--- title: Watch Colbert on Ivanka Trump White House Job VIDEO description: Stephen Colbert devoted a portion of his opening monologue to mocking Ivanka Trump's appointment as special assistant to President Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4720530/colbert-on-ivanka-white-house-job/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-31T15:07:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:25.848Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Knocks Donald Trump for Ivanka Appointment og:description: "Bring Your Daughter to Govern Day" og:url: https://time.com/4720530/colbert-on-ivanka-white-house-job/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf488833b3f00e024/6988c0bdfb4eacdc6e89154e/stephen-colbert-ivanka.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Knocks Donald Trump for Ivanka Appointment twitter:description: "Bring Your Daughter to Govern Day" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf488833b3f00e024/6988c0bdfb4eacdc6e89154e/stephen-colbert-ivanka.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Shreds Trump for Hiring Ivanka: 'Bring Your Daughter to Govern Day' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 31, 2017 3:07 PM UTC  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Richard Boeth/CBS via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 31, 2017 3:07 PM UTC In the wake of the [White House’s confirmation](http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/ivanka-trump-white-house-job/) that [Ivanka Trump](http://motto.time.com/4707758/ivanka-trump-white-house-office/) will begin serving as an unpaid employee of the federal government, [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4716363/colbert-on-devin-nunes/) devoted a portion of his opening monologue to mocking her new position. During Thursday’s episode of _The Late_ Show, thehost critiqued [President Donald Trump’s](http://fortune.com/2017/03/30/trump-to-sign-executive-order-targeting-trade-abuses/) decision to bring Ivanka on as a government employee. “[Ivanka Trump](http://deadline.com/tag/ivanka-trump/) will become a federal employee in the White House, serving as the president’s [eyes and ears](http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/ivanka-trump-white-house-job/),” Colbert explained quoting Trump’s attorney Jamie S. Gorelick, according to [_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/ivanka-trump-white-house-job/). He jokingly adding, “No word yet on who will be operating his brain.” Colbert then pulled up a White House chore wheel that showed Ivanka on domestic policy duty, her husband — and senior Trump advisor — Jared Kushner on foreign policy duty and the president saddled with the task of loading the dishwasher Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4720530/colbert-on-ivanka-white-house-job/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4720530/colbert-on-ivanka-white-house-job/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Shreds Trump for Hiring Ivanka: 'Bring Your Daughter to Govern Day'","datePublished":"2017-03-31T15:07:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:25.848Z","description":"She will be serving as the president's \"eyes and ears\"","url":"https://time.com/4720530/colbert-on-ivanka-white-house-job/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","stephen colbert","TV","Donald Trump","the late show","Late Night Television","Ivanka Trump","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf488833b3f00e024/6988c0bdfb4eacdc6e89154e/stephen-colbert-ivanka.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf488833b3f00e024/6988c0bdfb4eacdc6e89154e/stephen-colbert-ivanka.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert","caption":"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert","creditText":"Richard Boeth/CBS via 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/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4720530/colbert-on-ivanka-white-house-job/","name":"Stephen Colbert Shreds Trump for Hiring Ivanka: 'Bring Your Daughter to Govern Day'"}}]}] ```