--- title: Ivanka Trump Has No Plan to Join Donald's Administration description: Ivanka Trump said she has no intention of taking a government job if her father is elected president canonical: https://time.com/4534729/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-administration/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-18T12:52:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:55:02.826Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ivanka Trump: I'm Not Planning to Join Dad's Administration og:description: "I don't intend to be part of the government" og:url: https://time.com/4534729/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-administration/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8497f4917e85bed8/6988aa58e20a879714a92d12/ivanka-trump-fast-company.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ivanka Trump Visits RNC Headquarters In Washington DC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ivanka Trump: I'm Not Planning to Join Dad's Administration twitter:description: "I don't intend to be part of the government" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8497f4917e85bed8/6988aa58e20a879714a92d12/ivanka-trump-fast-company.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ivanka Trump: I'm Not Planning to Join Dad's Administration ## Video: Ivanka Trump Defends the Nontraditional Role Melania Took as Donald's Campaign Wife [Watch (HLS stream): Ivanka Trump Defends the Nontraditional Role Melania Took as Donald's Campaign Wife](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3mDiMj5Y.m3u8) (1:55)  _Published 2016-07-20. “She’s a great inspiration to me, as I raise my own children, in terms of family first,” Ivanka Trump adds_  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 18, 2016 12:52 PM UTC  Ivanka Trump, daughter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, visits with women GOP members of Congress at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill on Sept. 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. Ivanka Trump, daughter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, visits with women GOP members of Congress at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill on Sept. 20, 2016 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 18, 2016 12:52 PM UTC [Ivanka Trump](http://time.com/4515709/ivanka-trump-campaign-ad-women/) said she has no intention of taking a government job if her father is elected president in November. In an [interview with _Fast Company_](https://www.fastcompany.com/3063963/behind-the-brand/ivanka-trump-doesnt-flinch) published Monday, she was asked about rumors that she would have a position in a Donald Trump administration. “No, I don’t intend to be part of the government,” Ivanka Trump replied. She also pushed back at characterizations of her as an adviser to her father. “I am a daughter and an executive who has worked alongside him,” she said. Ivanka Trump, who has helped the Trump campaign with [outreach to women voters](http://time.com/4489898/donald-trump-joins-the-mommy-wars/), said she isn’t bothered by some of the more shocking accusations that have emerged about her father. The interview was conducted before a [recording leaked](http://time.com/4523755/donald-trump-leaked-tape-impact/) that featured Donald Trump bragging about groping women without their consent. “The greatest comfort I have is the fact that I know my father. Most of the people who write about him don’t. I do,” she said. “So that gives me an ability to shrug off the things that I read about him that are wrong,” In a statement provided to _Fast Company_ after the interview, she called her father’s lewd comments “inappropriate and offensive.” “I’m glad that he acknowledged this fact with an immediate apology to my family and the American people,” she said. 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