Ivanka Trump under fire as video of awkward G20 snub goes viral
Senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump was blasted on social media Sunday after the French government released a video of her awkwardly attempting to insert herself into a conversation between world leaders at the G20 summit this week.
The video posted on Instagram by the French presidential palace shows Trump’s unsuccessful efforts to talk policy with French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, International Monetary Fund director Christine Lagarde and British Prime Minister Theresa May on the sidelines of the annual summit held in Osaka, Japan.
The audio in the 19-second clip isn’t entirely clear, but Macron can be heard making a point about social justice issues to the other leaders.
“It’s on,” Trump says, seemingly to no one in particular.
Ignoring Trump, May then responds to Macron, saying: “As soon as you talk about the social aspect of it though, a lot of people start listening who wouldn’t otherwise listen.”
Trump then interrupts the conversation with a non sequitur about how male-dominated the defense industry is.
“It’s the same with the defense side,” Trump can be heard saying. “In terms of the whole ecosystem… it’s been very male-dominated… so… ”
As she trails off and makes a gesture with her hands, the group appears to spurn her attempts to join the conversation. The leaders visibly turn away from her and shift their gaze elsewhere as Trump nods her head and smiles at them eagerly.
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