Ivanka Trump says politics is pretty dark world but… – Times of India

Amid speculations over Melania Trump‘s blink-and-miss role in her husbands presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump said she will attend the Republican National Convention where his father will officially accept the nomination for president. Ivanka had a major role in 2016 and 2020 but this time she is not seen around much. In an interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, she said politics is a “rough, rough business” and a “pretty dark world” but she is there to support her father.Having left politics, she will not be there in any political capacity at the event though.
Ivanka spoke about her father’s conviction in the hush money case and said it was painful to experience. “On a human level, it’s my father and I love him very much, so it’s painful to experience, but ultimately, I wish it didn’t have to be this way,” Ivanka said.
During Trump’s presidency, Ivanka served as a senior advisor in the administration but in the last four years, she recoiled from politics and has not been a part of her father’s 2024 campaign. She said politics is not a part-time business and it was not possible for her to balance her family and a political role simultaneously.
“I think first and foremost, it was a decision rooted in me being a parent, really thinking about what they need from me now…Politics is a rough, rough business and I think it’s one that you also can’t dabble in. I think you have to either be all in or all out,” she told Fridman.
“And I know today, the cost [my children] would pay for me being all in, emotionally in terms of my absence at such a formative point in their life. And I’m not willing to make them bear that cost, the mother of Arabella (12), Joseph (9) and Theodore (7) said.
“I also think for politics, it’s a pretty dark world. There’s a lot of darkness, a lot of negativity, and it’s just really at odds with what feels good for me as a human being,” she said.