Ivanka Trump

You kind of just have to flow with it until inevitably there's a break and then paddle like hell back out to the line or to the beach, whatever, you know, whatever you're feeling. But it's, that's, to me, that's the hardest part, the paddling out.

Wow, everything changed. You know, almost overnight, we learned that he was planning to announce his candidacy two weeks before he actually did. And nothing about our lives had been constructed with politics in mind. Most often when people are exposed to politics at that level, that sort of national level, there's first like, city council run and then maybe a state level run.

Wow, everything changed. You know, almost overnight, we learned that he was planning to announce his candidacy two weeks before he actually did. And nothing about our lives had been constructed with politics in mind. Most often when people are exposed to politics at that level, that sort of national level, there's first like, city council run and then maybe a state level run.

Wow, everything changed. You know, almost overnight, we learned that he was planning to announce his candidacy two weeks before he actually did. And nothing about our lives had been constructed with politics in mind. Most often when people are exposed to politics at that level, that sort of national level, there's first like, city council run and then maybe a state level run.

And, um, and maybe, maybe, uh, you know, Congress Senator, um, ultimately the presidency. So it was unheard of to, for him never to have run a campaign and then run for president and, and win. So it was, um, It was an extraordinary experience. There was so much intensity and so much scrutiny and so much noise. So that took, for sure, like a moment to acclimate to.

And, um, and maybe, maybe, uh, you know, Congress Senator, um, ultimately the presidency. So it was unheard of to, for him never to have run a campaign and then run for president and, and win. So it was, um, It was an extraordinary experience. There was so much intensity and so much scrutiny and so much noise. So that took, for sure, like a moment to acclimate to.

And, um, and maybe, maybe, uh, you know, Congress Senator, um, ultimately the presidency. So it was unheard of to, for him never to have run a campaign and then run for president and, and win. So it was, um, It was an extraordinary experience. There was so much intensity and so much scrutiny and so much noise. So that took, for sure, like a moment to acclimate to.

I'm not sure I ever fully acclimated, but it definitely was a super unusual experience. But I think then the process that unfolded over the next couple of years was also the most extraordinary growth experience of my life. Suddenly I was going into communities that I probably never would have been to.

I'm not sure I ever fully acclimated, but it definitely was a super unusual experience. But I think then the process that unfolded over the next couple of years was also the most extraordinary growth experience of my life. Suddenly I was going into communities that I probably never would have been to.

I'm not sure I ever fully acclimated, but it definitely was a super unusual experience. But I think then the process that unfolded over the next couple of years was also the most extraordinary growth experience of my life. Suddenly I was going into communities that I probably never would have been to.

And I was talking with people who in 30 seconds would reveal to me their deepest insecurity, their gravest fear, their wildest ambitions, all of it, with the hope that in telling me that story, it would get back to a potential future president of the United States and have impacts for their family, for their community. So the level of candor and vulnerability people have with you is

And I was talking with people who in 30 seconds would reveal to me their deepest insecurity, their gravest fear, their wildest ambitions, all of it, with the hope that in telling me that story, it would get back to a potential future president of the United States and have impacts for their family, for their community. So the level of candor and vulnerability people have with you is

And I was talking with people who in 30 seconds would reveal to me their deepest insecurity, their gravest fear, their wildest ambitions, all of it, with the hope that in telling me that story, it would get back to a potential future president of the United States and have impacts for their family, for their community. So the level of candor and vulnerability people have with you is

It's unlike anything I've ever experienced. And I had done The Apprentice before. People may know who I was in some of these situations that I was going into, but they wouldn't have shared with me these things that you got the impression that oftentimes their own spouses wouldn't know. And they wouldn't do so within 30 seconds. So...

It's unlike anything I've ever experienced. And I had done The Apprentice before. People may know who I was in some of these situations that I was going into, but they wouldn't have shared with me these things that you got the impression that oftentimes their own spouses wouldn't know. And they wouldn't do so within 30 seconds. So...

It's unlike anything I've ever experienced. And I had done The Apprentice before. People may know who I was in some of these situations that I was going into, but they wouldn't have shared with me these things that you got the impression that oftentimes their own spouses wouldn't know. And they wouldn't do so within 30 seconds. So...

You learn so much about what motivates people, what drives people, what their concerns are, and you grow so much as a result of it.

You learn so much about what motivates people, what drives people, what their concerns are, and you grow so much as a result of it.

You learn so much about what motivates people, what drives people, what their concerns are, and you grow so much as a result of it.

And they do so in such a raw, vulnerable, and real way. It's shocking and eye-opening and super motivating. I remember once I was in New Hampshire, and early on, right after my father had announced his candidacy, and a man walks up to me in the greeting line,