--- title: Ivanka Trump Believes Donald Trump Over Harassment Accusers description: Ivanka Trump said she believes her father President Donald Trump over the many women who have accused him of sexual harassment. canonical: https://time.com/5175406/ivanka-trump-today-show/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-26T14:47:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T19:26:19.065Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ivanka Trump on President Trump's Harassment Accusers: 'I Believe My Father' og:description: "I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter og:url: https://time.com/5175406/ivanka-trump-today-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d1b96805ed02b54/698928deab6d7786956b1e7a/ivanka-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump Holds Working Session On Opportunity Zone Provided By Tax Reform og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ivanka Trump on President Trump's Harassment Accusers: 'I Believe My Father' twitter:description: "I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d1b96805ed02b54/698928deab6d7786956b1e7a/ivanka-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ivanka Trump on President Trump's Many Sexual Harassment Accusers: 'I Believe My Father' by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 26, 2018 2:47 PM UTC  President Donald Trump (L) and adviser and daughter Ivanka Trump listen during a working session regarding the Opportunity Zones provided by tax reform in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump (L) and adviser and daughter Ivanka Trump listen during a working session regarding the Opportunity Zones provided by tax reform in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 14, 2018 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 26, 2018 2:47 PM UTC Ivanka Trump said in a new interview that she believes her father President Donald Trump over [the many women who have accused him of sexual harassment.](http://time.com/5058646/donald-trump-accusers/) Asked whether she believes her father’s accusers during [an interview with NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/ivanka-trump-arming-teachers-option-needs-be-discussed-n850801) that aired Monday on the _Today_ show, Trump called it an “inappropriate” question to ask her. “I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated that there’s no truth to it,” she said. “I don’t think that’s a question you would ask many other daughters.” “I believe my father,” Trump added added. “I know my father, so I think I have that right as daughter to believe my father.” > [](https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/968103581944606720) Numerous women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct dating back years, including touching or kissing them without their consent. Trump has denied all allegations. In the closing days of the 2016 presidential election, a tape was released that captured him bragging years earlier about groping women without their consent. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5175406/ivanka-trump-today-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5175406/ivanka-trump-today-show/"},"headline":"Ivanka Trump on President Trump's Many Sexual Harassment Accusers: 'I Believe My Father'","datePublished":"2018-02-26T14:47:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:26:19.065Z","description":"\"I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter","url":"https://time.com/5175406/ivanka-trump-today-show/","keywords":["Ivanka Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d1b96805ed02b54/698928deab6d7786956b1e7a/ivanka-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d1b96805ed02b54/698928deab6d7786956b1e7a/ivanka-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Holds Working Session On Opportunity Zone Provided By Tax Reform","caption":"President Trump Holds Working Session On Opportunity Zone Provided By Tax Reform","creditText":"Alex Wong—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":"/tag/ivanka-trump/","name":"Ivanka Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5175406/ivanka-trump-today-show/","name":"Ivanka Trump on President Trump's Many Sexual Harassment Accusers: 'I Believe My Father'"}}]}] ```