Ivanka Trump and her husband/lobbyist-in-chief Jared Kushner are finding themselves in hot water after thorough investigative reporting unveiled that she was using a personal email account while working on government business while representing the American people. The media and political ecosystem of support that bolsters President Trump immediately leapt to her defense, insisting that she had done no wrong while the real villain of the story was the insidious Hillary Clinton, who President Trump really should have “locked up” by now.
Here’s why petty defenses of Ivanka’s email hypocrisy hold no merit, and why this entire fiasco illustrates the broader Trumpian disdain for principles and consistency in public life.
We should have expected this
There are few hypocrites in the world more brazen in their double-sided behavior than the Trump family, which is collectively made up of a baffling amount of individuals with no regard to ethics or consistency. That’s why we should have simply expected this latest news story – that Ivanka was using a Gmail account for official government business – instead of finding ourselves shocked by it. Nonetheless, the media and large swathes of the country seemed wholly surprised by Ivanka’s gross incompetence.
It’s time we stop giving these people the benefit of the doubt and recognize the Trump administration for what it is – a giant train wreck of unethical disasters ceaselessly piling up on one another. The president, his closest advisors, and the children he’s employed to push his brand from the White House are all completely disinterested in serving the American public and are instead there to fill their own pockets. This should be hopelessly obvious by now, but Ivanka helps us by making it abundantly clearer ever day with scandals like this.
Until we wise up and realize that corruption and incompetence are the norm rather than the exception with the Trump family, they’ll keep taking us for everything we’re worth. Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner are flying around the world on the tab of the U.S. government to peddle their products and influence, but this latest email controversy illustrates that they simply lack the competence and character needed for public office. If the entirety of the Trump campaign – Ivanka included – was willing to ceaselessly bash Hillary Clinton for her email server than at the very least it should confess to the public that its current actions are abhorrent and won’t happen again.
None of us should expect that, of course – President Trump and his cronies have demonstrated time and time again they have no interest in apologizing or facing the consequences of their actions. The Ivanka Trumps of the world are only going to keep getting away with it until we turn out to vote with a righteous fury that will send this entire corrupt family packing from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Despite the hubbub over Hillary Clinton’s emails last election, voters should be considering the Trump family’s despicable behavior as they prepare to cast their ballots in 2020, which will be here sooner than you think.