IVANKA TRUMP LOST HER COMPOSURE
DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH COSMO.
THAT IS COSMOPOLITAN
MAGAZINE AND ONE OF THE REPORTERS HAD THE AUDACITY
TO ASK HER SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP'S POLICY ON
PAID MATERNITY LEAVE AND IVANKA TRUMP DID NOT LIKE IT.
THE PERSON WAS INTERVIEWING HER IS PRACHI GUPTA, I WANT TO
GIVE HER SOME CREDIT BECAUSE THESE WERE GREAT QUESTIONS.
THEY WERE NOT GOT YOU QUESTIONS OR AND IT WAS NOT
HIT-AND-RUN JOURNALISM.
DRIVE-BY JOURNALISM.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
NONETHELESS, THESE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT FROM THE WASHINGTON POST, NEW YORK TIMES, IN THIS
CASE, COSMO WAS ASKING IT.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
DONALD TRUMP'S IVANKA BACKED PLAN PROPOSES SIX
WEEKS OF PAID UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR WOMEN WHO
PHYSICALLY GIVE BIRTH TO A CHILD, PAID FOR BY CUTTING
FRAUD IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PATERNITY LEAVE OR LEAVE
FOR A MOTHER WHO ADOPTED HER CHILD OR HIS PARTNER GAVE BIRTH.
I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HIS
PROPOSAL IS BEFORE WE GET TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED
OF IVANKA DURING THE INTERVIEW.
LET'S QUICKLY GO OVER WHY THAT MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC.
GUYS DON'T GET ANY PATERNITY LEAVE SO BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE
A GAY COUPLE, TWO HUSBANDS, YOU ARE NOT A PART OF THIS AT ALL.
THERE IS NO FAMILY LEAVE IF YOU ARE A MAN, YOU ARE NOT
COVERED.
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN WHO DID NOT PHYSICALLY GIVE BIRTH, YOU
ARE NOT COVERED.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN WHO GAVE BIRTH AND THAT IS
IT WHICH I THINK IS UNFAIR.
IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST A WOMAN TO RAISE A CHILD.
LET ME MOVE ON.
HERE IS THE QUESTION THAT SHE FIRST ASKED: PATERNITY LEAVE
IS SAID TO BE A GREAT FACTOR IN CREATING GENDER EQUALITY.
SO I'M WONDERING, WHY DOES THIS POLICY NOT INCLUDE ANY
PATERNITY LEAVE?
TRUMPíS RESPONSE: THIS IS A GIANT LEAP FROM WHERE WE ARE
TODAY, WHICH IS SADLY, NOTHING.
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO AGREE ON THE
ISSUE, SO I THINK THIS TAKES HUGE ADVANCEMENT AND OBVIOUSLY
FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES AS WELL, THERE'S TREMENDOUS BENEFIT
HERE TO ENABLING THE MOTHER TO RECOVER AFTER CHILDBIRTH.
SHE SAYS OBVIOUSLY FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES AS WELL EXCEPT NO, IT IS
NOT SO OBVIOUS BECAUSE IF THE PERSON IN THE SAME-SEX
RELATIONSHIP DIDN'T GIVE BIRTH THEN THAT PERSON IS NOT
COVERED UNDER THIS PROPOSAL.
AND BESIDES, AS USUAL, IT IS NOT TRUE.
SHE SAYS NEITHER SIDE OF THE AISLE IS PROPOSING ANYTHING.
HILLARY CLINTON HAS PROPOSED GIVING 12
WEEKS OF FAMILY LEAVE TO NEW PARENTS.
ALSO DADS.
SHE ACTUALLY LOOKS OUT FOR MEN MORE THAN DONALD TRUMP DOES.
SHE HAS ABSOLUTELY PROPOSED AND IT IS A MUCH BETTER ONE
THAN DONALD TRUMPS AND AS USUAL, TRUMP FAMILY MEMBER.
AND THE WAY TO PAY FOR IT MAKES MORE SENSE THAN ìI'M
GOING TO PAY FOR BY GOING AFTER WELFARE FRAUD.î
THAT IS HOW HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO PAY FOR EVERY PROGRAM.
WELFARE FRAUD.
HOW MUCH WELFARE FRAUD IS THERE?
BY THE WAY, NOT THAT MUCH.
THAT ARGUMENT IS FOR THE CONSERVATIVES BECAUSE THIS
IS SUPPOSEDLY A LIBERAL PLAN AND HOW DO YOU SELL IT TO
CONSERVATIVES?
YOU GO AFTER WELFARE.
IT'S NOT TO SAY THERE IS NO FRAUD.
THERE IS GIANT FRAUD FROM CORPORATIONS WHO ALSO TAKE
GIANT SUBSIDIES AND WELFARE FROM US, BUT EVEN IF YOU TOOK THE
MUCH LARGER WELFARE FRAUD TO BEGIN TO CORPORATIONS, IT
IS STILL NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH TO PAY FOR ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT WHEN TRUMP HAS ANY PROPOSAL HE SAYS POTENTIAL 10 MILLION
DOLLAR TAX CUT, LITERALLY, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR?
WELFARE FRAUD.
INEFFICIENCY IN THE GOVERNMENT.
TEN MILLION DOLLARS?
REALLY?
JUST DOESN'T CARE.
IVANKA TRUMP IS A PLEASANT FACE THEY PUT OUT THERE.
WOMEN LOOK AT THIS, SHE IS A WOMAN AND SHE IS HERE TO
TELL YOU ALL VERY PLEASANTLY THESE SWEET LITTLE LIES
ABOUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
THERE IS MORE.
THE REPORTER FOLLOWS UP HER ANSWER BY SAYING,
ìOKAY SO WHEN IT COMES TO SAME-SEX AND I GUESS IT -
AT THIS POINT IVANKA INTERRUPTED HER, ìSO IT'S MEANT
TO BENEFIT, WHETHER IT'S IN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE MARRIAGES
AS WELL, TO BENEFIT THE MOTHER WHO IS GIVEN BIRTH OF THE
CHILD IF THEY HAVE LEGAL MARRIED STATUS UNDER THE TAX CODE.î
THERE SHE IS A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC, BUT NOW YOU ARE
KIND OF GETTING THE SENSE THAT THE PROPOSAL FROM TRUMP IS
NOT REALLY THAT COMPREHENSIVE AND WOULDN'T IMPACT THE
LIVES OF TOO MANY PEOPLE.
THAT IS ALSO WAY OF HER SAYING
OKAY FINE, IT COVERS LESBIANS BUT NOT GAY DUDES.
IN 2004,
DONALD TRUMP SAID THAT PREGNANCY IS IN AN INCONVENIENT THING FOR
A BUSINESS.
IT IS SURPRISING TO SEE THIS POLICY FROM HIM TODAY.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS, AND PERHAPS
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
SHE SAYS: SO I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEGATIVITY IN THESE
QUESTIONS, AND I THINK MY FATHER HAS PUT FORTH A VERY
COMPREHENSIVE AND REALLY REVOLUTIONARY PLAN TO DEAL
WITH A LOT OF ISSUES.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW USEFUL IT IS TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME WITH
YOU ON THIS IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT LIKE THAT.
EVERYBODY GIVES IVANKA TRUMP ALL OF THIS CREDIT
FOR BEING MODERN UNLIKE HER DAD.
SHE IS NOT AT ALL MODERN.
THAT IS THE SAME THING DONALD TRUMP DOES.
THESE QUESTIONS ARE VERY UNFAIR TO ME.
I AM GOING TO CRY ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND
REVOLUTIONARY PLAN THAT IS EVER BEEN.
BASED ON WHAT?
IT IS ACTUALLY WEEK.
IT IS A PLAN BUT THAT IS MUCH
LIGHTER THAN OTHER PLANS OF THE BEEN PROPOSED AND NOW ARE
YOU GETTING ALL PUNCHY BECAUSE THEY ASKED YOU A REAL QUESTION.
I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE BROADER POINT TO THE STORY.
IVANKA IS JUST A SYMPTOM OF WHAT I AM SEEING IN THE MEDIA AND IT
IS THIS IDEA THAT YOU GO TO AN INTERVIEW AND YOU WERE EXPECTING
PEOPLE TO SIT THERE AND HAVE TEA AND CRUMPETS WITH YOU.
YOU ARE NOT EXPECTING ANYONE TO ASK ANY TOUGH QUESTIONS.
YOU ARE EXPECTING THEM TO ALLOW YOU TO DO SOME FREE ADVERTISING.
THIS IS MY FREE ADVERTISEMENT OPPORTUNITY.
DON'T ASK ME TELL QUESTIONS AND IF YOU DO I AM GOING TO CUT
INTERVIEW SHORT WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.
THE REPORTER FOLLOWED UP BY SAYING: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THAT I'M SORRY THE QUESTIONS, YOU ARE FINDING THEM
NEGATIVE, BUT IS RELEVANT THAT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MADE THOSE
COMMENTS SO I AM JUST FOLLOWING UP.
SHE APPARENTLY SAID: WELL YOU SAID HE MADE THOSE COMMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW THE HE SAID THOSE COMMENTS.
THAT IS WHAT IVANKA SAYS IN RESPONSE TO THAT.
IT IS A VERY TRUMP LIKE RESPONSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE SAID IT.
I MEAN, HE IS MY FATHER AND I'M
CAMPAIGNING FOR HIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE SAID THAT.
THOSE WORDS CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH BUT OTHER WORDS CAME
OUT OF HIS MOUTH LATER.
THE REPORTER FOLLOWED UP AND SAID: THIS IS QUOTED FROM AN ABC
INTERVIEW FROM 2004.
I DEFINITELY DID NOT MAKE THAT UP.
I DO WANT TO TALK TO A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE PLAN, AS
WELL AND SHE SAYS I THINK WHAT I WAS ñ THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME FOR
YOU TO EDITORIALIZE AROUND THIS, BUT I THINK HE PUT FORWARD A
REALLY INCREDIBLE PLANT THAT IS PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT
ANYONE ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT.
NOT TRUE.
ON CHILDCARE SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE NO PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE.
AGAIN, NOT SURE.
NOT REMOTELY TRUE.
SHE'S ALWAYS GETTING UPSET ABOUT ALL THIS, AND THEN SHE DECIDES
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS DIET IT TURNS OUT, SHOCKINGLY, EVEN
THOUGH IN BC, ABC, CBS, ALL OF THESE PLACES I'VE EVER GONE
ON, ALL THEY'VE EVER DONE IS TOSS ME SOFTBALLS, TURNS
OUT OF ALL PLACES, COSMO IS DOING REAL JOURNALISM.
NO, I WON'T STAND FOR IT.
AND SHE LEFT.
SHE WALKED OUT.
THIS IS WHAT OUR SORRY STATE HAS COME TO THAT YOU NEED COSMO TO
STEP UP TO THE PLATE BECAUSE THE REST OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS
SO PATHETIC IN THEIR QUEST FOR HAVING THE TRUMPS ON AND ACCESS
TO THE TRUMPS AND BY THE WAY, DEFINITELY TO THE CLINTONS AS
WELL, I JUST INDUSTRY THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HOW CBS IN AN
BILL CLINTON INTERVIEW EDITED THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T WHINE
THE INTERVIEW.
WE ARE LEFT WITH COSMOS.
GOD BLESS THE REPORTER HERE.
WONDERFUL JOB.
REALLY GOOD JOB AND BY THE WAY, HOW DID THE REST OF
THE MEDIA RESPONSE OF THIS INTERVIEW?
FORBES PUT OUT SOME SORT OF EDITORIAL AND THE TITLE OF
IT WAS IVANKA TRUMP SHOWED COSMO HOW A PERSON WITH CLASS
BEHAVES.
WHAT?
HOLD ON.
THEY DELETED IT.
NOW IF YOU CLICK ON THE LINK YOU GET A 404.
GEE, I WONDER WHY THEY DELETED IT?
MAYBE BECAUSE THEY REALIZED THAT THAT IS A RIDICULOUS
ARGUMENT TO MAKE DIET JOURNALIST SHOULD DO HIS OR HER JOB ASKING
QUESTIONS REGARDING POLICY TO ANYONE AFFILIATED TO A CAMPAIGN.
WE ARE GIVING PROJECT TO DO A LOT OF CREDIT HERE AND SHE
DESERVES THAT BECAUSE SHE IS OUTCLASSING THE REST OF THE
MEDIA, BUT THESE ARE NOT COMPLICATED QUESTIONS.
THESE ARE NOT LIKE, WOW, I REALLY DUG IN HERE AND
FOUND SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD FOUND.
THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC RECORD.
EVERYONE HAS THEM.
I KNOW THE HE SAID THOSE THINGS.
ANYONE WHO DOES ANY CURSORY RESEARCH DOES.
BUT OUR STATE OF JOURNALISM IS SO PATHETIC THAT WHEN YOU
SIMPLY GOOGLE SOMETHING AND YOU FOUND OUT WHAT HE SAID IN
AN INTERVIEW, AND YOU ASK THAT SIMPLE QUESTION IT IS LIKE
JOURNALISM 101.
PEOPLE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT ARE LIKE HOW DARE YOU?
DON'T YOU KNOW WE ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND WE ARE ABOUT BEING
ASKED TO COME TO QUESTIONS.
I AM NEVER GOING TO COME GET INTERVIEWED BY GUYS AGAIN,
I AM NEVER GOING TO APPEAR ON THE SHOWS AGAIN.
THEY HAVE THE POWER BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ACCESS BUT THE
MEDIA SHOULDN'T BE ASSESSED WITH THE ACCESS.
IF YOU CAN GET THE INTERVIEW, THAT IS FINE.
YOU CAN STILL DO JOURNALISM WITHOUT GETTING THE INTERVIEW.
BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN'T.
LASTING ABOUT THE POWER DYNAMICS IS THAT IT IS WHAT IS
DRIVING THIS.
COSMO PROBABLY THINKS THAT THIS IS THE ONE SHOT THEY'VE GOT
CERTAINLY IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE WITH A TRUMP, WITH WHOEVER
IT MIGHT BE.
YOU MIGHT AS WILL TAKE YOUR SHOT.
CNN THINKS I HAVE TO GET THEM ON TOMORROW AND THE DAY AFTER
THAT DIE IF I DON'T HAVE THEM ON, NOBODY WILL WATCH ME.
WHAT YOU NEED IT?
YES SIR, ABSOLUTELY MISTER TRUMP SIR.
YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO HIRE YOUR FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER WHO
IS STILL IN YOUR PAYROLL AND IS LEGALLY NOT ALLOWED TO SAY
ANYTHING BAD ABOUT YOU?
YES SIR.
YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PAM A LOT OF MONEY.
GUESS HER.
I WILL HIRE COREY LUBIN ASCII RIGHT AWAY SIR.
THIS IS HOW WE HAVE SELLOUT BS MEDIA THAT WE HAVE.
THEY SUCK AT THEIR JOBS.