President Donald Trump's eldest daughter spoke during the Women's 20 Summit in Berlin at the start of a jam-packed one-day tour after being 'directly invited' by Merkel last month.
While Merkel visited the U.S. in March, the president seemingly ignored requests from the press to shake Merkel's hand while the pair were meeting in the Oval Office. He was heavily criticized for not doing so and mocked by man on social media.
However, Ivanka did not follow in her father's footsteps and shared a friendly handshake with Merkel after participating in the panel discussion on women's entrepreneurship alongside Merkel, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and IMF chief Christine Lagarde.
While trying to defend her father, the mother-of-three was booed and hissed at by the majority-female audience when she told the room, 'I'm very proud of my father's advocacy' before she said that he's a 'tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive.'
The moderator, WirtschaftsWoche editor-in-chief Miriam Meckel, interrupted Ivanka and said, 'You hear the reaction from the audience, so I need to address one more point. Some attitudes towards women, your father has publicly displayed in former times might leave one questioning whether he's such an empower-er for women. How do you relate to that or are things changing? What's your comment on that?'
'I've certainly heard the criticism from the media and that's been perpetuated,' Ivanka replied.
In addition, Meckel, grilled Ivanka about what exactly her role is her father's administration.
'You're the First Daughter of the United States, and you're also an assistant to the president,' Meckel said.
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