Ivanka Trump was quick to issue a statement last night distancing herself from her father’s 2024 Presidential bid.
“I love my father very much. This time around, I’m choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family,” Ivanka said to Fox News Digital. “I do not plan to be in politics. While I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena.”
She continued, “I am grateful to have had the honor to serve the American people and I will always be proud of many of our Administration’s accomplishments.”
Donald Trump announced he planned to run again for President at an event at his Florida home, Mar-A-Lago, last night. Ivanka was a notable absence. However, her husband, Jared Kushner, was in attendance.
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Another notable absence was Donald Trump Jr. However, he had apparently been on a hunting trip and weather conditions had nixed his flight plans to Florida.
Tiffany Trump, who got married at Mar-A-Lago last weekend, also failed to show up for daddy’s announcement. Trump’s other kids, Eric and Barron, were present, as was his wife, Melania.
Trump’s 2024 announcement
Trump has become an increasingly divisive figure even within the Republican party in the last couple of years. He faces mounting legal woes and investigations. Last week’s midterms did not produce the “red wave” many hoped for. Many are questioning if the Trump brand is proving more of a turn-off for far too many.
Despite this, Trump, who gave a rambling, hour-long speech, promised to, “Make America great and glorious again.”
He spent much time exaggerating his own achievements in office.
“Under our leadership, we were a great and glorious nation — something you haven’t heard for quite a long period of time,” he said. “Now we are a nation in decline. We are a failing nation. For millions of Americans, the past two years under Joe Biden have been a time of pain, hardship and despair.”
MTG and Lindsey Graham praise Donald Trump
The speech was covered by most of the news networks, although MSNBC did not cover it live. Fox News, previously a big supporter of Trump, even cut away from the speech at one point to discuss its contents with a panel of experts.
Many Republican figures have not publicly commented on Trump’s announcement. However, among the first to endorse him was Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
We will Make America Great Again! https://t.co/oNQULBQTJN
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 16, 2022
Also rushing to show support was South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.
“If President Trump continues this tone and delivers this message on a consistent basis, he will be hard to beat,” fawned Graham. “His speech tonight, contrasting his policies and results against the Biden Administration, charts a winning path for him in the primaries and general election.”
Graham’s comments prompted widespread ridicule online.
Surprised you have cell service from inside of Trump’s colon.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) November 16, 2022
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Covid Hermit
Like many Americans who regard the Trump years as a great and glorious FAILURE, and an embarrassment, I am looking forward to NOT voting for Trump in 2024, just as I didn’t in 2016 or 2020.
jt1990
No worries, the Demoncrats will make sure he can’t run. We may have to vote for Ron DeSantis instead. But hey, I’ll take either one!
still_onthemark
@jt1990: Why would we do that? I’m a Democrat who says RUN TRUMP, RUN! Most voters hate Trump and they also hate his toadies as we saw last week. Trump has given Democrats control of the Senate yet again and he’ll do it a third time in 2024!
As Joe Scarborough says: “Trump has caused more damage to the Republican Party than anyone since FDR.”
abfab
The POS is the definition of the ugly American. May a golf ball hit his big fat disgustingly gross head, right near the temple, and may he fall into the moat surrounding his home.
And Joe Scarborough is a hick. He’s as annoying as any one can be who is from the ”redneck riviera” (Matt Gaetz) and I have no idea how Mika can stand living with him. And if he tells us he’s from NW Florida one more time I’m going to have a coronary.
abfab
@jt900 Mike Pence is waiting for you in bed.
Max
prioritizing children…right… if that were truly the case, Ivanka wouldn’t have been at the WH working for daddy back then. total BS reeking everywhere from that loathsome family.
also, MTG is so late to the game. it’s no longer MAGA but MAGAGA, Trump’s lamest acronym.
EddieB
Ship, meet rat.
gregg2010
Ivanka is smart. She knows her father is a big loser this time around. “Spending more time with one’s family” is a hackney excuse.
dbmcvey
She had to hit bottom before she realized it. Her father destroyed her life, her friendships, etc… She doesn’t want to live in Florida.
dbmcvey
Because her father’s first run destroyed her life.
BrokebackBob
Absolutely! Now that she and her smarmy monster husband have two billion dollars worth of Saudi money to play with probably illegally, I’ll put my money on their moving from Florida within a year.
dbmcvey
@BrokebackBob
She doesn’t want to live in Florida. She misses living in Manhattan but now no one there will talk to her.
bachy
They’ll end up in Dubai.
KellyRobinsonJr
In other words… read with your best Ivanka voice… I love my father very much. But the grift is over and I’m preparing in advance that I may be convicted or plead guilty to a criminal offense. Essentially, I am in preparation for the transition to my new life behind bars. I hope to live a meaningful life during confinement by cultivating other criminal activities and abilities for my future outside the political arena. I am grateful to have had the honor of grifting billions of dollars, all while being served by the American people and I will always be proud of many of our Administration’s unethical and criminal accomplishments. While incarcerated at Centro Penitenciario de Mar a Lago I request that I be known as Anita Wall.
Sincerely, No Thank You.
Thad
Once you discover the wonder of Goya beans, there’s no leaving the kitchen.
Jimmynj
Ivanka is helping Daddy because her husband got 2 billion dollars from the Saudis. She’s also a pariah in New York, and she can’t afford to alienate another city…. This entire family is complete trash.