Ivanka Trump is leading the US delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, and the trip has thus far proved to be an exercise in diplomacy for the first daughter and senior adviser to the President.
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Trump met privately with the South Korean President to brief him on economic sanctions against North Korea that the White House released Friday.
This is insane. https://t.co/EClYBOliQH
— Nope. (@JoyAnnReid) February 25, 2018
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that Ivanka Trump briefed South Korean President Moon about the new NK sanctions.
Asked if she had the appropriate security clearance, Mnuchin said, “She has the appropriate access to brief the president.”
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) February 23, 2018
The president’s chief adviser, a general, has allowed the president’s unqualified daughter (who lacks permanent security clearance) to brief a key ally on diplomatic decisions involving the risk of nuclear war. This snapshot belongs in an authoritarian banana republic. https://t.co/4MqT23aIfu
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) February 24, 2018
Remember – she has no diplomacy education or training or experience or expertise of any kind. She’s a former fashion model turned fashion marketer; that’s it; that’s her experience and expertise. She doesn’t have a security clearance.
Speaking Friday to reporters at the White House, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said [Ivanka] Trump has “been part of the team” as the White House puts pressure on North Korea.
“Ivanka Trump has been briefed on this. She has been part of the team. She had dinner with President Moon and had a private discussion in advance about this occurring and this has been an interagency process,” Mnuchin said.
Trump and husband Jared Kushner’s security clearance status and access to classified information has come under scrutiny in recent weeks.
Asked if she had the appropriate security clearance, Mnuchin said, “She has the appropriate access to brief the President.”
What does that mean?
Banana republic would be an upgrade. We’re more like a stale half-pretzel republic.
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I can see clearly what is coming up: one simple constitutional amendment to be inserted wherever.
AMENDMENT: This US constitution may be amended whenever and wherever the President chooses, PROVIDED that the President’s first name is Donald and his (it must be a he for this to apply) second name begins with TR and ends with UMP. And contains no other letters.
Any such amendment will apply from the moment it is TWEETED.
No tweet, no feet.
Appropriate access IS NOT appropriate clearance.
Was any grownup in attendance? Is there any protection against her taking some crazed position in the name of the US, or of the talk being misrepresented by the Koreans?
Haven’t we already had this with Kushner chatting up Russians from the White House?