Ivanka's biz prospers as politics mix with business

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SHANGHAI — On April 6, Ivanka Trump’s company won provisional approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks, giving it monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services in the world’s second-largest economy. That night, the first daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, sat next to the president of China and his wife for a steak and Dover sole dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

The scenario underscores how difficult it is for Trump, who has tried to distance herself from the brand that bears her name, to separate business from politics in her new position at the White House.

As the first daughter crafts a political career from her West Wing office, her brand is flourishing, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise. U.S. imports, almost all of them from China, shot up an estimated 166 percent last year, while sales hit record levels in 2017. The brand, which Trump still owns, says distribution is growing. It has launched new activewear and affordable jewelry lines and is working to expand its global intellectual property footprint. In addition to winning the approvals from China, Ivanka Trump Marks LLC applied for at least nine new trademarks in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Canada and the U.S. after the election.

The commercial currents of the Trump White House are unprecedented in modern American politics, ethics lawyers say. They have created an unfamiliar landscape riven with ethical pitfalls, and forced consumers and retailers to wrestle with the unlikely passions now inspired by Ivanka Trump’s mid-market collection of ruffled blouses, shifts and wedges.

Using the prestige of government service to build a brand is not illegal. But criminal conflict of interest law prohibits federal officials, like Trump and her husband, from participating in government matters that could impact their own financial interest or that of their spouse. Some argue that the more her business broadens its scope, the more it threatens to encroach on the ability of two trusted advisers to deliver credible counsel to the president on core issues like trade, intellectual property, and the value of the Chinese currency.

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[CaliCat 3,957]

Isn't it interesting this should come only days after the Chinese leader visited our so-called president?

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

3 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

Isn't it interesting this should come only days after the Chinese leader visited our so-called president?

 

After her children sang to Xi, and Trump says China is not a currency manipulator?

 

Pure coincidence !!!!

[CaliCat 3,957]

The question is, did he lie when he said China was a currency manipulator, or is he lying now?

[Jacque67 7,328]

1 minute ago, CaliCat said:

The question is, did he lie when he said China was a currency manipulator, or is he lying now?

Grifters gotta grift.

[smilesammich 10,727]

44 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

The question is, did he lie when he said China was a currency manipulator, or is he lying now?

both. i think the correct answer to a general 'is trump lying' question is pretty much 'always'

[bcking 3,157]

59 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

The question is, did he lie when he said China was a currency manipulator, or is he lying now?

If someone is just ignorant are they lying? 

 

I think honestly with some of what he says he is just ignorant and basically says something because someone else told him it. Then later on when someone different tells him more information, he may "change his mind" because he is actually becoming informed.

 

NATO didn't go from being "obsolete" to "useful" in the span of a couple of months. He was just ignorant the first time around.

[eieio 1,594]

2 hours ago, bcking said:

If someone is just ignorant are they lying? 

 

I think honestly with some of what he says he is just ignorant and basically says something because someone else told him it. Then later on when someone different tells him more information, he may "change his mind" because he is actually becoming informed.

 

NATO didn't go from being "obsolete" to "useful" in the span of a couple of months. He was just ignorant the first time around.

Don't forget after trump said they were obsolete....NATO listened to him and started up a anti- terrorist branch. 

[smilesammich 10,727]

4 minutes ago, eieio said:

Don't forget after trump said they were obsolete....NATO listened to him and started up a anti- terrorist branch. 

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/aug/16/donald-trump/donald-trump-mischaracterizes-nato-change-and-his-/

[IAMX 3,055]

- Protest Ivanka products because her dad won Presidency: good

- Ivanka makes more money when her dad is in WH: bad

 

She's enjoyed quite a boon in terms of sales to products like her perfumes and such because there's been a grassroots movement in opposition to the initial protest against all her products. Of course, the left will see conspiracy in everything.. because they're still upset about November. These 4 years are gonna be great entertainment. 

[eieio 1,594]

Politifact sorry....not worth polluting my mind.

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 minute ago, eieio said:

Politifact sorry....not worth polluting my mind.

you can't prove what you just asserted. i didn't expect you to accept this, but fact is fact. don't forget!

[IAMX 3,055]

2 minutes ago, eieio said:

Politifact sorry....not worth polluting my mind.

In Soros we trust. 

[smilesammich 10,727]

5 minutes ago, IAMX said:

In Soros we trust. 

can you prove that nato listened to trump and created an anti terrorist branch?