Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are not wanted anywhere
After Donald Trump's controversial four-year term, his daughter and his son-in-law are seen as outcasts by New York high society. Florida is the domain of the hated stepmother, Melania Trump, while in Washington they are nothing without power. Where will they go?
"I've had a vision that Ivanka comes with her $ 1,000 makeup and hairstyle to a place like the Metropolitan Opera and they kick her out," socialite Jill Kargman, who is part of the many in the city, told The New York Times. who want to humiliate Trump's favorite daughter.
"I've had a vision that Ivanka comes with her $ 1,000 makeup and hairstyle to a place like the Metropolitan Opera and they kick her out," socialite Jill Kargman, who is part of the many in the city, told The New York Times. who want to humiliate Trump's favorite daughter.
That anger had been manifest for a long time, but it was exacerbated by the insurrection that led to the taking of the Capitol on January 6. The image of Ivanka next to the now former president during her incendiary proclamation and the fact that she later called the protesters "patriots" is taking a heavy toll on both her and her husband.
"How do you want to associate with the most toxic family in American history?" An ex-friend of the couple told Vanity Fair.
Before the president assumed the presidency, in 2017, things looked very different for them in the Big Apple, where they both made a name for themselves, after taking off under the wing of their wealthy families and becoming owners of their own businesses.
That is why they were the golden duo, regular at the top appointments of the New York night, such as the MET gala, the Carolina Herrera catwalk or the evenings at Lincoln Center, in which they alternated with Rupert Murdoch or Michael Bloomberg.
The city is not very adept at the Republican Party, which backed Trump. In the 2016 presidential elections, which he won, nine out of ten New Yorkers voted for his opponent, Hillary Clinton, while in the recent elections, sixty percent preferred Joe Biden. "The celebrations for the victory of the Democrat made it clear that the Trumps are not welcome," concluded CNN.
The Trump administration did not like it in the Capital of the World, whose art sector launched a campaign under the handle @dear_Ivanka (dear Ivanka) to express fears about her father's policies. "We appealed to her because we believed that she was potentially one of us," explained artist and activist Marilyn Minter.
Ultimately, they concluded, Ivanka and Jared, Trump's top advisers in the Oval Office, weren't much different from him, and Minter says she will never sell him his works.
“There must be consequences for being so obnoxious. How can we forgive so much cruelty? ”, He told The New York Times, which collected the testimony of Mike De Paola, of the board of directors of several museums, about many gallery owners who prefer to leave the market rather than negotiate with them, some reputed collectors .
The couple also pay for the president's bad attitude towards the city, about which he declared that it is a nightmare and that it is no longer what it was. "Nobody is going to forget that," said Kargman.
And media like the Times itself and CNN have spoken of the "insurmountable dislike" towards Ivanka and Jared. For the writer Paul Rudnick, the resentment is such that in Manhattan "hardly anyone is able to admit that he is friends with them."
Those who would be willing to escort them on their return fell into trouble. Ken Kurson, former editor of The Observer newspaper when it was Jared's, was arrested for cyberbullying; and Adam Neumann, founder of WeWork, left the company amid an ugly scandal.
Real estate brokers believe that Ivanka and her husband would not pass the scrutiny of the condominiums of traditional families, who "find them vulgar."
Ivanka, who was a model, would have the fashion card. Before arriving at the presidential palace, she was doing well with her clothing brand, but that world, also very democratic, is ready to avoid her, says Batsheva Hay, a renowned dressmaker.
"No house is going to want to lend you clothes for the finery, you will have to buy them secretly in the stores," she said. If the "ex-first daughter" was one day in high demand for the covers of magazines, today they don't even want her on the last page.
On the other hand, Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue and who decides who goes to the MET gala, the culmination of the social showcase, has made public her dislike for Trump, so it is not very likely that the Kushners will return there .
There is also no shortage of legal and financial storms. The Trumps, including Ivanka and her siblings, are being sued in federal court in New York for alleged involvement in a fraudulent marketing scheme.
The Kushner real estate company, fined several times for abusing its tenants, violating the laws in this matter and with a debt of 285 million dollars, faces a process that involves public funds. Also, husbands owe $ 25 million to Bank of America, so they need to make good money to pay.
As they know about the bad environment in New York, they have considered Florida, where their father will reside. This would suit Ivanka's political aspirations, but she is stopped by the presence of her stepmother, Melania Trump, whom she detests. They recently bought a property there, but they just put it up for rent.
And Washington? According to his close associates in the White House, Jared, recently launched as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, could continue there, working on issues such as criminal justice or the Olympics. But a Republican senator told the Times that "they have only experienced the capital while in power and when they are not in power no one will answer their calls."
To "Javanka", as they are called joining parts of their names, they have New Jersey, old fiefdom of the Kushners, although there are those who believe that all is not lost in the Big Apple. A $ 40 million donation to one of the great museums would earn Ivanka a seat on the board of directors and her return to the gentry, conjectures novelist and socialite chronicler Dirk Wittenborn.
