‘Unelected’ Ivanka Trump sat in her father’s chair at the G20 summit and rekindled allegations of nepotism.<\/b>
\nHAMBURG, Germany \u2014 For a moment at the G20 summit on Saturday the United States was represented by another Trump, when the president\u2019s daughter Ivanka took a seat at the table of world leaders.
The 35-year-old former fashion model sat around the table with Xi Jinping, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Angela Merkel and Theresa May, diplomats and the White House confirmed.
The incident fuelled long-standing allegations of nepotism against the US leader, who has put family members in top White House positions.
A White House official told AFP that Ivanka had been at the back of the room but \u201cbriefly joined the main table when the president had to step out.\u201d
That occurred when \u201cthe president of the World Bank started talking as the topic involved areas such as African development \u2014 areas that will benefit from the facility just announced by the World Bank.\u201d
The official emphasized that \u201cwhen other leaders stepped out, their seats were also briefly filled by others.\u201d
But Trump\u2019s already vociferous detractors were enraged.
Historian Anne Applebaum took to Twitter to denounce what she described \u201can unelected, unqualified, unprepared New York socialite\u201d being seen as \u201cthe best person to represent American national interests.\u201d
Earlier in the day Trump waxed lyrical about his daughter before a bevy of world leaders, gathered to boost a fund to encourage female entrepreneurs.
\u201cI\u2019 m very proud of my daughter, Ivanka \u2014 always have been, from day one \u2014 I had to tell you that, from day one.\u201d
\u201cShe\u2019s always been great, \u201d he said. \u201cA champion. She\u2019s a champion.\u201d
Trump then prompted some nervous laughter when he mused about whether he had made her life more difficult.
\u201cIf she weren\u2019 t my daughter, it would be so much easier for her. Might be the only bad thing she has going, if you want to know the truth.\u201d CBB<\/p>\n

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