Former President Donald Trump recently claimed that he wanted to appoint his daughter Ivanka Trump to be “United Nations secretary” via Mediaite.
Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were advisers in the Trump White House for the duration of the former president’s term.
It has been noted that the U.N. has a secretary-general, who is chosen by the General Assembly – not the president of the United States. That person is currently António Guterres of Portugal.
Speaking at an event in Washington, D.C. held by the far-right Moms for Liberty organization, Trump was questioned about working with his adult children in the White House and the Trump Organization, which is run by his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. Meanwhile, ex-president’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump is co-chair of the Republican National Committee.
“I’d love to know why you choose and continue to choose to work with your children in business and politics,” Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice asked. “And do you have any advice for people about working with your kids?”
“Well, I’ve always liked it,” the ex-president replied. “I don’t know that I’ll be doing very much of it politically because I think it’s been unfair to them. Like, Ivanka was great. She could’ve done anything. Great student. Beautiful girl. Beautiful everything. She’s a perfect person. Worked hard.”
Trump noted that his daughter had a fashion line prior to joining the White House.
“But she gave it up because she wanted to go,” he continued. “And she didn’t want something like the United Nations secretary. I wanted her to do that. I said, you would be a great ambassador to the United Nations, United Nations secretary. There’d be nobody to compete with her.”
Presidents do appoint U.S. ambassadors to the U.N., but they cannot appoint secretaries-general, so the inclusion of “secretary” twice in Trump’s remarks is puzzling.
