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(47,479 posts) Sat Nov 19, 2016, 12:23 AM Nov 2016

This isnt just a photo of Ivanka Trump. Its a middle finger to democracy.

Trump is leveraging his new position as president-elect to empower his business empire — and he’s doing it publicly.

We’ve known for some time that Trump didn’t plan to actually resolve the unprecedented conflicts his far-flung business interests presented.

Instead of liquidating his assets and placing them in a Qualified Diversified Trust, as President Bush did, or investing in index funds and government bonds, as President Obama did, Trump has done nothing.

He’s waved away concerns about conflicts-of-interest, saying that he would just hand over control of his business interests to his children.

He called this a “blind trust” but it is actually the opposite. A blind trust is when you hand marketable assets over to a neutral third party to control. The contents of the trust, since they can be traded at any time by the administrator, are soon unknown to you. Trump knows what his assets are and says he is handing them to his children.

Immediately after Trump’s election, he named three of his adult children — Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr. — to his transition team. This means the same people running the Trump Organization will also be choosing the top officials in the Trump administration.

Now he taking things a step further. In his first meeting with an head of state, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump invited his daughter Ivanka — who will likely serve as acting CEO of his companies — to participate.

Trump could have kept Ivanka’s participation private. Instead, his team handed out a photo featuring Ivanka.

https://thinkprogress.org/this-isnt-just-a-photo-of-ivanka-trump-it-s-a-middle-finger-to-democracy-750e91a3c0c#.298o916z3

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It all boils down to what he said: I can shoot someone in midtown Manhattan and will still get the votes.

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This isnt just a photo of Ivanka Trump. Its a middle finger to democracy. (Original Post) question everything Nov 2016 OP

He has no boundaries. nt WhiteTara Nov 2016 #1

he can get away with it since the media is so fucked up JI7 Nov 2016 #2

Yep. He knows he can do and get away with anything he wants, montana_hazeleyes Nov 2016 #3

Well, we are going to need to de-entitle tavalon Nov 2016 #4

I think too much is being made of this photo. TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2016 #5

It was reported here on DU by another poster that Trump COLGATE4 Nov 2016 #6

That's exactly what I was thinking. TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2016 #7

Isn't it heart-breaking athena Nov 2016 #9

Interesting. I think that "Mad Men" touched on this point question everything Nov 2016 #10

I'm going to puke. smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #11

IMO, Ivanka *has to* babysit her father so he doesn't do anything inappropriate with the hands. Sunlei Nov 2016 #8

WhiteTara

(29,715 posts)

1. He has no boundaries. nt

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 12:26 AM

Nov 2016

JI7

(89,249 posts)

2. he can get away with it since the media is so fucked up

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 12:41 AM

Nov 2016

They allow right wingers to lie about the Clinton foundation and other liberal organizations while nothing on this.

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)

3. Yep. He knows he can do and get away with anything he wants,

Reply to JI7 (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 01:04 AM

Nov 2016

and he feels entitled.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)

4. Well, we are going to need to de-entitle

Reply to montana_hazeleyes (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 06:45 AM

Nov 2016

the pussy grabber.

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)

5. I think too much is being made of this photo.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 09:35 AM

Nov 2016

The little "get together" was not a state occasion and was rather casual.

Furthermore, this is just like Trump. The "sort of" good thing I can say about the man is that he is genuinely proud of his children. He is also quite proud of his "beautiful" daughter, and the man has absolutely no problem with using his daughter as eye candy with the leader of a country even more sexist than ours. Look at where she's placed!

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

6. It was reported here on DU by another poster that Trump

Reply to TexasMommaWithAHat (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 11:44 AM

Nov 2016

had Ivanka present because he had been told that Japanese business custom was to have a pretty, silent woman present at business meetings. Sort of 'eye candy'.

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)

7. That's exactly what I was thinking.

Reply to COLGATE4 (Reply #6)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 11:45 AM

Nov 2016

athena

(4,187 posts)

9. Isn't it heart-breaking

Reply to COLGATE4 (Reply #6)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 09:42 PM

Nov 2016

that just a couple of weeks ago, we were discussing what to call the First Gentleman and what his duties would be, and here we are, having accepted that women are nothing but "eye candy" to be seen but not heard if they're young and pretty, and a convenient target for getting out one's anger and hatred if they're smart, capable, ambitious, and older.