Ivanka Trump promotes book by author who criticized her dad by saying ‘if Trump wins, we lose'
The president's eldest daughter, who served in an advisory role in Trump's first administration, posted a shot of Untamed, Glennon Doyle's 2020 memoir, amongst a collection of photographs documenting the highlights of her week. The post appeared on Ivanka's Instagram story.
Doyle, a well-known self-help author who is married to the retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach, previously took to the same platform just before last year's presidential election to warn, 'If Trump wins, we lose,' also expressing her fears that 'our daughters will have fewer rights than our mothers' under the current administration.
Since working closely with her husband, Jared Kushner, in Trump's first administration, the couple has chosen to spend time away from Washington DC and played little to no part in Trump's election victory in 2024.
Election Day 'will determine whether we will – or will not – have the right to make decisions about our bodies and our lives,' she wrote in the October post.
'And whether future generations will have fundamental freedoms.'
That followed Doyle's attendance at last August's Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
'When the votes are being counted, we will watch knowing we did everything, everything in our power to keep our children, your children, all children protected from Donald Trump and JD Vance having any power at all over their planet, their families, their bodies, their futures,' she wrote in another post at the time.
Doyle also provided regular updates about her fundraising efforts to support Harris and Tim Walz in the latter stages of last year's election, and even hosted Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on her podcast, "We Can Do Hard Things," on Election Day, while wearing a Harris-Walz camouflage cap.
Her memoir recounts how she 'learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live.'
According to The Daily Mail, Ivanka Trump is an avid reader with broad tastes, which perhaps explains her willingness to overlook Doyle's political affiliation.
Her recent reading list has included Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, The Women by Kristin Hannah, The Tell by Amy Griffin, The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, and The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Duran.
While in 2024, she told podcaster Lex Fridman that she had recently read and appreciated Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence, and The Creative Act by record producer Rick Rubin.
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Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 8 Donald Trump and Hulk Hogan developed a tight-knit friendship before the WWE star's sudden death Credit: X/DanScavino 8 Hogan and fellow wrestler Andre the Giant met at a wrestling match hosted at a Trump Plaza in 1987 Credit: Alamy 8 Last year, Hogan brought down the house when he ripped his shirt during a speech at the Republican National Convention Credit: Getty On Thursday morning, Hogan went into cardiac arrest while at his $11.5 million estate in south Florida. He was rushed to the hospital by first responders and declared dead. His death came after years of health struggles brought on by decades of intense weight lifting and sparring in the ring. In May, he had a "fusion" neck surgery, but quickly got back to work one day later. 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Hulk Hogan career timeline 1977: Made his professional wrestling debut. 1979: Joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and gained recognition. 1982: Appeared as "Thunderlips" in the film Rocky III, significantly boosting his mainstream exposure. 1984: Defeated The Iron Sheik to win his first WWF Championship, ushering in the "Hulkamania" era. 1985: Main evented the first-ever WrestleMania, teaming with Mr. T against Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. 1987: Slammed Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III in one of wrestling's most iconic moments. 1993: Departed WWF for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). 1996: Shocked the wrestling world by turning heel and forming the New World Order (nWo) with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash at Bash at the Beach, becoming "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. 2001: Returned to WWE after WCW was acquired. 2002: Had a memorable match against The Rock at WrestleMania X8. 2005: Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. 2005-2007: Starred in the reality TV show "Hogan Knows Best." 2012: Had his last official televised match for TNA Impact, though he made sporadic appearances in WWE afterward. 2020: Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame for a second time as a member of the nWo. 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