Twitter Is Furious Over Leaked Photo of Ivanka Attending Donald Trump’s Meeting With Japan’s Prime Minister
Son-in-Law Jared Kushner Also Attended
President-elect Donald Trump has ignored every warning, every voice raised over his offensive and unacceptable decisions, such as awarding his campaign CEO a position as a top White House strategist and senior aide, and requesting top secret security clearance for his son-in-law Jared Kushner. Now, one more assault on acceptable protocol and norms.
Ivanka Trump attended her father’s 90-minute meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, President-elect Trump’s first official meeting with a foreign head of state.Â
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
As did Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband and the man Trump is trying to get top secret security clearance for:
Jared Kushner was also there (and Gen. Flynn) https://t.co/480y1rWy2A pic.twitter.com/mC2tTu95i6
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) November 18, 2016
Usually that meeting would have been with the Prime Minister of England, so Trump has already thumbed his nose at convention and offended the British, but to have his daughter – who has zero foreign policy experience or expertise, and zero security clearance, is wholly unacceptable.
Journalists, political wonks, and others on Twitter right now are freaking out that the meeting included the First Daughter-elect, after a photograph was leaked. It’s been tweeted many times but many reporters have deleted it after the Trump team told journalists there was to be no press allowed.
Note that Trump did not have a plan, does not know protocol or Japanese customs, does not know what negotiations are going on currently between the U.S. and Japan, and hasn’t even met with the Department of State yet.
This isn’t just winging it, this is dangerous.
Here’s what some on Twitter are saying:
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
there is literally zero reason for Ivanka Trump to be sitting in on meetings with heads of state other than her own personal benefit
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) November 18, 2016
This is a very important photo. Trump is supposed to be separating his presidency from his business interests. Ivanka will run the business. https://t.co/D3eGYsE7if
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 18, 2016
Meanwhile, Ivanka Trump, who is allegedly going to be running her dad’s businesses in a blind trust, is sitting in on diplomatic meetings: https://t.co/4Sxk8TxZru
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) 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
Instead of bringing a foreign service expert on Japan, he brought Ivanka. https://t.co/OvazlhnWvE
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 18, 2016
Oh hey look it’s Ivanka who’s going to be running the family business sitting in https://t.co/GJSb5UxJ2U
— Eddie Vale (@evale72) November 18, 2016
Ivanka is sitting in on a meeting w/heads of state & #PresidentElect.
She has no National Security clearance.
Trump’s already going rogue. pic.twitter.com/wke21BA6nc— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) November 18, 2016
Trump meets Japanese PM with Jared Kushner and Ivanka by his sidehttps://t.co/yODtUUmOQs via @MailOnline
— TheTruthHurts (@pnutbella) November 18, 2016
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG https://t.co/KYLDnM9NM8 pic.twitter.com/tvkL0wbL7b
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 18, 2016
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