In an interview with Fox News on Monday night, Ivanka Trump said most Americans do not support a guaranteed minimum wage because they don’t “want to be given something.” “I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something. I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last four years. People want to work for what they get,” she
said. “So, I think that this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want...
Although Trump insinuated that a living wage is a handout, she and her husband have made millions simply for breathing. According to her 2018
public disclosure form, Trump has received millions of dollars in interest, capital gains, and royalties from her business, her father’s business, and her husband’s business. In 2017, she earned nearly $4 million from her holdings in the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., as well as more than $2 million in severance pay from the Trump Organization after she left the company following her father’s inauguration...
Trump’s comments received a slew of criticism on social media, with some pointing out that the first daughter inherited much of her wealth and holds jobs that were handed to her by her father. Others slammed Trump for overlooking major
labor abuses at her clothing company’s factories in China and Indonesia, including low wages, forced overtime, and physical and verbal abuse...
On Monday morning, President Donald Trump
praised his daughter for creating “millions of jobs,” in a speech to a gathering of governors. She has done no such thing.
