Ivanka Trump's absence from the "ceremony" marking President Donald Trump's rejection of the Paris deal was highly symbolic. In recent months, ever since the elder Trump's election victory, the media has been portraying his oldest daughter as a strong, moderating influence within the administration, working hard for causes that the president isn't affiliated with, such as women's health, gay rights and above all, efforts to stop global warming. Those reports became completely irrelevant on Thursday. Whatever influence Ivanka Trump might have had on her father, it turned out to be useless and ineffective at the moment when it mattered the most. [...]
These choices mean that the press can examine her effectiveness as an adviser and a “presidential whisperer” just like it does with so many other people surrounding Trump, from White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon to his national security advisor, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. And upon such examination, it becomes clear that Ivanka Trump has had very little influence so far on the policy decisions that are supposedly most important to her. This was already apparent with the president's health care plan, and it became even clearer on Thursday with his decision to quit the international battle against global warming. [...]
Politico, one of the news organizations that in the past ran articles about Ivanka Trump’s supposed role as a “climate czar” in the Trump administration, declared in a headline on Thursday that the president’s daughter has decided to “move on” following her defeat on the Paris deal. Right after Shavuot, Ms. Trump proved the item correct when she published a tweet on a subject that had nothing to do with the main headlines of the day: her support for the LGBT community.
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