--- title: Ivanka Trump Says She's 'Daughter Not Clone' of Donald description: While the Republican National Convention revs up in Cleveland, Ivanka Trump is helping hold down the Trump empire in New York. canonical: https://time.com/4414551/ivanka-trump-donald-daughter/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-20T15:23:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:58.212Z og:title: Ivanka Trump Calls Herself a 'Daughter, Not a Clone' og:description: She's not afraid to share her opinions og:url: https://time.com/4414551/ivanka-trump-donald-daughter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte79608a1916813e5/69889cb2196cf4b26003c7b1/ivanka-trump-rnc-daughter-clone-donald.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-CONVENTION og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ivanka Trump Calls Herself a 'Daughter, Not a Clone' twitter:description: She's not afraid to share her opinions twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte79608a1916813e5/69889cb2196cf4b26003c7b1/ivanka-trump-rnc-daughter-clone-donald.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ivanka Trump Calls Herself a 'Daughter, Not a Clone' by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 20, 2016 3:23 PM UTC  Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka listens to a speaker on the second day of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on July 19, 2016. Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka listens to a speaker on the second day of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on July 19, 2016.Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 20, 2016 3:23 PM UTC While her father is on the campaign trail, Ivanka Trump has the job of helping holding down Donald Trump’s business empire along with her two brothers, Donald Jr. and Eric. She’s even tasked with [introducing](http://time.com/4412687/republican-convention-ivanka-trump-apprentice/) him at the[ Republican National Convention](http://motto.time.com/4410323/republican-convention-nude-women-protest/), moments before he will likely accept the party’s nomination. In an [exclusive interview](http://www.people.com/article/ivanka-trump-father-campaign-balancing-work-family) with PEOPLE, Trump discusses her [work-life balance](http://motto.time.com/4413873/mila-kunis-work-life-balance/), motherhood, and giving “feedback, solicited or unsolicited” to her father, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. While the remarks he has made about women and minorities have caused much controversy, Ivanka stressed to People that she has her own mind. “I’m a daughter, not a clone. So of course daughters often disagree with things their fathers say,” she says. “I share my viewpoints with him privately, not publicly. I’m not the candidate.” Ivanka is one of her father’s most trusted advisors, and the “Ivanka Seal of Approval” carries great significance in his campaign. Some onlookers noted Ivanka would be a good fit for the [Vice President role](http://motto.time.com/4396848/ivanka-trump-vice-president/) and others alleged that she swayed her father to fire controversial campaign manager [Corey Lewandowski.](http://time.com/4374711/donald-trump-corey-lewandowski-leaves/) She declined to comment on either to People. Ivanka also has her own empire to manage in addition to her father’s. Other than her fashion brands, she has her own lifestyle website,[ IvankaTrump.com](http://www.ivankatrump.com/), which provides advice and tips for [working women](http://motto.time.com/4404787/nora-ephron-womens-rights-recovered-interview/). “There just weren’t voices in the mainstream space that were really celebrating the multidimensionality of today’s women,” she said. “I really wanted to create a lot of positivity and to profile incredible women who are doing it their own way.” In an [interview](http://www.businessinsider.com/ivanka-trump-family-business-brand-donald-trump-2016-3) with _Business Insider_, Ivanka credits her father for being “bold” and taking risks at work. She says, “He’s taught me a tremendous amount about how to be an inspiring leader and how to try to do that as well.” Ivanka, like her father, has been known for her negotiation tactics. In an [article](http://motto.time.com/4182722/ivanka-trump-negotiation-skills/) that she wrote for Motto, she advises, “Know what you want to achieve prior to starting to negotiate. It’s the golden rule but the one most people fail to heed.” Read the rest of Ivanka Trump’s interview with PEOPLE [here](http://www.people.com/article/ivanka-trump-father-campaign-balancing-work-family). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4414551/ivanka-trump-donald-daughter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4414551/ivanka-trump-donald-daughter/"},"headline":"Ivanka Trump Calls Herself a 'Daughter, Not a Clone'","datePublished":"2016-07-20T15:23:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:58.212Z","description":"She's not afraid to share her opinions","url":"https://time.com/4414551/ivanka-trump-donald-daughter/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte79608a1916813e5/69889cb2196cf4b26003c7b1/ivanka-trump-rnc-daughter-clone-donald.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":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte79608a1916813e5/69889cb2196cf4b26003c7b1/ivanka-trump-rnc-daughter-clone-donald.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-CONVENTION","caption":"Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka listens to a speaker on the second day of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on July 19, 2016.","creditText":"Robyn Beck—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":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4414551/ivanka-trump-donald-daughter/","name":"Ivanka Trump Calls Herself a 'Daughter, Not a Clone'"}}]}] ```