--- title: Twitter Erupts Over Donald Trump's Embrace of Ivanka at RNC description: Donald Trump has once again creeped out the Internet, this time with a "so inappropriate" embrace of his daughter, Ivanka. canonical: https://time.com/4418524/ivanka-trump-donald-daughter-touching-reaction/ author: Simon Lewis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T03:59:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:43:02.998Z og:title: Twitter Erupts Over Donald Trump's Embrace of Ivanka at RNC og:description: "Vomit vomit vomit" og:url: https://time.com/4418524/ivanka-trump-donald-daughter-touching-reaction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdefba3ecdcf2315a/69889ec0196cf4151103c86f/ap_552122811916.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: OH: Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Speaks At Republican National Convention Day 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Twitter Erupts Over Donald Trump's Embrace of Ivanka at RNC twitter:description: "Vomit vomit vomit" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdefba3ecdcf2315a/69889ec0196cf4151103c86f/ap_552122811916.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Twitter Erupts Over Donald Trump's Embrace of Daughter Ivanka at RNC > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=995fa4ab-b3ec-43a4-bc98-9dfceea8ff96&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Watch Ivanka Trump Speak at the Republican Convention [Watch (HLS stream): Watch Ivanka Trump Speak at the Republican Convention](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eqxSVxXX.m3u8) (3:01)  _Published 2016-07-22. Donald Trump had his sons speak on Tuesday and Wednesday. Next up at the Republican National Convention: his daughter Ivanka._ by [Simon Lewis](https://time.com/author/simon-lewis/) ## Simon Lewis Jul 22, 2016 3:59 AM UTC Donald Trump had his sons speak on Tuesday and Wednesday. Next up at the Republican National Convention: his daughter Ivanka. by [Simon Lewis](https://time.com/author/simon-lewis/) ## Simon Lewis Jul 22, 2016 3:59 AM UTC Donald Trump has once again creeped out the Internet, this time with a “so inappropriate” embrace of his daughter Ivanka. The 34-year-old businesswoman and former model — Trump’s daughter with his Czech-born first wife Ivana — delivered a speech a the Republican National Convention at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday night. The questionable touching occurred when the Republican nominee for November’s presidential election greeted his daughter on stage. > [](https://twitter.com/lolli%5Flogan/status/756312678595911680) After a collective double take, a memorable GIF was posted online, showing Trump appearing to touch Ivanka’s “upper butt” as [one tweeter](https://twitter.com/tauycreek/status/756325374867439616) put it. > [](https://twitter.com/maryellen/status/756315703523864576) “Vomit vomit vomit,” [tweeted](https://twitter.com/pazonada/status/756316732244029441) one person. > [](https://twitter.com/Paper%5FI%5FDoll/status/756321137257242624) > [](https://twitter.com/Margoandhow/status/756326402719354880) > [](https://twitter.com/TheBlakeDriver/status/756326665400127488) It’s not the first time Trump’s relationship with his daughter has disturbed people. In a [joint talk show appearance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP7yf8-Lk80) in 2006, he said Ivanka Trump had a “very nice figure” during a discussion of whether she should pose for _Playboy_ magazine. “I’ve said that if Ivanka wasn’t my daughter,” said the man now running for president, “perhaps I’d be dating her.” > [](https://twitter.com/blurbette/status/756312973765775360) > [](https://twitter.com/christysawyers/status/756324068484349952) > [](https://twitter.com/Dave4219/status/756328340504453120) ## Transcript [00:00] [ APPLAUSE ] For more than a year Donald Trump has [00:03] been the people's champion. And tonight he [00:07] is the people's nominee. [00:12] Like many of my fellow millinuals, I do not consider [00:15] myself categorically Republican or Democrat. More [00:19] than party affiliation, I vote based on what I believe is [00:22] right for my family and for my country. Sometimes it's [00:26] a tough choice. That is not the case this time. As [00:30] the proud daughter of your nominee, I am here to tell [00:34] you that this is the moment, and Donald Trump is the [00:38] person to make America great again. [ APPLAUSE ] [00:42] My father taught my siblings and me the importance of [00:45] positive values and a strong ethical compass. He [00:49] showed us how to be resilient, how to deal with [00:51] challenges and how to strive for excellence in all that [00:55] we do. He taught us that there is nothing we cannot [00:59] accomplish if we marry vision and passion with [01:03] an enduring work ethic. [ APPLAUSE ] [01:08] In our business, you're not a builder unless you've got [01:11] a building to show for it. Or, in my father's case, city [01:14] skylines. [ APPLAUSE ] At my [01:18] father's company, there are more female than male [01:21] executives. Women are paid equally for [01:25] the work that we do And when a woman becomes a [01:29] mother, she is supported not shut out. [ APPLAUSE ] [01:36] As researchers have noted, gender is no longer the [01:40] factor creating the greatest wage of discrepancy in this [01:42] country, motherhood is. As President, [01:47] my father will change the labor laws that were put in [01:49] place at a time when women were not a significant [01:52] portion of the workforce. And he will focus on making [01:56] quality childcare affordable and accessible for all. [02:00] He will fight For equal pay, for [02:04] equal work, and I will fight for this too right along side [02:08] of him. When my father says [02:12] that he will make America great again, he will deliver. [02:21] Politicians ask to be judged. By their promises, not [02:25] their results. I ask you to judge my father by his [02:28] results. Judge his values by those he's instilled in his [02:32] children. I've loved and respected him my entire [02:36] life and I could not be more proud tonight to present [02:40] to you and to all of America My father [02:45] and our next president, Donald J [02:50] Trump. 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