1 Jul 2019 11:31 am
What exactly qualifies Ivanka Trump to represent the U.S. at the G20?
The first daughter asserted herself abroad this week in unique and unprecedented fashion as both a member of the US delegation and a member of the President's family.
Never before has a President's child had the proximity, influence and the marketing savvy to create a space in an administration, and that was on display from the G20 to the demilitarized zone as she appeared on equal footing with Cabinet-level officials.
One sign of that: Her efforts to build relationships with world leaders at gatherings such as these.
Over the course of the four-day trip, Ivanka Trump attended multiple bilateral meetings at the G20 in Osaka.
She was on stage for a women's economic empowerment forum with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, delivering remarks on her Women's Global Development and Prosperity initiative.
The French government released a video of her trying to make conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, IMF chairwoman Christine Lagarde and British Prime Minister Theresa May.
She appeared on camera in a video published by the White House giving a readout of a trilateral meeting between the President, Indian President Narendra Modi and Abe, a responsibility traditionally carried out by a national security staffer in a written statement.
In the video, Trump speaks directly to the camera about the "productive morning, to say the least," occasionally averting her eyes.
Trump also traveled with the delegation to Seoul, where she attended the dinner at the Blue House, had a discussion on women in the global economy with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and visited the DMZ, where her father shook hands with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and became the first sitting US president to step into North Korea.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/30/politics ... rth-korea/