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JI7

(89,252 posts)
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 05:30 AM Jun 2018

Ivanka Trump: 'I'll Absorb the Body Blows'

So why didn't Ivanka Trump fire back when Samantha Bee hurled a vulgarity at her? The presidential daughter appeared on Fox Business Network Friday and said her silence was deliberate. “I have chosen, and I made a conscientious decision a long time ago, that I was not going to get into the fray, and that means that I’ll absorb the body blows that come my way,” Trump told Maria Bartiromo. Instead, she says she wants to "focus on the task at hand, which is serving the American people and using this moment in my life to advance an agenda that I deeply believe in and feel very fortunate to be able to work on."

Ivanka Trump had taken flak for not publicly criticizing the policy of separating families at the border—in fact, that was the source of Bee's criticism. When Bartiromo asked her if she had advised her father privately to ditch the policy, the first daughter said she had. “Of course, I have very strong opinions on that topic,” she said, per the Washington Post. As Bustle notes, Ivanka Trump tweeted her thanks to President Trump after he reversed the policy and called for families to be reunited "swiftly."



http://www.newser.com/story/261283/ivanka-trump-i-wont-strike-back-at-critics.html

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Ivanka Trump: 'I'll Absorb the Body Blows' (Original Post) JI7 Jun 2018 OP
Let's hope she doesn't Turbineguy Jun 2018 #1
Like daddy she seems self absorbed, delusional and not terribly bright. Vinca Jun 2018 #2
Remember the old saying Scarsdale Jun 2018 #8
she's so courageous! eShirl Jun 2018 #3
And long suffering, poor thing Chemisse Jun 2018 #13
Melania already did and she was disappeared in recovery for a month.... Pachamama Jun 2018 #4
That could have been frightenly scarey for Melania, empedocles Jun 2018 #11
What exactly do you do for the American people, you asshole airhead? n/t BlueStater Jun 2018 #5
What is this "agenda" she "deeply belives in"? Cashing in? SunSeeker Jun 2018 #6
Pray tell, what is her agenda and what is she doing to advance it? Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #7
Body blows? iwillalwayswonderwhy Jun 2018 #9
Dead eyes... llmart Jun 2018 #10
Bleep bleep you ignorant bleeping rich bleeping bleep. rzemanfl Jun 2018 #12
Longest neck I've ever seen. A head on a stick. secondwind Jun 2018 #14
Longer neck here, wearing Ivanka's jewelry... milestogo Jun 2018 #19
Oh, please. They've all cast themselves as the heroes of their own fantasy action movies. tanyev Jun 2018 #15
So working on facist agenda when not in plastic surgery or touring Chinese sweat shops she hires? lunasun Jun 2018 #16
the fray is 2000 MISSING CHILDREN. God forbid she advocate for them. spanone Jun 2018 #17
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2018 #23
Is there a real human being in there? dalton99a Jun 2018 #18
Oh, please, girl! Is 'Body Blow' your new brand of moisturizing cream? JHB Jun 2018 #20
I think I need to be saved from people like her, not by them. LSFL Jun 2018 #21
She looks like a plastic mannequin in that picture. sinkingfeeling Jun 2018 #22
She really does. There isn't the slightest thing human about her. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #42
And Stormy will absorb the... edbermac Jun 2018 #24
She's not receiving any "body blows" - she's receiving business contracts with China... kentuck Jun 2018 #25
Fuck off, you pampered, shit-shined bag of silicone . . . . hatrack Jun 2018 #26
LMFAO! LuckyCharms Jun 2018 #27
she can't absorb any blows --- her implants will burst bedazzled Jun 2018 #28
Plastic and silicone double as a shock absorber. peekaloo Jun 2018 #29
daddy won't like it if one breast is flat... bedazzled Jun 2018 #30
finally one would fit his tiny hand(s) peekaloo Jun 2018 #32
She is as big a criminal as her daddy workinclasszero Jun 2018 #31
Just another vile example of the trump plague. Paladin Jun 2018 #33
Serving the American people? C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #34
Well, despite all else, Donald Trump Jr. , Eric Trump, and Jared Kushner ARE, sadly, Americans. Goodheart Jun 2018 #38
You're in the fray. Corgigal Jun 2018 #35
Monster Barbie. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #36
What a profile in courage! Goodheart Jun 2018 #37
You haven't faced a consequence in your life princess. It's about time for that to change. MrsCoffee Jun 2018 #39
LOCK HER UP!!! RhodeIslandOne Jun 2018 #40
She has no idea what a body blow is. NastyRiffraff Jun 2018 #41
"Body blow" to Ivanka is when your hair goes flat. nt Ilsa Jun 2018 #47
Randy Rainbow & Ivanka Trump area51 Jun 2018 #43
Why should she strike back? justgamma Jun 2018 #44
what agenda? She came to CA to stump for GOP candidates. So a racist, anti-choice, Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #45
P-grabber's daughter says what? radius777 Jun 2018 #46
Is she the Russian girl who had plastic surgery so she'd look like Barbie? struggle4progress Jun 2018 #48

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
8. Remember the old saying
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 06:48 AM
Jun 2018

"It is better to remain silent and let people THINK you are stupid, rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt" Her agenda?? That is expanding tRump (mainly her own) businesses. I wonder if she has a jacket to match Maleria's "I really don't care. Do U?" Every word she says is carefully measured for effect. Bottle blonde hair in place, frozen face hardly moving, until she smiles, then her face seems to cut in half. Unlike Donald Jr. daddy spent money for her to have a chin implant. Her face is sort of Olive Oyl shaped.

SunSeeker

(51,574 posts)
6. What is this "agenda" she "deeply belives in"? Cashing in?
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 06:03 AM
Jun 2018

Because all I see her pursuing is her own enrichment.

Arkansas Granny

(31,518 posts)
7. Pray tell, what is her agenda and what is she doing to advance it?
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 06:17 AM
Jun 2018

She's as much a grifter as anyone else in the family.

llmart

(15,540 posts)
10. Dead eyes...
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 07:01 AM
Jun 2018

like the entire grifter family, though hers have so much makeup on them you initially don't see them.

Go away and please do it quickly. Your 15 minutes of fame are over you twit.

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)
12. Bleep bleep you ignorant bleeping rich bleeping bleep.
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 07:44 AM
Jun 2018

Now I have to get my 70 year-old ass ready to go protest your bleeping father. Thanks a bleeping lot, you bleep bleep.

Oh, and bleep your bleeping husband too.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
16. So working on facist agenda when not in plastic surgery or touring Chinese sweat shops she hires?
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 07:55 AM
Jun 2018

JHB

(37,161 posts)
20. Oh, please, girl! Is 'Body Blow' your new brand of moisturizing cream?
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 08:06 AM
Jun 2018

'Cause the smallest finger-poke where you're not cushioned by daddy's fat ass would knock you into the next country.

kentuck

(111,103 posts)
25. She's not receiving any "body blows" - she's receiving business contracts with China...
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 10:05 AM
Jun 2018

...and she and Jared are the biggest grifters of them all.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
26. Fuck off, you pampered, shit-shined bag of silicone . . . .
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 10:22 AM
Jun 2018

Like you've ever busted a sweat or paid a buck in taxes ever in your charm-schooled life.

Just FOAD.

bedazzled

(1,765 posts)
28. she can't absorb any blows --- her implants will burst
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 10:49 AM
Jun 2018

as for the neck, she looks like alice in wonderland when her neck is stretched...

bedazzled

(1,765 posts)
30. daddy won't like it if one breast is flat...
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 11:04 AM
Jun 2018

as for the botox, i think it has migrated to her brain

Paladin

(28,264 posts)
33. Just another vile example of the trump plague.
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 11:15 AM
Jun 2018

Think of how future historians are going to analyze and reflect on this sick period in this nation's history.

And think of ways you can actively contribute to bringing this period to an end.

Goodheart

(5,327 posts)
38. Well, despite all else, Donald Trump Jr. , Eric Trump, and Jared Kushner ARE, sadly, Americans.
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 12:52 PM
Jun 2018

Those are the people she's talking about.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
35. You're in the fray.
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 11:30 AM
Jun 2018

Your the marketing gimmick of this clown car. I wonder if the people of NYC will allow you to live in peace. You're hated, good luck with that. You're not strong enough to absorb anything.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
41. She has no idea what a body blow is.
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 01:31 PM
Jun 2018

Try having your baby forcibly separated from you, Ivanka. THAT's a body blow, not a slight from a comedian.

Demovictory9

(32,457 posts)
45. what agenda? She came to CA to stump for GOP candidates. So a racist, anti-choice,
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 04:01 PM
Jun 2018

anti-immigrant, tax cuts for the rich, anti LGBTQ agenda?

radius777

(3,635 posts)
46. P-grabber's daughter says what?
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 04:45 PM
Jun 2018

They love to play the false outrage angle.

Bee is a comedian, and her underlying sentiment with that statement is accurate.

Trump is a president, who admitted to non-consensual assaults, wants an anti-choice SCOTUS, puts kids in cages, etc - where is Ivanka's 'outrage' over that?

Trump's wife/daughter/sons etc are all complicit in his evil; they are no victims.

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