Inside Ivanka Trump's emerging role as Donald's fiercest public defender

Ivanka Trump has re-emerged arsenic her begetter Donald's fiercest nationalist defender, moreover arsenic she defiantly says she won't return to politics.

The erstwhile first girl will be nan Republican National Convention adjacent week, a root adjacent to her told DailyMail.com, but she will beryllium location successful a individual capacity to support her father.

She will beryllium location connected Thursday, July 18, to see Donald Trump formally judge nan nomination. However, Ivanka 'will not service successful immoderate governmental capacity astatine nan arena arsenic a delegate, fundraiser aliases otherwise,' nan root said.

Other Trump family members are expected to beryllium successful attendance. Meanwhile, Ivanka sat down for a one-hour connected camera question and reply past week, where, among different topics, she expressed her support for Donald Trump.

Ivanka's determination is successful stark opposition to nan 2020 election erstwhile she introduced her begetter astatine that year's convention. She was besides heavy progressive successful nan 2016 convention.

But she has done a 180 connected authorities since Donald Trump mislaid that contest. 

Ivanka opened up astir her determination to time off authorities successful a uncommon interview.  In an hour-long question and reply with Lex Fridman, she said she wanted to walk much clip pinch her 3 children and, aft 4 years of serving successful her father's White House, felt for illustration she 'left it each connected nan field.'

'I spent 4 years successful Washington. I consciousness for illustration I near it each connected nan field. I consciousness really bully astir it and I consciousness really privileged to have  been capable to do what I did,' she said.

She said, however, she is father's apical supporter, arsenic nan erstwhile president battles aggregate ineligible cases.

'On a quality level, it's my begetter and I emotion him very much, truthful it's achy to experience, but ultimately, I wish it didn't person to beryllium this way,' she said.

Ivanka was a elder advisor successful Trump's management from 2017 until 2021, but she  has not been heavy progressive successful his 2nd bid for nan White House. 

When Donald Trump announced his bid for re-election past year, Ivanka said successful a connection posted to societal media that she loved her begetter but would beryllium staying retired of politics. She was not astatine his announcement speech. Nor did she be nan first statesmanlike debate. 

'I emotion my begetter very much. This clip around, I'm choosing to prioritize my young children and nan backstage life we are creating arsenic a family,' nan erstwhile White House advisor said. 'While I will ever emotion and support my father, going guardant I will do truthful extracurricular nan governmental arena,' she said astatine nan time.

She besides was 1 of nan fewer family members who didn't subordinate him astatine his proceedings successful New York earlier this year, erstwhile nan erstwhile president was being prosecuted complete hush-money paid to porn prima Stormy Daniels.

She did, however, subordinate her stepmother Melania - who besides ne'er appeared astatine nan proceedings - successful gathering astir Donald Trump astatine Trump Tower aft nan assemblage convicted him connected 34 felony counts 

But Ivanka Trump - pinch her 7.5 cardinal followers connected Instagram and 10.4 cardinal followers connected X - could beryllium a powerful influencer and defender for her begetter moreover if she doesn't formally return to nan governmental realm.

Fridman asked Ivanka Trump to elaborate connected her connection now that Donald has again clinched nan Republican information and now whitethorn beryllium nan favourite to triumph successful November.

'It was a determination rooted successful maine being a parent, really reasoning astir what they request from maine now. Politics is simply a unsmooth business and I deliberation it's 1 that you besides can't dabble in, I deliberation you person to beryllium either each successful aliases each out.'

Ivanka referenced 'the cost' her children would salary from her absence were she to spell each successful connected nan run trail, adding 'I'm not consenting to make them carnivore that cost.'

'As their mom, I deliberation it's really important that I do what's correct for them. I deliberation location a batch of ways you tin serve, nan enormity, nan standard of what tin beryllium accomplished successful authorities service, but I deliberation there's thing arsenic valuable successful helping successful your ain community.' 

She said location was 'a batch of darkness, a batch of negativity' successful authorities and says it's nan other of 'what feels bully for maine arsenic a quality being.'

Earlier on, Fridman asked Trump much astir her celebrated father, wondering really his tally for agency changed her ain life.

'Nothing astir our lives had been constructed pinch authorities successful mind,' she said of erstwhile Donald first told her she was running.

'It was an bonzer experience, location was truthful overmuch strength and truthful overmuch scrutiny and truthful overmuch noise. That took, for sure, a infinitesimal to acclimate to. I'm not judge I ever afloat acclimated to it.'

Ivanka cited 'the process' of learning nan day-to-day workings of nan presidency while connected nan occupation arsenic a elder advisor arsenic 'the astir extraordinary' portion of nan Washington years.'

She besides discussed nan unit to thief her father, a neophyte successful authorities abruptly nan leader of nan free world. 

'My begetter had ne'er spent nan nighttime successful Washington DC earlier staying successful nan White House,' she said. 

'He trusted america and our expertise to execute and location wasn't a portion of maine that could ideate a 70 aliases 80 twelvemonth aged type of myself that would person been good pinch saying no.'

Ivanka and hubby Jared Kushner person worked to region themselves from nan tumultuous world of authorities amid Donald Trump's re-election run and his various ineligible woes.

They relocated to Florida with children Arabella, 12, Joseph, 9, and Theodore, 8, aft Trump near agency successful January 2021.

Ivanka has been focused connected kindness activity and reconnecting pinch her aged friends since leaving nan White House.

She has been seen pinch Lauren Sanchez and Kim Kardashian. Kim and Ivanka's relationship traces backmost respective years, and it only strengthened aft nan brace began moving connected situation reforms together.

Kardashian met pinch then-President Trump to talk astir nan subject. Ivanka and hubby Jared Kushner joined them.

Ivanka besides has been seen connected nan Miami societal scene, attending events for illustration Art Basil. 

'She fundamentally wants a caller life to compensate for what she mislaid erstwhile she spent 4 years successful her father's Washington,' a root adjacent to her told People earlier this year. 'She misses her progressive societal life and group of friends.'