The media is furious that Ivanka Trump attended a meeting between Donald Trump and the Japanese prime minister this week.
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In a photo released Friday, Ivanka sits opposite of her father and Shinzo Abe during a 90-minute meeting that was held at Trump Tower in New York the day before.
It was Trump’s first visit with a foreign leader since the election.
Ivanka Trump sat in on her father's meeting today with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, per handout photo pic.twitter.com/tEbfYYeJFA
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) November 18, 2016
Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner also attended.
“I am very honored to see the President-elect ahead of other world leaders,” Abe later told reporters. “The Japan-U.S. alliance is the axis of Japan’s diplomacy and security. The alliance become alive only when there is trust between us.”
“I would like to build such a trust with Mr Trump.”
The press was infuriated that Ivanka was even there.
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG https://t.co/KYLDnM9NM8 pic.twitter.com/tvkL0wbL7b
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 18, 2016
Attention @realDonaldTrump. Nobody else in your family was "elected." Get your daughter THE FUCK OUT OF STATE MEETINGS https://t.co/rycqDeaFhU
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 18, 2016
When Clinton met with Abe in September, she was staffed by former Assistant SecState for East Asian & Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell https://t.co/M55xK8Blt2
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) November 18, 2016
Jared Kushner was also there (and Gen. Flynn) https://t.co/480y1rWy2A pic.twitter.com/mC2tTu95i6
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) November 18, 2016
@mobileraj @samfbiddle photo is real but was distributed b Japanese govt. press in Trump Tower (including me) never saw Abe or Trump today.
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) November 18, 2016
Ivanka Trump, responsible for running Trump businesses, sits in on meeting with a foreign power. Conflict of interest is an understatement. https://t.co/XcpETIXydY
— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) November 18, 2016
Why Ivanka Trump sitting in on that meeting with Japan's PM is a big no-no: It's mixing business with diplomacy https://t.co/AEpvFsUgKW
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) November 18, 2016
Why did Ivanka Trump sit in on her dad's first foreign diplomacy meeting? https://t.co/tvKAy0H6C3 pic.twitter.com/w45es8lKJs
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) November 18, 2016
If the kids are controlling the business, why are Ivanka and her husband at a meeting with the Japanese PM? video: https://t.co/Vzz83dp6Op
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) November 18, 2016
@kurteichenwald has any journalist asked Trump team to provide an official explanation for why Ivanka attended that meeting?
— Lily Mazahery (@LilyMazahery) November 18, 2016
Ivanka—no security clearance, no government role, will run Trump businesses in a "blind" trust—sits in w/Dad in 1st diplomatic meeting (!!!) https://t.co/XQHI88UPsg
— Danielle Muscato (@DanielleMuscato) November 18, 2016
Source close to Trump family told me that Ivanka was there last night because the meeting was informal & "would not be a regular occurrence"
— Emily Jane Fox (@emilyjanefox) November 18, 2016
Ivanka Trump, who will be running her father’s business in 62 days, sat in on his meeting with Shinzo Abe https://t.co/T5G9Fep9te
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) November 18, 2016
Take your daughter to work! (Meeting with PM of Japan Edition). Why did Ivanka sit in on this meeting? https://t.co/IvOPAqr1h4
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) November 18, 2016