French, as well as a little Czech.
Education and career
She received her education at one of the most prestigious universities - the University of Pennsylvania, from which she graduated in 2004 with honors and a bachelor's degree in economics.
She began her career as a fashion model and was featured on the cover of Seventeen magazine in 1997. She took part in shows for Versace, Marc Bouwer and Thierry Mugler.
But soon she got bored with modeling and devoted herself to business.
After graduating from university, she almost immediately became a top manager at Forrest City, a real estate company. Ivanka Trump then moved to the marketing department of the diamond retailer Dynamic Diamond Corp.
Later she founded her own production company jewelry and Ivanka Trump Collection clothes.
At the age of 26, she became vice president of her father's company, the Trump Organization.
After starring in her father’s reality show “The Candidate,” Ivanka Trump was often invited to other television shows, in some of which she acted as a presenter.
In 2009, she published The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life, which spent several months on the business bestseller list.
Family and new religion
In the fall of 2009, Ivanka Trump married media mogul Jared Kushner, the son of one of the leaders of the Jewish community of New York.
Before the wedding, Ivanka converted to the Jewish faith under the name Yael and has since led a Jewish lifestyle.