伊萬卡從政第一年的高光時刻
Alana Abramson
2018-01-31
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在2016年大選之后，伊萬卡在參加電視節(jié)目《60分鐘》時曾堅稱，她將只“作為一個女兒”輔佐她的父親。不過伊萬卡很快也搬到了華盛頓，跟丈夫杰拉德·庫什納一起為父親出謀劃策。 從很多角度來看，這貌似并非是一個明智的選擇。很多人批評她跟她的總統(tǒng)父親走得太近了，同時對她口口聲聲熱愛的環(huán)保等公益事業(yè)又沒有產(chǎn)生足夠的影響力。 另外伊萬卡“招黑”的原因還有不少。比如她本人沒有任何政治或政策背景，卻出席了美國與日本首相的會談，一本正經(jīng)地跟對方政府談經(jīng)貿(mào)合作；去年7月份在德國舉行的20國峰會上，她更是坐到了她父親的椅子上，如此不注意身份場合，難免招來不少指責(zé)。 其它讓伊萬卡遭到非議的理由還包括：沒能勸說特朗普不要退出《巴黎協(xié)議》，沒能勸說特朗普解禁跨性別者參軍等等。甚至她的新書《工作的女人》也因為寫了特朗普政治對手的一些黑點而遭到批評。 在一件事情上，伊萬卡顯然是勝利了，那就是將育兒抵稅額度加倍這一條寫入了共和黨的稅改計劃——盡管抵扣額度仍低于伊萬卡和她在參議院的盟友們的最初計劃，而且相比她的最初方案也有所修改。 下面就讓我們回顧一下2017年伊萬卡的幾個令人難忘的時刻。 2017年1月11日：宣布搬到華盛頓 特朗普勝選后，伊萬卡會不會搬到華盛頓參與政事很快成為人們議論的焦點。1月11日，伊萬卡在個人臉書上宣布，她與丈夫庫什納將舉家搬至華盛頓，擔(dān)任父親的高級顧問，她的孩子們也將融入新的環(huán)境。伊萬卡還在聲明中表示，她將正式辭去特朗普集團和她個人品牌的相關(guān)職務(wù)，不過仍將保留對名下企業(yè)的所有權(quán)。 1月：會見計劃生育協(xié)會主席 1月份的某日，伊萬卡首次以“第一女兒”身份與美國計劃生育協(xié)會主席塞西爾·理查茲會面，這次會見想必也讓她明白了彌合黨派分歧的重要性。有關(guān)此次會見的消息直到四月才向外界公布。在有關(guān)新聞見報后，理查茲在一份聲明中表示：“從計劃生育協(xié)會的角度看，此次會見的目的，是要使伊萬卡充分了解計劃生育協(xié)會在為千百萬人提供醫(yī)療保健方面扮演的重要角色，以及一旦阻止人們獲得計劃生育協(xié)會的服務(wù)，將帶來哪些災(zāi)難性的影響。”不過等到這份聲明發(fā)布時，美國副總統(tǒng)彭斯已經(jīng)在參議院拋出了一項法案，意在阻止聯(lián)邦撥款用于包括計劃生育協(xié)會在內(nèi)的墮胎機構(gòu)。理查茲在接受新聞網(wǎng)站Buzzfeed的新聞總編本·史密斯采訪時也對伊萬卡表示了不滿，并稱她應(yīng)該“替女人說話”。 1月28日：旅行禁令簽署次日曬自拍，引發(fā)網(wǎng)民強烈抗議 特朗普的旅行禁令是他最具爭議的政策之一，曾引發(fā)美國群眾聚集到全美各大機場游行示威。而就在特朗普簽署禁止七國公民入境美國的行政令次日，伊萬卡在社交媒體Instagram上上傳了一張她和庫什納穿著晚禮服的照片，立即引起了網(wǎng)民在社交媒體上的強烈抗議。 3月22日，搬進白宮西廂 特朗普甫一上任，伊萬卡便連續(xù)高調(diào)出席特朗普新班子的一系列高規(guī)格會議。沒過幾周，伊萬卡便在白宮西廂有了自己的辦公室，同時還擁有了掌握高度機密信息的安全權(quán)限。伊萬卡并不會正式成為一名政府公務(wù)員，不過她的律師表示，伊萬卡將接受必要的“政審”。 3月29日：正式成為聯(lián)邦雇員 由于外界普遍指責(zé)伊萬卡以非公職身份入駐白宮西廂輔政的做法不合規(guī)矩，白宮便于3月29日宣布，“第一女兒”將正式成為一名聯(lián)邦公務(wù)員，以“總統(tǒng)助理”的職務(wù)參加工作。伊萬卡也在聲明中稱：“我了解有些人對我以私人身份作為總統(tǒng)顧問的顧慮，因此我將正式成為白宮的一名無薪雇員，接受聯(lián)邦雇員的所有相關(guān)法規(guī)約束。” 4月25日：以公職身份首次出訪 在德國柏林舉行的20國集團婦女會議上，有人單刀直入地問伊萬卡在白宮扮演的角色，以及她究竟代表她父親、她本人還是她的企業(yè)。伊萬卡回應(yīng)道：“肯定不是最后一個。”隨后她表示，自己在政界還處于摸著石頭過河的階段。“這對我還有點早，我在傾聽，也在學(xué)習(xí)，我在確定一些我認為會產(chǎn)生影響力的方法。” 5月2日：新書《工作的女人》出版 這一天，伊萬卡的新書《工作的女人：重寫成功的規(guī)則》出版了。伊萬卡表示，鑒于她在白宮的新職務(wù)，她不會參與這本書的任何宣傳推廣，不過該書依然登上了《紐約時報》的暢銷書排行榜。（這本書的手稿在特朗普勝選前就已經(jīng)寫完了。）書中寫了一些公眾人物和女性領(lǐng)袖的趣事，有些被寫入書里的人物公開表示后悔。比如Girls Who Code公司的創(chuàng)始人、CEO拉什瑪·薩賈尼就是書中人物之一，她在個人推特上表示，她不希望伊萬卡在書中用她的故事，除非伊萬卡從此以后不再充當(dāng)“幫兇”。知名環(huán)保主義社會活動家珍·古德也表示，她根本不知道自己被伊萬卡寫進了書里，并稱伊萬卡處在一個“行善或做惡都很容易”的身份，希望伊萬卡能多為保護自然資源出力。 7月8日：G20峰會坐總統(tǒng)寶座 在2017年的G20峰會上，世界銀行宣布將成立一支旨在幫助女性企業(yè)家的基金，這個倡議就是伊萬卡發(fā)起的。然而很少有人注意到“第一女兒”的這次勝利，大家的注意力都被社交媒體上流傳甚廣的一張照片吸引了。照片中的她正坐在美國總統(tǒng)的椅子上，兩邊分別是英國首相特雷莎·梅和中國國家主席習(xí)近平。 9月21日：談產(chǎn)后抑郁 在接受熱播節(jié)目《奧茲醫(yī)生》采訪時，伊萬卡表示，她在三次生育后都曾短暫經(jīng)歷過產(chǎn)后抑郁。“那是我非常容易激動和情緒化的一段時期，因為我覺得沒能達到我作為一個父母、作為一個企業(yè)家和一個高管的潛力。” 7月：服裝品牌遭到調(diào)查 《華盛頓郵報》進行的一項調(diào)查顯示，雖然特朗普不遺余力地在各種場合推銷“美國優(yōu)先”政策，但伊萬卡的服裝品牌卻嚴(yán)重依賴海外生產(chǎn)，而且該品牌很多海外加工廠的勞工環(huán)境都相當(dāng)惡劣。 在此之前不到三個月，曾有一份審計報告曝光了經(jīng)銷伊萬卡品牌服飾的G-III服裝集團在中國的加工廠存在一系列勞工權(quán)益問題。《華盛頓郵報》的這篇報道見報前不到兩個月，還有外籍調(diào)查人士在調(diào)查伊萬卡品牌的在華鞋廠時被拘留。（隨后即被釋放。） 9月25日：被曝使用個人電郵辦公 據(jù)《新聞周刊》報道，2月份伊萬卡正式入職白宮前，曾以私人電郵賬戶與一名美國政府官員通信。就在不久前，還有媒體曝出伊萬卡的丈夫也曾在新舊總統(tǒng)職務(wù)交接期間注冊過一個私人電子郵件賬號，專門用來處理白宮事務(wù)。 11月28日：訪問印度 本月，伊萬卡率美國代表團赴印度海德拉巴參加全球企業(yè)家峰會。據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)匦侣剤蟮溃瑸榱擞印暗谝慌畠骸钡膩碓L，連當(dāng)?shù)氐钠蜇ざ冀乖诮稚闲衅蛄恕? 鑒于伊萬卡依然保留個人服裝品牌的所有權(quán)，況且她的個人品牌還因為海外勞工權(quán)益問題備受指責(zé)，因此自然有不少人懷疑伊萬卡在推動全球女性發(fā)展上到底有幾分誠意。 12月22日：簽署稅改法案 美國總統(tǒng)特朗普簽署了共和黨主導(dǎo)的稅改法案，美國稅收制度迎來重大改革。伊萬卡奔走倡議的提高兒童稅收減免額度也被寫入稅改法案中。 2018年1月9日：稱贊奧普拉卻又遭網(wǎng)友抗議 奧普拉在金球獎頒獎典禮發(fā)表獲獎感言后（她在演講中提到了“MeToo”反性侵運動，也有很多人因為這番演講推測她有可能在2020年參選總統(tǒng)），伊萬卡在個人推特上發(fā)文表示恭維，沒想到又受到了網(wǎng)友們的一致抨擊。 剛看了奧普拉昨晚在金球獎上激動人心的獲獎演講。無論是男人還是女人，讓我們攜起手來，一起說出：“時間到了！” ——伊萬卡·特朗普（@IvankaTrump），2018年1月9日 2018年1月15日：中國朋友惹爭議 據(jù)《華爾街日報》報道，美國情報部門日前警告庫什納，伊萬卡的閨密、媒體大亨魯伯特·默多克的前妻鄧文迪很可能會利用與伊萬卡的友情，在美國推進中國政府的利益。伊萬卡夫婦的一位發(fā)言人表示，情報部門的這個警告只不過是“常規(guī)的高級官員安全簡報”而已。 （財富中文網(wǎng)） ?譯者：樸成奎 |
Despite her initial insistence on “60 Minutes” shortly after the 2016 election that she would assist her father only “as a daughter,” Ivanka Trump soon moved to Washington, D.C., where she and husband Jared Kushner began advising her father. In many ways, it’s been a no-win situation. Trump has been criticized for being too close to the president as well as for not being influential enough on some of her pet causes, like environmentalism. She’s drawn criticism for receiving a high-level security clearance despite no political or policy background, for participating in a meeting with the Japanese prime minister while negotiating a business deal with that country’s government and for sitting in her father’s chair during a Group of 20 summit meeting in Germany in July. But she’s also faced criticism for failing to persuade her father not to leave the Paris climate agreement, over his attempt to bar transgender troops from serving and for writing a book about “Women Who Work” that included anecdotes from opponents of her father’s administrations. Her one clear win this year was the doubling of the child tax credit as part of the Republican tax reform plan, which was still less than she and Senate allies hoped forand a change from her initial plan to create a new deduction for child-care expenses. Here is a look back at some of the First Daughter’s more memorable moments over the past year. Jan. 11, 2017: Announces move to Washington After much speculation, Ivanka Trump announces on Facebook that she and Jared Kushner will move their family to Washington, D.C., where he will serve as a senior adviser to her father, and she will settle their children into their new surroundings. In that same announcement, the soon-to-be First Daughter said she will take a formal leave of absence from the Trump Organization and her brand, although she will retain ownership. January 2017: Meets With Planned Parenthood Executive The first daughter gets a taste of bridging partisan divides when she meets with Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards. News of the meeting does not emerge until April. “The purpose of the meeting, from Planned Parenthood’s perspective, was to make sure that Ivanka Trump fully understood the important role Planned Parenthood plays in providing health care to millions of people and why it would be a disastrous idea to block people from accessing care at Planned Parenthood,” Richards says in a statement after the news broke. But by the time the statement was issued, Vice President Mike Pence had already cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate for a bill allowing states to deny federal funds for abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood. And Richards had already criticized Ivanka Trump, telling Buzzfeed News’ Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith it was time for her to “stand for women.” Jan. 28, 2017: Travel ban backlash over Instagram post The day after President Trump signs the first iteration of the travel ban, prohibiting citizens from seven countries from entering the United States—an Executive Order that sparks protests at airports across the country—Ivanka Trump posts a photograph on Instagram of herself and Jared Kushner dressed in a tuxedo and evening gown. The post immediately spurs a social media backlash. March 22, 2017: Moves into the West Wing After appearing at a slew of high profile meetings and appearances during the first weeks of her father’s Administration, Ivanka Trump is given her own office in the West Wing, along with a security clearance for classified information. However, she will not officially become a government employee, even though her attorney says she will comply with the necessary ethics precautions. March 29, 2017: Officially becomes a federal employee After encountering criticism for joining the West Wing in an unofficial capacity, the White House announces the First Daughter will officially become a federal employee and assume the title of Assistant to the President. “I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the White House Office, subject to all of the same rules as other federal employees,” she said in a statement. April 25, 2017: First trip abroad as staffer Appearing on a panel at the W20 summit in Berlin, Germany, Ivanka Trump is asked explicitly about her role in the White House, and if she is representing her father, herself, or her business. “Certainly not the latter,” she responds. She subsequently explains she is still navigating the waters of the administration. “This is early for me. I’m listening, I’m learning, I’m defining the ways in which I think I’ll be able to have impact.” May 2, 2017: Publishes ‘Women Who Work’ Ivanka Trump’s book, “Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules For Success, is published. Trump had announced that, because of her new position in the White House, she would not participate in any promotion or publicity of the book, but it till ends up on the New York Times bestseller list. (The manuscript had been completed before her father won the election). The book incorporated anecdotes and quotes from public figures and female leaders, some of whom publicly lamented their inclusion. Reshma Saujani, the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code who was featured in the book, wrote on Twitter that she did not want Trump to use her story unless she stopped being “complicit.” The conservationist Jane Goodall, who was quoted in the book — and was not aware it would happen — said First Daughter “is in a position to do much good or terrible harm,” and that she hoped she would stand up for natural resources. July 8, 2017: Sits in for her father at G20 The World Bank announces at the G20 summit in Germany that they are launching a fund to help female entrepreneurs, an initiative spearheaded by Ivanka Trump. But what should have been a victory for the first daughter was overshadowed by photographs circulated on social media that showed her sitting in for her father,between Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and Chinese President Xi Jinping. September 21, 2017: Discusses her postpartum depression In an interview with Dr. Oz, Trump discussed her bouts with postpartum depression, which she said occurred after each of her three pregnancies. “It was very – it was a very challenging, emotional time for me because I felt like I was not living up to my potential as a parent or as an entrepreneur and an executive,” she said. July 2017: Clothing brand investigated An investigation by the Washington Post showcases the extent Ivanka Trump’s brand’s clothing production heavily relies on overseas manufacturing, despite her father’s “America First” agenda, and that much of that overseas manufacturing is done in poor labor conditions. This investigation comes less than three months after a factory audit reportedly revealed inspectors had found a multitude of labor violations at a Chinese for G-III Apparel Group, which licenses Ivanka Trump’s brand of clothing, and less than two months after activists investigating a factory that produced her brand’s shoes in China were detained. (They were subsequently released that June). September 25, 2017: Personal email revealed Newsweek reports that Trump used a personal email account to correspond with an administration official in February, when she was operating as an unofficial White House adviser. The report came shortly after it emerged that her husband had used a personal email account, which he set up during the presidential transition, for White House business. November 28, 2017: Trip to India Ivanka Trump visited Hyderabad, India, where she led the American delegation for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Local news reported that, in preparation for her visit, beggars were banned from the street. Questions abound, however, about her decision to promote global female empowerment while still retaining ownership of a brand that had been frequently criticized for its overseas factory conditions. December 22, 2017: Tax reform is signed President Trump signs the Republican tax reform bill into law. Included in the sweeping changes to the tax code is an expanded child tax credit, which Ivanka Trump had lobbied for. January 8, 2018: Backlash for praising Oprah After Oprah Winfrey’s speech at the Golden Globes — which had many speculating she would run for President in 2020 — in which she spoke about the #MeToo movement, Ivanka Trump was criticized online after tweeting in solidarity. Just saw @Oprah's empowering & inspiring speech at last night’s #GoldenGlobes. Let’s all come together, women & men, & say #TIMESUP! #United https://t.co/vpxUBJnCl7 — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) January 9, 2018 January 15, 2018: Report of concerns about friendship The Wall Street Journal reports that intelligence officials warned Jared Kushner that Wendi Deng Murdoch, the ex-wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, could be using her close relationship with Kushner and Ivanka Trump to further the interests of the Chinese government. A representative for the couple described the warning to the Journal this was a “routine senior staff security briefing.” |
