Fiona Hill has seen some things.
In her new book There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century, Trump’s former national security official and Russia advisor writes at length about what it was like being a woman working in the Trump White House.
More specifically, she writes about what it was like to be woman working alongside Ivanka in the Trump White House. (Spoiler: It was uncomfortable, awkward, demoralizing, and a little bit, well, creepy.)
“There are people like Kellyanne Conway and others who had a big influence on [Donald Trump], because obviously they ran his campaign and he admired her,” Hill tells The Independent in an interview.
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“But I think for women who he didn’t know, women who didn’t appear to be loyal, women who didn’t come from Fox News or one of the other places that he used as his litmus test for who people were, as far as they were concerned, they were non-entities.”
Except for Ivanka.
In her book, Hill writes about the day she first met Ivanka. She made the mistake of wearing basic black shoes instead of designer high heels. When the former first daughter sat down beside her, she immediately took notice and had a visceral reaction.
“[She] wafted into the room wearing an elaborately lacy two-piece white outfit and alarmingly high stiletto heels as if she were off to a gala. Ivanka sat down right beside me, immediately taking in my black sneakers, which I had failed to conceal under the chair, and flashing me a look of surprise. I was busted.”
Hill also says it become abundantly clear very early on that Donald Trump had an unhealthy obsession with his his eldest daughter.
“It’s very evident that he just dismissed women in particular. And in my experience, I mean, he looked at most women as secretaries, members of the staff,” she says. “I think he basically associated women generally with weakness. He was then somewhat repelled by them.”
But not Ivanka.
“His ideal woman was Ivanka Trump because he saw Ivanka Trump as his female alter ego.”
Hill also says that she was regularly subjected to sexist and misogynistic remarks from her male counterparts, who called her “the Russia bitch” and “darlin’.” She also reiterates what many others have said in that past: That Donald Trump is a threat to national security.
“We all have something on Trump at this point,” she says. “I mean, everyone’s been obsessed with the so-called pee tape, but we have the Access Hollywood tapes. I mean, we know that the man has done some pretty dreadful things, so I mean, in many respects, he’s a counterintelligence risk and open to blackmail from all kinds of people, right?”
As she writes in her book: “The president’s vanity and fragile self-esteem were a point of acute vulnerability.”
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
GrizzleyMichael
Donald Trump is a total ugly pervert and I hope Ivanka gets into therapy ASAP. He should be arrested for fondling and molesting his daughter
mastik8
Let’s not forget “Katie Johnson”. When she was fourteen Epstein and Trump raped her but not before Trump had her dressed up to look like Ivanka. Nice, huh? That’s in the Public Record folks. She didn’t proceed with the case due to death threats but the charges still stand.
billybobs
It’s funny how everyone forgets of poor girl being raped by those two nasty pedophile dirty old men
Jen luvs dMb
Can you provide a link to those records? I would like to read what else the creep has done
UncleFloppy
Donald Trump is a disgusting piece of crap and his children are disgusting as well.
G-Man
You got that right!
MISTERJETT
call it what it is – a sick incestuous relationship. that little weasel of a husband of hers is just a beard to hide the real relationship between her and her lover/father.
ShiningSex
I’m sure they were intimate when she was young. Ewww
OhHellNo
God, I wish Ivanka would get COVID and leave us. That might be the only thing Donald Trump would care about.
scotty
None of this is surprising.
cuteguy
This is why so many ppl are leaving the church. All these religious leaders with their so called family values endorsed this pedophile monster. Hypocrisy at its best. Basically sums up the GQP.
Cam
There was also this weird reverse sexism in the media when they dealt with Ivanka. They would excuse her for her actions or put words in her mouth that never came out, assuming because she was a woman that she wasn’t as bad as her father, or that she would be a mediating influence on him.
I remember Gayle King was interviewing Ivanka and Ivanka answered none of her questions, yet when King went back to the news group and they talked about Ivanka’s politics King said “Well you have to assume that Women’s and Children’s issues would be very important to her.”
Um, no you don’t Gayle, Ivanka never said that, and it was proven not to be the case. But media kept doing that and covering for Ivanka and Melania over and over. It was bizarre.
Fname Optional Lname
I think initially when he started his Presidency the media wanted to believe that Ivanka and Melania were level headed and that there was hope of them possibly influencing him when his opinion or agenda was far too extreme or potentially harmful. I guess that was just wishful thinking. Why wouldn’t Ivanka and Melania share the same ideologies and right wing conspiracies that their Orange loved one holds true? They may not be as outspoken to the press but the onion was peeled layer by later and the truth was ultimately revealed. They are all money hungry skanks who will lie, lie, lie over and over – especially when those lies equal cold hard cash!