Ivanka Trump

You wonder how much of who they were was a reaction to their experience. You know, would she have naturally had that sort of forward-looking, grateful, optimistic orientation? Or was it a reaction to her childhood? I think about that. You know, I look at this picture of my mom, and she was unabashedly herself. You know, she loved flamboyance and glamour and

You wonder how much of who they were was a reaction to their experience. You know, would she have naturally had that sort of forward-looking, grateful, optimistic orientation? Or was it a reaction to her childhood? I think about that. You know, I look at this picture of my mom, and she was unabashedly herself. You know, she loved flamboyance and glamour and

You wonder how much of who they were was a reaction to their experience. You know, would she have naturally had that sort of forward-looking, grateful, optimistic orientation? Or was it a reaction to her childhood? I think about that. You know, I look at this picture of my mom, and she was unabashedly herself. You know, she loved flamboyance and glamour and

And in some ways, I think it probably was a direct reaction to this very austere, controlled childhood. You know, this was one expression of it. I think her, you know, how she dressed and how she presented. I think her entrepreneurial spirit and love of capitalism and all things American was another manifestation of it and one that I grew up with. I remember this story she used to tell me.

And in some ways, I think it probably was a direct reaction to this very austere, controlled childhood. You know, this was one expression of it. I think her, you know, how she dressed and how she presented. I think her entrepreneurial spirit and love of capitalism and all things American was another manifestation of it and one that I grew up with. I remember this story she used to tell me.

And in some ways, I think it probably was a direct reaction to this very austere, controlled childhood. You know, this was one expression of it. I think her, you know, how she dressed and how she presented. I think her entrepreneurial spirit and love of capitalism and all things American was another manifestation of it and one that I grew up with. I remember this story she used to tell me.

about when she was 14 and she was going to neighboring countries. And, you know, as an athlete, you were given additional freedoms that you wouldn't otherwise be afforded in these societies under communist rules. So she was able to travel where most of her friends never would be able to leave Czechoslovakia.

about when she was 14 and she was going to neighboring countries. And, you know, as an athlete, you were given additional freedoms that you wouldn't otherwise be afforded in these societies under communist rules. So she was able to travel where most of her friends never would be able to leave Czechoslovakia.

about when she was 14 and she was going to neighboring countries. And, you know, as an athlete, you were given additional freedoms that you wouldn't otherwise be afforded in these societies under communist rules. So she was able to travel where most of her friends never would be able to leave Czechoslovakia.

And she would come back from all of these trips, and the first place where she'd do ski races in Austria and elsewhere, and the first thing she had to do was check in at the local police.

And she would come back from all of these trips, and the first place where she'd do ski races in Austria and elsewhere, and the first thing she had to do was check in at the local police.

And she would come back from all of these trips, and the first place where she'd do ski races in Austria and elsewhere, and the first thing she had to do was check in at the local police.

And she'd sit down, and she had enough wisdom at 14 to know that she couldn't appear to be lying by not being impressed by what she saw and the fact that you could get an orange in the winter, but she couldn't be too excited by it, that she'd become a flight risk. Right. So give enough details that you're believable, but not so many that you're not trusted.

And she'd sit down, and she had enough wisdom at 14 to know that she couldn't appear to be lying by not being impressed by what she saw and the fact that you could get an orange in the winter, but she couldn't be too excited by it, that she'd become a flight risk. Right. So give enough details that you're believable, but not so many that you're not trusted.

And she'd sit down, and she had enough wisdom at 14 to know that she couldn't appear to be lying by not being impressed by what she saw and the fact that you could get an orange in the winter, but she couldn't be too excited by it, that she'd become a flight risk. Right. So give enough details that you're believable, but not so many that you're not trusted.

And imagine that as a 14-year-old, you know, that experience and having to navigate the world that way. Yeah. She told me that eventually all those local police officers, they came to love her because one of the things she'd do is smuggle that stuff back from these countries and give it to them to give their wives perfume and stockings. So she figured out the system pretty quickly. Yeah.

And imagine that as a 14-year-old, you know, that experience and having to navigate the world that way. Yeah. She told me that eventually all those local police officers, they came to love her because one of the things she'd do is smuggle that stuff back from these countries and give it to them to give their wives perfume and stockings. So she figured out the system pretty quickly. Yeah.

And imagine that as a 14-year-old, you know, that experience and having to navigate the world that way. Yeah. She told me that eventually all those local police officers, they came to love her because one of the things she'd do is smuggle that stuff back from these countries and give it to them to give their wives perfume and stockings. So she figured out the system pretty quickly. Yeah.

But it's a very different experience from what I was navigating and the pressures and challenges me as a 14-year-old was dealing with. So I have so much respect and admiration for her.

But it's a very different experience from what I was navigating and the pressures and challenges me as a 14-year-old was dealing with. So I have so much respect and admiration for her.