So proud of all these people! Everybody here has worked so hard to make it to the Olympics and have the opportunity to walk in the closing ceremony! Well… Everyone except Ivanka. Honestly, tf is she doing here?? pic.twitter.com/sfJKi0VTDb
— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) February 25, 2018
Good for Mr. Kenworthy, especially since he *is* now taking flak from some of the dumbest people on the internet. Backstory:
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that Ivanka Trump briefed South Korean President Moon about the new NK sanctions.
Asked if she had the appropriate security clearance, Mnuchin said, “She has the appropriate access to brief the president.”
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) February 23, 2018
Now also seems like an appropriate time to remind people that the Trump administration has still not filled the vacant post of US ambassador to South Korea.
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) February 25, 2018
The president’s chief adviser, a general, has allowed the president’s unqualified daughter (who lacks permanent security clearance) to brief a key ally on diplomatic decisions involving the risk of nuclear war. This snapshot belongs in an authoritarian banana republic. https://t.co/4MqT23aIfu
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) February 24, 2018
This makes total sense. Yeah, let's have a person who has never had to truly work for anything a single day in her life lead a delegation of folks who've spent every waking minute of their lives fighting for the opportunities they've earned. https://t.co/jQGCfCDbYF
— Avi (@AviAhvee) February 21, 2018
This administration is an insult to the idea of a competent foreign policy. https://t.co/AM8dCiUaXZ
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) February 24, 2018
At least she didn’t manage to spark an international incident (so far)…
'No interaction' between Ivanka Trump and North Korean delegation at the Olympic closing ceremony, according to a White House official. https://t.co/lOdStndemR pic.twitter.com/QARr5FnTJ6
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 25, 2018