A new book based on interviews purportedly coming from White House insidershas claimed that Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, the daughterand son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, struck a deal when they cameto Washington that she would one day run for president.
The book, titled *”Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” *saidIvanka and Jared had discussed her ambitions to be America’s first femalepresident when serving at the White House after the 2016 election. Thebook wenton sale on Friday.
Based on more than 200 interviews with Trump and his staff, the bookclaimed that the couple accepted posts as advisers in the Oval Office “overthe advice of almost everyone they knew” in the hope that Trump’spresidency “would catapult them into a heretofore unimagined big time.”US President Donald Trump speaks alongside his daughter, Ivanka Trump (L)and her husband, Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner (R) during aCabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC,October 16, 2017. (Photo by AFP)
“It was a joint decision by the couple, and, in some sense, a joint job,”said Michael Wolff, the book’s author. “Between themselves, the two hadmade an earnest deal: If sometime in the future the opportunity arose,she’d be the one to run for president.”
“The first woman president, Ivanka entertained, would not be HillaryClinton; it would be Ivanka Trump,” an excerpt from the book read.
The book also points to the feud between former White House chiefstrategist Steve Bannon and Trump’s elder daughter and her husband.
“Bannon, who had coined the term ‘Jarvanka’ that was now in ever greateruse in the White House, was horrified when the couple’s deal was reportedto him,” it noted.
“They didn’t say that?” Bannon is reported to have said, adding, “Stop. Oh,come on. They didn’t actually say that? Please don’t tell me that. Oh myGod.”
Trump’s former chief strategist had previously blamed Ivanka and herhusband for being “railhead of all bad decisions” in the White House.This photo taken on June 12, 2017 shows former White House chief strategistSteve Bannon (L) and Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to USPresident Donald Trump, attending a cabinet meeting at the White House inWashington, DC. (By AFP)
Ivanka worked for her billionaire father’s company before Trump was electedpresident and is now an unpaid White House adviser. She has been accused inthe US of benefiting from nepotism.
Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was also appointed as a senior WhiteHouse adviser by the president. Neither have previous government experience.
Trump has faced a furious backlash from political opponents and ethicsexperts for placing his children in positions of power.