Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka to act as First Lady for President-elect while wife Melania is in New York, it is claimed
Melania Trump is planning to stay in New York so her son Barron can finish his final year at a prestigious primary school
IVANKA Trump may fill in as First Lady when the President elect’s wife Melania is spending time in New York, it has been claimed.
Melania has said she is planning to stay on in the city so her son Barron can finish his final year at a prestigious primary school.
And this has prompted speculation that Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka may step in for some of Melania’s duties in Washington.
Mr Trump has already showed that he is going to be an unorthodox president, indicating that he wants to remain as a producer on Celebrity Apprentice.
Heat Street reported that Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner have been house hunting in Washington DC.
Mr Kushner is expected to have a key role in the Trump White House.
However, it hasn’t just been Mr Kushner that has been attending key meetings.
Ms Trump has been in the room when her dad has met with people from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Al Gore.
In a 60 Minutes interview in the US, Ivanka - who was viewed favourably during the election campaign - said she didn’t want a formal job in her father’s administration.
“I’m going to be a daughter,” she said. “But I’ve said throughout the campaign that I am very passionate about certain issues. And that I want to fight for them. So, you know there are a lot of things that I feel deeply, strongly about. But not in a formal administrative capacity.”
The last President to move into the White House without a first lady was Grover Cleveland, who was a bachelor until his marriage in 1886.