Ivanka Trump says media not the enemy, and migrant family separations were a ‘low point’
She sought to distance herself from her father’s most controversial policies and rhetoric
Ivanka Trump distanced herself Thursday from some of her father’s most controversial policies and strident rhetoric, saying she is “vehemently against” family separations and that journalists are not the enemy.
Speaking publicly for the first time since she shut down her eponymous fashion brand last week, the first daughter and senior adviser to US President Donald Trump took a decidedly different approach than her combative father to stress that the immigration crisis has caused her anxiety.
“That was a low point for me as well,” Trump, 36, told a conference organised by news website Axios, referring to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that led to the stripping of thousands of children from their migrant parents.
Ivanka’s position aligns with the opinion of everyday Americans, who polls show are largely opposed to the separations.
The immigration crisis, which swelled further when audio emerged of detained toddlers crying for their mothers, caused a firestorm and in June the president reversed course.