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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/ivanka-trump-reportedly-cant-bear-to-be-called-a-staffer.htmlThe Word Steve Bannon Used to Provoke Ivanka Perfectly Sums Up the Grossness of the Trump White House
By Heather Schwedel
Sept 04, 20185:34 PM
How did Steve Bannon taunt Ivanka Trump when he really wanted to get under her skin? He called her a staffer, according to CNNs summary of some of the revelations from Bob Woodwards new book on the Trump White House thats set to be released next week.
Youre nothing but a fucking staffer! Bannon screamed at Ivanka at a staff meeting, according to Woodward. You walk around this place and act like youre in charge, and youre not. Youre on staff!
Im not a staffer! she shouted back. Ill never be a staffer. Im the first daughter she really used the title, Woodward writes and Im never going to be a staffer!
Im not a staffer! she shouted back. Ill never be a staffer. Im the first daughter she really used the title, Woodward writes and Im never going to be a staffer!
The open vitriol displayed here between two senior White House employees (if theyll pardon such a crude term) paints quite a picture of how dysfunctional a workplace the White House has been lately. But this detail also lays bare some interesting assumptions on the parts of Bannon and Ivanka. When he attacked her, she could have easily pushed back with the argument that, yes, she is a staffer, and proud of it. But instead, Ivanka accepts Bannons premise that theres something wrong with the title. Why do they both consider staffer such an insult?
Because Donald Trumps executive branch operates under an almost feudal system of hierarchy. Ivanka probably wanted to assert her position in the pecking order and let it be known that while staffers are disposable, she, as family, isnt. This is curious considering all the criticism shes gotten for being the beneficiary of blatant nepotismshouldnt she want to be seen as a legitimate employee rather than someone whos only there because she got special treatment as first daughter? A normal public servant might. But Ivanka is a Trump through and through, which is to say she is unable to let anyone think, even for a minute, that shes like other people. Under the Trump worldview, hard work, or work in the service of something other than enriching and promoting oneself, is inherently suspect, and Ivanka is above it. As annoying and frankly gross as this may be, perhaps the upside is that we can all stop pretending that Ivanka brings anything to the table beyond her name.
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The Word Steve Bannon Used to Provoke Ivanka Perfectly Sums Up the Grossness of the Trump White Hous (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2018
OP
Ya ahn't evah gonna sell this house, Blanche. And ya ahn't evah gonna leave it... eithah.
CurtEastPoint
Sep 2018
#7
no_hypocrisy
(46,133 posts)1. But'cha are Blanche, ya are . . . . !
CurtEastPoint
(18,652 posts)7. Ya ahn't evah gonna sell this house, Blanche. And ya ahn't evah gonna leave it... eithah.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)2. I never pretended Ivanka brought anything to the table ..
she seems to be as clueless and unqualified as her stupid daddy.
keithbvadu2
(36,835 posts)3. Royalty
http://www.newsweek.com/indian-diplomat-compares-ivanka-trump-half-wit-saudi-prince-650206
"We regard Ivanka Trump the way we do half-wit Saudi princes. It's in our national interest to flatter them.
"We regard Ivanka Trump the way we do half-wit Saudi princes. It's in our national interest to flatter them.
Hekate
(90,727 posts)4. The Mad King and his Crown Princess. Disgusting. nt
dalton99a
(81,531 posts)6. Such insolence must not be tolerated in the royal palace
Her chin needs a little work, doesn't it? Maybe some kidney surgery would help.
TXPaganBanker
(210 posts)9. She has to remind everyone about the tiera
She's not allowed to actually wear one to remind everyone she's the Royal Princess, but there's nothing that says she can't expect to be treated like one.
Oh wait, Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8; the "Titles of Nobility Clause". That pesky Constitution again.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)10. A staffer discharged from the royal loins
is still a staffer.
JI7
(89,254 posts)11. empty plastic trash