THE PHONIES – AT 11:46 A.M. ET:  Ivanka Trump is a remarkably poised and accomplished 35-year-old who could have spent her life going to parties.  Instead, she has built a successful business and involved herself in public issues like women's empowerment.  This has enraged some people, who believe that only certified women in liberal administrations should be permitted out in public.  From Daily Mail:

Ivanka Trump turned heads on Saturday at the G20 summit by temporarily taking a seat at the big-kids' table when her father, President Donald Trump, stepped out for a bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

A White House official told DailyMail.com that the younger Trump's fill-in role was nothing out of the ordinary. 

UK Prime Minister Theresa May was seen leaving the G20 meeting room at one point, a source with knowledge of the summit's goings-on said, and her place was briefly taken by an aide. 

But when the 35-year-old former fashion executive sat at the table with Xi Jinping, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Angela Merkel and Theresa May, Trump's enemies pounced.

A White House official told DailyMail.com that the younger Trump's fill-in role was nothing out of the ordinary. 

UK Prime Minister Theresa May was seen leaving the G20 meeting room at one point, a source with knowledge of the summit's goings-on said, and her place was briefly taken by an aide. 

But when the 35-year-old former fashion executive sat at the table with Xi Jinping, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Angela Merkel and Theresa May, Trump's enemies pounced.

Historian Anne Applebaum tweeted a complaint, denouncing 'an unelected, unqualified, unprepared New York socialite' being seen as 'the best person to represent American national interests.'

That is not a description of Ivanka Trump.  Note the silence of the "women's" movement.

Brian Klass, an Oxford scholar who once served as deputy campaign manager for a Democratic governor of Minnesota, tweeted that she was representing the U.S. as an 'unelected, unqualified daughter-in-chief.'

'This kind of thing happens all the time. In dictatorships,' added self-described women's rights activist Amy Siskind.

I wonder what the "activist" would say if Hillary were president and had Chelsea Clinton sit at the table.  We all know, don't we?

And Charles Blow, the liberal New York Times columnist, wrote flatly: 'Why the hell is Ivanka Trump sitting in for daddy at G20 meetings?! What are her qualifications? Who voted for her?'

COMMENT:  I'm confused.  I thought highly intelligent women had a place at the table.  Didn't Eleanor Roosevelt serve as her husband's eyes and ears?  Didn't Hillary Clinton give policy advice when her husband was president?  And hey, Jimmy Carter said he spoke to his daughter, Amy, about nuclear weapons.

I guess it depends what party you're from.  The hypocrisy flows.

I hope to see Ivanka at the table in the future. 

July 8,  2017