Ivanka Trump, daughter of New York billionaire and Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, hasn't ruled out a run for public office herself and considers her father to "absolutely" be a feminist. Ivanka, who is executive vice president of development and acquisitions at the Trump Organization and the group's most visible spokesperson behind Donald, admitted that running for office hasn't been a goal.
"It's not something I've ever been inclined to do, but I'm 34, so who knows?" she told Town & Country magazine in an interview. "At this point I would never even contemplate it, but that doesn't mean that when I'm 50 I won't have a change of heart."
Trump also defended her father's views of women that have become a constant question since his dust-up with Fox News' Megyn Kelly in the first GOP debate in August. When asked if she would call her father a "feminist," Ivanka Trump replied, "You'd have to ask him that" but added that he "100 percent believes in equality of gender, so, yes, absolutely - socially, politically, and economically," The Hill reported.
Trump said that her father's business is the perfect example. "If he didn't feel that women were as competent as men, I would be relegated to some role subordinate to my brothers," she said, adding, "He fully prioritizes merit and accomplishment and skill and ability over background, education, and gender. This company, over four decades, has always had women in its highest ranks."
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have engaged in a war of words over the course of the last week on gender issues after the real estate mogul said the Democratic front-runner got "schlonged," sparking outrage among people who said the comment was sexist. Trump, however, said Clinton was playing the "woman's card."
"She's playing that woman's card left and right, and women are more upset about it than anybody else, including most men," Trump said on Fox News Sunday morning, according to CNN. "She's mentioning sexism," Trump added, referencing a recent interview in which Clinton told the Des Moines Register that the billionaire had "demonstrated a penchant for sexism."
