Two months into Donald Trump‘s first term as President of the United States of America, it has been announced that his eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, will receive her own White House office, access to high-level classified information and a government-supplied phone.
“While there is no modern precedent for an adult child of the president, I will voluntarily follow all of the ethics rules placed on government employees,” Ivanka said in a statement following the announcement, adding, “I will continue to offer my father my candid advice and counsel, as I have for my entire life.”
Despite the office and her commitment to being her father’s “eyes and ears” in Washington, Ivanka says she will not receive a salary or take on an official title within her father’s administration.
Many, however, see the announcement as blatant nepotism.