What exactly is it about Ivanka Trump that is so off-putting?

[Anonymous]

Nepotism is seldom attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She has no business being where she is right now. She has been ladled from one opportunity to the next. She hasn’t earned her place. She is also a bimbo with a room temperature IQ.

OP here. I actually don't think she is either a bimbo or dumb. I think she's highly educated, and though she may not be "an intellect" she is likely smarter than the average person, and probably does have a lot of experience and know-how re: running her fashion business. And I say this as someone who really really dislikes her, her family, and what each of them stand for. This is why it's hard for me to place it. I can articulate that her empty, meaningless words do more harm than good and that bugs me very much because I think a lot of less educated women don't see that disjoint and hypocrisy, and that is bad for women. I think her speaking style -- that halting, faux-pensive, condescending tone delivered with a fake smile -- is really annoying. But like I said, I have an almost physical pull-back disgust reaction to her. I don't have that with other people, not even her father!

I disagree. I find her to be completely vapid in interviews and her book. She’s all style and no substance.

[Anonymous]

OP, I used to think more highly of her for having started her own business. But then I saw that awful interview where she talked about how her dad made this big deal about being "poorer than the bum on the street" after going bankrupt. And I realized that she is an awful, clueless, out-of-touch human being.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I used to think more highly of her for having started her own business. But then I saw that awful interview where she talked about how her dad made this big deal about being "poorer than the bum on the street" after going bankrupt. And I realized that she is an awful, clueless, out-of-touch human being.

The Trump children would be best served by STFU, as they are terrible speakers and sound like entitled morons when they open their underdeveloped jaws.

[Anonymous]

I am a liberal Dem and thought she was impressive before the election. I own a lot of her clothes and think they look great.

After the election, my opinion changed. She seems vapid, clueless, and condescending in interviews. She has a phony voice and has had too much work done. Why do all of the Trump women have phony, huge boobs that look top- heavy and matronly?

I hope she returns to NYC. She and Jared would have been smart to stay there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nepotism is seldom attractive.

That, and her only professional background is product marketing and modeling, yet she works as an adviser to the President of the United States.

[Anonymous]

I think it's the overly controlled attempt to appear perfect: perfectly coifed, perfectly dressed, perfectly groomed, perfectly made up, perfectly spoken...It's the perfection of a Hollywood star like Gwyneth Paltrow that is just completely off-putting. Trump is so focused on how she appears to cameras and the public you don't get any sense of a real human being underneath the veneer. And it's like she's trying to have her cake and eat it too - when she speaks she's always controlling herself so that she doesn't threaten anyone but appears "ladylike" even when she's talking about a difficult issue. She wants to pretend she can be above the fray and not offend anyone - she wants everyone to like her, like a good girl does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She has no business being where she is right now. She has been ladled from one opportunity to the next. She hasn’t earned her place. She is also a bimbo with a room temperature IQ.

OP here. I actually don't think she is either a bimbo or dumb. I think she's highly educated, and though she may not be "an intellect" she is likely smarter than the average person, and probably does have a lot of experience and know-how re: running her fashion business. And I say this as someone who really really dislikes her, her family, and what each of them stand for. This is why it's hard for me to place it. I can articulate that her empty, meaningless words do more harm than good and that bugs me very much because I think a lot of less educated women don't see that disjoint and hypocrisy, and that is bad for women. I think her speaking style -- that halting, faux-pensive, condescending tone delivered with a fake smile -- is really annoying. But like I said, I have an almost physical pull-back disgust reaction to her. I don't have that with other people, not even her father!

OP, I agree that she is off-putting. She seems fake. For example, what is it with the audible mouth breathing when she's speaking? My only objection to your previous comment is why you think she has above average intelligence. Clearly, she and her siblings got into UPenn because of their father (legacy), not hard work or intellect.

I mean statistically speaking - she graduated from college and most American's don't even do that. I would guess that in the average bureaucrat circles of DC she is not "smart" and definitely agree that she seems vapid in comparison to the average college graduate or DCUMer.

[Anonymous]

She's cool with her dad's banana republic style (no, I'm not talking about where he shops).

[Anonymous]

She looks and sounds like a Stepford Wife, or in this case, Daughter

[Anonymous]

She is trying way to hard to look like Barbie. Or a Disney Princess. Most of us outgrow that look at 9.

[Anonymous]

Now that I think about it, I was friends with a girl in middle school who went to high school with her. We haven't spoken in almost 25 years, but I sure do feel temped to reach out and just say "Hey - hope you're well. Is Ivanka Trump dumb as a rock?" I would never do that, and this woman is far too polite and professionally accomplished to comment, but I sure want to!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She has no business being where she is right now. She has been ladled from one opportunity to the next. She hasn’t earned her place. She is also a bimbo with a room temperature IQ.

i agree with the bolded and not the rest. she is probably above average in intelligence. but totally out of place in the white house even by standards of other occupants. i mean, her father at least won the election and others helped me him do it in whatever way... she is there literally because she is his daughter yet appears to play a significant role... an that's annoying.

[Anonymous]

So much cattyness from others that are jealous of her beauty and poise in here. Guess it's ok with the left when you're hating on some one on the right though. All morals and brow beating about judging appearances go right out the window then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nepotism is seldom attractive.

That, and her only professional background is product marketing and modeling, yet she works as an adviser to the President of the United States.

And then calls herself a daughter when asked a hard question in an interview. You may be a daughter, but you’re also a White House senior advisor sent across the globe to discuss hugely important foreign policy issues with the President of South Korea. You don’t get to benefit from the circumstances of your birth and then hide behind them.