--- title: Ivanka Trump: Donald Trump Will Do 'Right Thing' If He Loses description: Ivanka Trump gives her first interview since the release of the Access Hollywood audio tapes. canonical: https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-19T19:36:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:51:13.228Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ivanka Trump: If My Dad Loses, He Will 'Do the Right Thing' og:description: When asked if Donald Trump would respect the election's outcome og:url: https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf62b945619f9fbf8/6988aab0cd1bba4885702c3e/ivanka-trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2016 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ivanka Trump: If My Dad Loses, He Will 'Do the Right Thing' twitter:description: When asked if Donald Trump would respect the election's outcome twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf62b945619f9fbf8/6988aab0cd1bba4885702c3e/ivanka-trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ivanka Trump: If Donald Trump Loses, He Will 'Do the Right Thing' > Sponsored content. 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Ivanka said in a new interview on Wednesday that her father will “do the right thing”_  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 19, 2016 7:36 PM UTC TIME's Editor-in-Chief interviews Ivanka Trump and Fortune's Most Powerful Women conference.  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 19, 2016 7:36 PM UTC [Ivanka Trump](http://time.com/4533408/ivanka-trump-fortune-most-powerful-women-livestream/) does not like to discuss defeat. Her father is “in it to win it,” she says, and she’s “not interested in talking about alternative outcomes.” But if the election doesn’t go to Trump, who has repeatedly questioned the fairness of the electoral process, Ivanka said in a new interview on Wednesday that her father will “do the right thing.” In an interview with [TI](http://time.com/4533408/ivanka-trump-fortune-most-powerful-women-livestream/)[ME Editor Nancy Gibbs at the Fortune Most Powerful Women’s](http://time.com/4533408/ivanka-trump-fortune-most-powerful-women-livestream/) conference, Trump appeared calm and poised but revealed very little about her reaction to her father’s recent campaign struggles. When asked directly about her father’s “locker room” talk, his claims that the election will be “rigged” and the massive gender gap between Trump voters and Hillary Clinton voters, Ivanka Trump mostly gave answers about her closeness with her father, their family business and her own brand. The Most Powerful Women interview was her first major interview since the release of the leaked 2005 audio that revealed Trump bragging that he can “do anything” to women. When asked about the now-infamous audio, Ivanka Trump said the incident was “jarring,” but that her father had apologized. “He recognizes it was crude language, he was embarrassed that he had said those things, and he apologized,” she said. “That’s not language consistent with any conversation I’ve had with him.” She then described her father’s business prowess, calling him very much a “leader of people.” (A [_Fast Company_ article published Monday included a statement from Ivanka Trump on her father’s scandals](https://www.fastcompany.com/3063963/behind-the-brand/ivanka-trump-doesnt-flinch).) She added that she has spoken to her father about his controversial comments, but did not reveal what was said in those conversations. “We talk about it, we have a very open dialogue, and I think that’s one of the things that I respect so much about him, his willingness to listen,” she said. Trump also attempted to distance herself from the campaign’s inner sanctum, saying she resented media portrayals that describe her as a “surrogate” for her father. “I’m not a surrogate, I’m a daughter,” she said. “I’m not the campaign mastermind that people like to portray.” Ivanka has played a prominent role in the campaign, introducing her father at his announcement speech, giving a major primetime address at the Republican National Convention and orchestrating her father’s child care plan. “When people ask me about politics, I talk about what a great dad he was, and what a great businessman he’s been, because that’s what I know,” she said. “Everyone else can debate policy.” Ivanka also says she has been surprised by the level of scrutiny aimed at her and her family since her father began to run for President. “I may have been naïve going into this—nothing in life prepares you for a parent running for president,” she said, before adding that “the media has been vicious.” “The bias is very, very real, and I don’t think I would have said this to you even a year ago,” she continued. “From a media perspective, it’s very hard to get an accurate portrayal of who he is as a person.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/"},"headline":"Ivanka Trump: If Donald Trump Loses, He Will 'Do the Right Thing'","datePublished":"2016-10-19T19:36:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-07T06:51:13.228Z","description":"When asked if Donald Trump would respect the election's outcome","url":"https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf62b945619f9fbf8/6988aab0cd1bba4885702c3e/ivanka-trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf62b945619f9fbf8/6988aab0cd1bba4885702c3e/ivanka-trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2016","caption":"Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2016","creditText":"Joe Scarnici—Getty Images for Fortune","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/","name":"Ivanka Trump: If Donald Trump Loses, He Will 'Do the Right Thing'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Most Powerful Women: Ivanka Trump Full Interview With Nancy Gibbs","description":"TIME's Editor-in-Chief interviews Ivanka Trump and Fortune's Most Powerful Women conference.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KZwWsLkX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-19T19:18:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KZwWsLkX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/","duration":"PT19M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Donald Trump Wouldn’t Commit to Accepting the Election Results","description":"Ivanka said in a new interview on Wednesday that her father will “do the right thing”","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/L8WVSHs0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-20T03:03:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L8WVSHs0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/","duration":"PT2M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4537094/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-election-interview/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```