Ivanka 'pushed for her father to bomb Syria'

[struggle4progress]

Harriet Agerholm
39 mins ago

... A cable briefing to Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson by Britain’s ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch said Ms Trump was influential in bringing about the bombings, those who saw the memo said ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ivanka-trump-donald-bomb-air-strikes-sir-kim-darroch-syria-chemical-attack-sarin-idlib-province-a7674951.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's nice to know SCROTUS has a real foreign policy expert who can offer advice

on military action when she's not hawking handbags and cheap Chinese-made clothing.

[tanyev]

2. Guess she no longer has to worry about being (just) complicit.

[Me.]

3. Thank Goodness Americans Voted Her INto Office

[thesquanderer]

31. So maybe we got our first female president after all. (n/t)

[Me.]

34. And Here WE Were Thinking HRC Would Make An Excellent Prez

When we could've had Ivanka right from the start

[Ligyron]

46. Bwahahaha!

Thanks for the laugh

[bdamomma]

66. don't think you

are off the mark with that comment, I heard 45 was getting her (Ivanka) and her husband to take over the reins, this is no fucking royal family. Taking their cues from Uncle Vlad Putin.

[meadowlark5]

4. Well, I know that makes me feel so much better ...

A fashion designer advising the president on military issues. Though camouflage is in style for fashion wear this season, I see.

[Retrograde]

79. Fashion designer?

More likely a fashion-name-putter-oner. I doubt she actually designed any of the dreck she puts her name on.

[nancy1942]

5. Can hardly wait...

for her plans for North Korea.

[yuiyoshida]

12. no, no... its the SON's turn next...

We gotta keep score now?

[Hekate]

35. You just don't understand the royal succession in Trumpland. She's the Crown Princess...

...and Jared is the Prince Consort. That means she succeeds her father's throne. Uday and Qusay are off running the moneymaking enterprises and reporting back to the ruling trio.

Don't you remember what the ballot loked like last November?
(D) Hillary Clinton
(R) The Trumps: Donald, Ivanka, and Jared. Buy one, get two free.

[yuiyoshida]

37. got that right!

Fricking menu ...

[magicarpet]

58. The Kushner miniature poodle named Bow Wow wants to bomb Mexico next week. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

83. How silly of me!

My mind was made up, so I didn't even bother looking at all those other names on the ticket! No wonder they got votes! It sounded like a bargain to the uninformed...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. And that doesn't strike anybody (except for probably us)

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As being problematic to anybody else- that the most influential people in Trump's circle are not his actual foreign policy and military officials but rather his daughter and son-in-law? Why is this being normalized? What will they convince him to do next???

[IssuesOverParties]

22. Why

Why would his daughter or son-in-law want Syria to be bombed?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

24. Another troubling question........

on top of a whole pile of 'em

[Hekate]

36. Interesting user-name, given all we've endured this past year or two. Welcome to DU.

[Ilsa]

84. Another knee-jerk reaction, like Daddy would do,

Possibly for the same reasons.

[Amishman]

87. Because they are more politically astute than the other clowns

It changed the media lead story, was largely well received by both parties in congress, and was low risk. These two are also responsible for Trump dialing back and largely staying on message during the last month of the campaign.

They are dangerous because they can control Trump somewhat and are not idiots.

[gratuitous]

33. And what if . . .

What happens when Jared or Ivanka give Big Daddy bad advice? I mean, worse than impotently firing missiles at a runway. What if Trump goes along with some hare-brained idea and it goes horribly, disastrously wrong? Is Trump going to fire his daughter or son-in-law? There are so many ways this is going to go wrong.

[Carter Johnson girl]

7. Oh lord.

And still, some folks defend Ivanka as being 'nice' and 'a good person'--including even a few fellow Democrats.

Ugh. If you want to make yourself look kind, surround yourself with assholes.

[Kath2]

51. I really can't stand her.

And she is an adviser ?

She is so QUALIFIED!

[dhill926]

8. great....

jesus fucking christ what a shitshow....

[JI7]

9. but not to accept refugees ?

[Alice11111]

27. That's the REAL obvious question...just leave them there

to be bombed.

[bdamomma]

67. the trump regime

does not give a shit about Syrians or humanity .

[Alice11111]

68. That will be the test, with the fallout to come, does he

Protect those babies, take them in, or leave them to be bombed?
If I had to bet my life, sorry babies.
Inhumane.

[Eyeball_Kid]

10. Who knows?

Maybe Ivanka consulted with a horoscope before flipping a coin and Doing hand-rock-scissors with her father.

[LenaBaby61]

40. Maybe Ivanka consulted with a horoscope.

Nancy's astrologer Joan Quigley is no longer with us, so she wouldn't be able to consult her.

I think Ivanka just pulled this decision out of her ass--that's assuming that I really did believe that she had anything to do with what I believe is nothing moe than a Kabuki air strike between tRumputin and his puppet master/blackmailer putin.

It's so reassuring to know that Ivanka (Yeah, riiiiight), is running our foreign policy

[tsuukiyomi]

11. Just you wait, guys -

Kim Jong-Un will request an audience with the television viewers of America.

With bated breath, the nation watches.

He opens his mouth, and says -

"Have you seen Ivanka's line? My wife thinks it's to die for."

My god, sometimes it appears as if the sole reason Ivanka is in her position is to promote her business, and yet, people think she'll somehow be able to reign in Putin's lapdog.

[yuiyoshida]

15. THEY really must think its a reality tv show...

[Kath2]

13. No one should give a damn what this airhead thniks.

[yuiyoshida]

16. Could you imagine what the Republicans would have thought

if one of the President Obama's daughter had requested we take military action some where? They would be HOWLING at the moon with blood on their faces!

[Kath2]

18. Damn right, sister!

They would have gone fucking crazy. And Fox News and hate radio would have lost their minds!

[yuiyoshida]

20. Alex Jones's head would have exploded...

on TV!

[jeanmarc]

14. Fucking amateurs and fucking nihilists

These people really believe in nothing and have no knowledge.

We are in trouble.

[warmfeet]

55. Yes.

We are in trouble.

[mac56]

17. So it has come to this.

An airheaded handbag designer is making military decisions.

God help us all.

[democrank]

19. If this is true, it's terrifying.

"Pushed" for her father to bomb Syria? What is she the boss of now? Maybe all war and peace decisions have to go through her office?

Two thirty-somethings running the country while Trump golfs and tweets. Perfect.

[Eyeball_Kid]

21. Uh, yeah, Dad... How about you bomb Syria while I get my hair done?

My best friend is coming over and we're going to go shopping for matching tank tops.

[Kath2]

23. About right.

I got flamed for dissing her but if little billionaire princess is making policy she should be held accountable.

[democratisphere]

25. Bombing on an emotional whim.

Rediculus.

[onecaliberal]

26. What in the actual fuck.

[JHan]

28. the irony is so thick with this administration.

I hope Trumpians learned some lessons.

[Solly Mack]

29. The Trump Family Wet Dream reality show needs to be canceled. Now.

The executive producers and producers should be destroyed.

The co-directors, literally, should be buried under the rubble of all their failures.

The star and co-stars should be forever wiped from history.

And the casting company should be exiled into space.

But that's just me and I get a little ticked at times.

[OldHippieChick]

30. Please daddy, please bomb Syria. It would be

such a nice birthday present for me. I'm so excited you can do this daddy.

This is what has become of American foreign policy.

[NewRedDawn]

42. Bring me John the Baptists head

on a platter from another incestuous daughter father relationship.

[NewRedDawn]

61. Did she do the seductress

dance of veils for Daddy first?

[Retrograde]

80. You nailed it

I wonder how the Salome/Herod scenario will play out in the Bible Belt.

[Kath2]

54. Love it.

Really suck that this is what we have come to.

[George II]

32. How many votes did she get in November?

[Hekate]

39. Apparently it was a package deal.

And such a deal!

[NamesDave]

38. I thought Putin was calling the shots?

[NewRedDawn]

43. He is my friend.

This was just a staged little event.

[bucolic_frolic]

41. Yikes! Who is making foreign policy here?

Jimmy Carter was maligned for asking Daughter Amy's opinion

Here we have complete derogation of duty to unelected, unappointed family member

WHO is in charge?

[VOX]

44. I keep saying, "It can't get any weirder," but it does.

All this insane shit is so incredibly off the tracks, it's amazing that the country still functions. Unless that's just its corpse twitching a bit before rigor mortis sets in.

Shaking my damn head so hard it'd make Scot Spicer hyperventilate.

[Drahthaardogs]

45. Daddy, bring me the head of John the Baptist...

eom.

[Corgigal]

47. Now Ivanka is a military logistics

Mastermind. When did her sweet ass serve? Cause this sweet ass on the other side of this computer did a I would prefer someone calling the shots that has a basic understanding of our military capability.

Doesn't she have a DVR show that she needs to catch up on, and leave the intelligence to the intelligent.

[Kath2]

52. She needs to stick with shopping.

Leave world issued to those who know about them.

[NewRedDawn]

48. Country run by the more evil

version of the Kardashians.

[Demtexan]

49. If she said to push the big red button would he?

I was hoping better for my old age.

Someone who steals designs dealing with bombing places.

That proves her Father is not charge of anything.

[keithbvadu2]

50. What qualifications does bling queen have to make such a recommendation?

[keithbvadu2]

53. Look at the bottom of the article/puff piece.

Look at the bottom of the article/puff piece.

"The military campaign has been praised internationally as well as by Democrats and liberal media outlets."

[Lyricalinklines]

56. The fact he uses her as a shield

and that she continues to be complicit in such an abusive triangle is evidence of bigger problems in their lives. Unfortunately, we the people are witnesses to their patriarchal, misogynistic cycles. As well, the rest of the world is affected.

All. Around. Sad. And. Sick.

He didn't do this for anyone but himself.

And it's regrettable so many media have decided he's now someone deserving of praise. This just feeds his narcissism and constant need for stroking.

[C_U_L8R]

57. Clearly, her geopolitical strategy expertise

is just as lousy as her fashion sense.

[Still In Wisconsin]

78. Right? That shit she peddles is just plain ugly! n/t

[jmg257]

59. A cable to Theresa May from britian ambassador to Kim Darroch about a memo? Wtf??

[Kath2]

60. What the hell is this person doing influencing policy?

http://nypost.com/2017/04/08/ivanka-may-have-convinced-her-dad-to-bomb-syria/

Apparently, some people here are angry about any criticism of her, but if she wants to be a decision maker she takes it on.

I can't stand her. Spoiled little billionaire brat.

She wouldn't ever want to trade one minute of her life for one of mine. Poor little princess. Let's all get with the program and let her decide who to fucking bomb!

[NewRedDawn]

62. Kremlin Kushner & Princess I

Trumpunks meet your 2 bosses.

[WomenRising2017]

63. I don't agree with, or care for this narrative

This need to find blame in women, for mistakes of men needs to stop.

Donald Trump doesn't listen to anyone. He always acts on his own, facts and wisdom be damned.

Twisting tweets by his daughter, into policy advising, is absurd and frankly sexist.

The Syrian bombing was a desperate act by Donald Trump, in an attempt to redeem his popularity.

He failed, spectacularly.

That is on him, not his daughter.

[Jim Beard]

69. I have been reading this and can understand she got no votes but...................

I had much rather have hers and Jarrids slightly more liberal influence than Flynn, or Bannon

[WomenRising2017]

72. I would rather not have any of them.

None of them should be anywhere near the White House.

It's disturbing that as little as 70,000 voters thought Trump was a good option for President.

But, blaming Trump's daughter for his ineptitude is just not right.

[JI7]

70. she is part of the administration. this is about blaming her for her own actions

she takes part in all the meetings and shit.

[WomenRising2017]

71. What actions should she be blamed for?

Sorry, but I don't care to speculate on her actions based on tweets.

I'm saving my blame for where it belongs, and that is with Donald Trump.

Having Donald scapegoat his daughter, is beyond creepy, even for him.

[JI7]

73. this ins't about fucking tweets , she publicly supports his disgusting ass

sits in all the meetings .

creepy is his attraction to his daughter.

[WomenRising2017]

74. There are many deplorable people who support his disgusting ass.

But he is the one in charge.

Sorry, but I'm not interested in fighting his offspring, when he is the one who holds all the power. My fight is with him, and Bannon.

Fighting Ivanka is just as absurd as those who want to fight Chelsea. It makes no sense.

[JI7]

75. bs, IVanka is part of the admin. i blame her like i blame bannon and all the rest of the shit

and i blame fucking trump also..

you came on here just to defend her . hahahah.

[WomenRising2017]

76. Do you honestly believe that she holds any power?

I'm not defending her, per se, but I'm tired of misogyny towards all women. And that's what I'm seeing here.

So much ire, directed at Ivanka, but not as much towards Bannon, Sessions, Tillerson, and more importantly, Donald Trump.

Why is she the target, when it's the above mentioned men doing all of the damage?

[JI7]

77. HAHAHAHAH

[bdamomma]

64. This incoherent

inexperienced POS 45 is taking advice from his daughter who does not has a shred of experience in foreign affairs or diplomacy. The whole family is effed up.

[FreepFryer]

65. Primping & exfoliating while she advocates for the shredding of others' flesh. She is a demon. (n/t)

[Tortmaster]

81. Sure. LOL!

Trump started caring for Syrian refugee babies? You funny.

[Kablooie]

82. Oh, pleeeeeze daddy! Bomb Syria for me? - Anything for you, my sweet little boobees.

[Vinca]

85. Someone said 4 additional kids died because of the bombing, but whatever makes Ivanka feel good.

[Achilleaze]

86. "I Vanka, vant to be alone..." - I Vanka (RR)

"...with my money, my daddy, my republican-russian besties, and my adoring fashion devotees."