Ivanka Trump

I'm so proud of my service.

I feel deeply honored that he trusted me to pursue these different verticals and to work alongside of him.

And I also know that it's really hard.

For my children, you know, my first responsibility is to be their mom.

It was true then as well, of course.

And I did the best I could every single day to be everywhere I needed to be.

But my kids are a different age now.

And there's a finite period of time before they leave our home.

I think, you know, I look at my teenage daughter.

She's 14.

And even if...

like a quarter of my interactions with her through her closed bedroom door, like I need to be present and I need to be there.

It's not theoretical for me because now I know the sacrifice that they would have to make

bear the cost to them of if I went back into service.

And I'm not willing to let them pay that price.

So for me, it's like actually a rather easy decision.

I made it immediately, you know, that in this moment, I'm where I need to be.

It's also a different time.

Now my father has a deep bench of people raising their hand who want to help and participate.

That wasn't true before.