--- title: Donald Trump Says Ivanka Asked 'Daddy Can I Go With You?' description: President Donald Trump invited a surprise guest to the podium during his speech on tax reform in North Dakota — his daughter Ivanka. canonical: https://time.com/4930337/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-tax-reform/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-06T22:05:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:18:47.574Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Says Ivanka Asked Him 'Daddy Can I Go With You?' to North Dakota og:description: "Everybody loves Ivanka," Trump said og:url: https://time.com/4930337/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-tax-reform/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf450100580442d4/6988dcbb97cdff82826b2551/trump-ivanka-north-dakota.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: trump-ivanka-north-dakota og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Says Ivanka Asked Him 'Daddy Can I Go With You?' to North Dakota twitter:description: "Everybody loves Ivanka," Trump said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf450100580442d4/6988dcbb97cdff82826b2551/trump-ivanka-north-dakota.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Says Ivanka Asked Him 'Daddy Can I Go With You?' to North Dakota > Sponsored content. 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Ivanka Trump introduces President Donald Trump before he speaks about the need for tax reform at Andeavor Refinery, Sept. 6, 2017, in Mandan, North Dakota. Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Sep 6, 2017 10:05 PM UTC President Donald Trump invited a surprise guest to the podium during his speech on tax reform in North Dakota — his daughter [Ivanka Trump](http://fortune.com/2017/08/16/ivanka-trump-clothing-donations-goodwill/), whom he credited with softening his image. “Everybody loves Ivanka,” he said, motioning his daughter up to the stage. “Sometimes they’ll say you know he can’t be that bad a guy, look at Ivanka.” The President, who was in North Dakota to tout his tax reform initiative, also explained why his daughter was accompanying him, despite the fact that she is a Senior aide in the West Wing and is working on a childcare tax credit as part of the reform initiative. “She’s so good she wanted to make the trip. She actually said “Daddy can I go with you?'” he said of his 35-year-old daughter, who is also an adviser to the President, adding that she had expressed her fondness for the state. “Hi North Dakota,” she told a cheering audience after stepping onstage. “We love this state so its always a pleasure to be back here. You treated us very very very well in November and have continued to, and we like showing the love back.” > [](https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/905442274154356740) Ivanka, who has [met with lawmakers](http://fortune.com/2017/06/20/ivanka-trump-paid-leave-capitol-hill/) on Capitol Hill to discuss paid family leave and childcare tax credits tweeted a photo of herself on Wednesday at an event discussing childcare tax credits. “I look forward to making this expanded Child Tax Credit a reality! Working parents deserve #TaxReform,” she [wrote](https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/905442401375924224) on Twitter. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4930337/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-tax-reform/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4930337/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-tax-reform/"},"headline":"President Trump Says Ivanka Asked Him 'Daddy Can I Go With You?' to North Dakota","datePublished":"2017-09-06T22:05:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:18:47.574Z","description":"\"She's so good she wanted to make the trip.\"","url":"https://time.com/4930337/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-tax-reform/","keywords":["White House","Ivanka Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf450100580442d4/6988dcbb97cdff82826b2551/trump-ivanka-north-dakota.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf450100580442d4/6988dcbb97cdff82826b2551/trump-ivanka-north-dakota.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump-ivanka-north-dakota","caption":"Ivanka Trump introduces President Donald Trump before he speaks about the need for tax reform at Andeavor Refinery, Sept. 6, 2017, in Mandan, North Dakota.","creditText":"Brendan Smialowski—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":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4930337/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-tax-reform/","name":"President Trump Says Ivanka Asked Him 'Daddy Can I Go With You?' to North Dakota"}}]}] ```