Contradicting her dad? An altered video? From the House committee to Qatar, here are some of Ivanka Trump's most awkward public appearances.
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00:00Contradicting her dad? An altered video? From the House Committee to Qatar? Here are some
00:06of Ivanka Trump's most awkward public appearances.
00:10Following her time in the White House, Ivanka Trump seemed to follow her bliss by spending
00:14lots of time with husband Jared Kushner and their children doing non-political things.
00:18Her Instagram account, on the rare occasions that she updated it, was dotted with photos
00:22of herself and her family traveling, having fun, and relaxing. Oddly enough, one of these
00:27posts went viral, and not because people were so interested in her pursuit of leisure.
00:32On September 18, 2022, Ivanka posted a video on Instagram of herself wakesurfing behind
00:38a boat in Miami, Florida. People had the strangest reaction to it, claiming that Ivanka faked
00:43the video and was wakesurfing in front of a green screen. One person commented,
00:47"'Fake'," while another person commented,
00:50"'Photoshopped.'"
00:51Someone else wrote,
00:52"'Sorry, it looks green-screened.'"
00:54Ivanka was unfazed by these comments, though, because a year later, on September 5, 2023,
00:59she posted new content of herself wakesurfing again. People seemed to have the same reaction
01:04yet again. One person wrote in the comments,
01:06"'Love her, but the photo and video looks fake. Her feet did not get wet at all.'"
01:11Well, despite the criticism, Ivanka clearly won't stop wakesurfing or posting content
01:16about it.
01:17In one of the more intensely awkward moments from Ivanka Trump, the former White House
01:20senior advisor spoke out against former President Donald Trump to the House committee. Ivanka
01:25offered testimony about the events that took place on January 6, 2021, as well as her take
01:31on President Trump's claims that there was election fraud. The Trump family has famously
01:35offered a united front, portraying themselves as the connected family standing up to a media
01:40barrage against their bombastic patriarch.
01:43However, when Ivanka testified, this facade fell apart. While speaking to the committee,
01:48Ivanka agreed with Attorney General Bill Barr that there was no evidence of election
01:52fraud.
01:53I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he was saying."
02:01She also notified the committee that President Trump had indeed watched the violence that
02:05occurred on January 6 and was well aware of what was happening at the Capitol. While this
02:10level of betrayal must have certainly been intense between the father and daughter, it's
02:14clear that Ivanka was committed to making a comeback, along with husband Jared Kushner,
02:18after their stint in the White House. And no matter how awkward the testimony was, Ivanka
02:23has been clear about separating herself from her father's future political ambitions.
02:28"'Because you'll never take back our country with weakness.'"
02:33The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar was a very controversial event, boycotted by many celebrities
02:39and A-listers because the sovereign state has controversial policies around migrants,
02:44women's rights, and those of the LGBTQ plus community. So many in positions of influence
02:49spoke out against the country, claiming that it wasn't right to attend the event simply
02:53because of the location. However, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and their three children, Arabella,
02:58Joseph, and Theodore, attended the World Cup in Qatar.
03:02In fact, there were several photographs taken of Ivanka and Jared watching the matches from
03:06a private box and talking with Qatar's prime minister, Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz
03:11al-Sani. They also spent time with Qatari billionaire Nasser al-Khalifi, who's also
03:16the president of French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain. Ivanka wore an all-white midi
03:21dress to the event with long sleeves and a high neckline. Her children and husband were
03:25dressed casually.
03:27The controversial trip to Qatar came on the heels of an extended family trip to the Middle
03:31East. Shortly before the World Cup, Ivanka posted on social media that they had visited
03:36the Egyptian pyramids, potentially to illustrate that they were in that part of the world anyway.