--- title: Ivanka Trump: 'I Try to Stay Out of Politics' description: President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor said Monday that she tries to stay out of politics. canonical: https://time.com/4832573/ivanka-trump-donald-twitter-tweets-politics/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-26T12:58:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:20:10.501Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ivanka Trump Says She Tries to 'Stay Out of Politics' og:description: "I don't profess to be a political savant" og:url: https://time.com/4832573/ivanka-trump-donald-twitter-tweets-politics/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f3d4d1c7ad32b61/6988d33e8fd2ee230d357b52/gettyimages-699841404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5568 og:image:height: 3132 og:image:alt: US-politics-TRUMP-TECHNOLOGY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ivanka Trump Says She Tries to 'Stay Out of Politics' twitter:description: "I don't profess to be a political savant" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f3d4d1c7ad32b61/6988d33e8fd2ee230d357b52/gettyimages-699841404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ivanka Trump Says She Tries to 'Stay Out of Politics' > Sponsored content. 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Ivanka Trump was booed by the audience as she defended her father as a supporter of women, while answering questions in Germany about her dual role as a first daughter and presidential adviser_ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 26, 2017 12:58 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 26, 2017 12:58 PM UTC When asked in [an interview on _Fox and Friends_](http://video.foxnews.com/v/5483395151001/?playlist%5Fid=930909787001#sp=show-clips) about her father’s penchant for Twitter, First Daughter and White House adviser [Ivanka Trump](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4742699/ivanka-trump/) said that she prefers to “stay out of politics.” “I try to stay out of politics. His political instincts are phenomenal. He did something that no one could have imagined he’d be able to accomplish,” Ivanka Trump said of her father, President Donald Trump. “I feel blessed just being part of the ride from day one and before. But he did something pretty remarkable. But I don’t profess to be a political savant.” In the [interview](http://video.foxnews.com/v/5483395151001/?playlist%5Fid=930909787001#sp=show-clips), which aired Monday, Ivanka said that her father trusts her to advise him on a variety of issues within the White House because she does not have a secret agenda. But she does admit that there are areas in which they don’t agree. Still, Trump told _Fox_ she thinks the disagreement is healthy. “I think it’s normal to not have 100% aligned viewpoints on every issue. I don’t think anyone operates like that with a parent, or within the context of an administration,” Trump said. “And I think that all different viewpoints being at the table is a positive thing. And I think one of the things that, in this country we don’t have enough of, is dialogue.” ## Transcript I'd like to ask you, what is your role? And whom are you representing? Your father is the President of the Unites States, the American people or your business? Well certainly not the later, and I am rather unfamiliar with this role as well, as it is quite new to me. It has been a little under 100 days, but it has Just been a remarkable and incredible journey. So as an entrepreneur and as an individual prior to this, and in the private sector, I cared very much about empowering women in the workplace. I am humbled to be here with so many formidable leaders to engage in dialogue, to learn, to bring the advice, to bring the knowledge back to the Unites States, back to both my father and the President. I've certainly heard the criticism from the media and that's been perpetuated, but I know from personal experience and I think the thousands of women who have worked with and for my father for decades when he was in the private sector are a testament to his belief and solid conviction in the potential of women. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4832573/ivanka-trump-donald-twitter-tweets-politics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4832573/ivanka-trump-donald-twitter-tweets-politics/"},"headline":"Ivanka Trump Says She Tries to 'Stay Out of Politics'","datePublished":"2017-06-26T12:58:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:20:10.501Z","description":"\"I don't profess to be a political savant\"","url":"https://time.com/4832573/ivanka-trump-donald-twitter-tweets-politics/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","Ivanka Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f3d4d1c7ad32b61/6988d33e8fd2ee230d357b52/gettyimages-699841404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f3d4d1c7ad32b61/6988d33e8fd2ee230d357b52/gettyimages-699841404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-politics-TRUMP-TECHNOLOGY","caption":"US-politics-TRUMP-TECHNOLOGY","creditText":"Nicholas Kamm—AFP/Getty Images","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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4832573/ivanka-trump-donald-twitter-tweets-politics/","name":"Ivanka Trump Says She Tries to 'Stay Out of Politics'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Ivanka Trump Gets Booed During Speech After Saying Her Father Supports Women","description":"Ivanka Trump was booed by the audience as she defended her father as a supporter of women, while answering questions in Germany about her dual role as a first daughter and presidential adviser","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Y0PPHxNC/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-25T14:15:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Y0PPHxNC.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4832573/ivanka-trump-donald-twitter-tweets-politics/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4832573/ivanka-trump-donald-twitter-tweets-politics/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```