After initially offering no reaction to Donald Trump’s indictment, Ivanka Trump finally released a statement on Friday. It says almost nothing, but signals that unlike Don Jr., Eric, and Melania Trump she won’t be publicly defending her dad.
Former president Donald Trump was indicted in Manhattan on Thursday over hush-money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign to kill the story of their alleged affair. Presumably Ivanka Trump has some thoughts, as most Americans carry an opinion about this historic development, and Donald Trump happens to be her father and former White House boss. But you wouldn’t know it from the statement Ivanka posted to her Instagram Stories midday Friday.
These 27 words should be taught in public-relations courses. Is Ivanka denouncing Donald Trump? No, it says right there: “I love my father.” Okay, so she agrees with her brother Eric that this is “third-world prosecutorial misconduct” that proves America has gone off the rails? Maybe, maybe not? Is she “pained” for her father because he’s being unfairly persecuted, or for her country because our former president is a crook who must be brought to justice? Unclear. All we know for sure is that Ivanka appreciates “the voices across the political spectrum expressing support and concern” — which could mean Marjorie Taylor Greene, or the Krassenstein brothers, or both.
Ivanka might as well have said, “Hello. I’m here as a fellow human to acknowledge that Donald Trump has, as we know, been indicted.
