--- ---  # Stephen Colbert Shreds Trump for Hiring Ivanka: 'Bring Your Daughter to Govern Day'  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 ColbertRichard 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. Watch Colbert on Ivanka Trump White House Job VIDEO ```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'"}}]}] ```