Ivanka Trump, White House adviser: 'I try to stay out of politics'
Ivanka Trump, a White House adviser with her own West Wing office, said she tries "to stay out of politics."
The president's daughter appeared on Fox & Friends for an interview that aired Monday morning, during which she stressed disagreement with her father on certain issues — though she'd give him "definitely an 'A'" as president so far.
"I try to stay out of politics," said Trump, who maintained a strong presence in her father's presidential campaign.
"I don't profess to be a political savant," she said. "So I leave the politics to other people."
Trump did say she intends to use her role as adviser to guide and influence governmental policy, which is literally the Webster's definition of "politics."
President Donald Trump trusts his daughter "to be very candid " on a "plethora of issues," she said. Trump said she chooses to focus her efforts, however, on issues they agree upon, such as aiding veterans, workforce development and solving America's opioid crises.
She grants less attention to those issues her and her father disagree on, she said.
"I'm more interested in being for something than against something," Trump said.
Fox & Friends' Ainsley Earhardt asked her what exactly she and her dad disagree on. Trump does not answer the question in the clip, and Earnhardt does not press her further.
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