Why oh why was Ms. Ivanka Trump on the world stage at the G20 in Osaka, Japan? According to Edward Luce this morning (subscription required) in the Financial Times, her presence was a puzzlement to world leaders at the summit.
The French Presidential Palace released this video of Ivanka Trump famously trying to insert herself into a grown-up stand-up G20 conversation between British Prime Minister May, head of IMF Lagarde, French President Macron, and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau. Lagarde did not seem pleased as Ms. Trump made comments which had nothing to do with the topic of the conversation. AOC and others have criticized Ms. Trump for these pretensions, saying that they do not serve America well.
The president's daughter also gave a jarring readout (See below.) of what happened in a G20 meeting between Mr. Trump, PM Modi of India, and PM Abe of Japan. She went on to describe a later meeting between Trump and Modi. All very important world leaderly stuff mind you except that it's hard to take daughter Trump too seriously as her presentation was delivered nervously and rushed, her almost lighthearted tone not coming close to matching the importance of what she is saying.
So why was daughter Trump acting so quasi-presidential at the G20? According to Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago), Ms.Trump was there to care for her dad in his dementia and also to get the world used to the thought that she might run in place of her dad in the 2020 election. Mr. Joseph has written extensively on Twitter of Mr. Trump's dementia. Here are my own takes as to some of what he has said:
- Trump's dementia will become so debilitating that he will not be able to run in 2020.
- Nancy Pelosi knows about Trump's rapid physical and mental deterioration. She is waiting for the dementia to take it's toll on Trump; therefore there is no need to rush impeachment.
- Instead of letting Pence take over the White House via Amendment 25, the Trump family will continue to prop up Mr. Trump despite his debility so that Ivanka can seamlessly run in 2020 instead of her dad.
- Neither Trump nor the Trump family will ever let a White House doctor tell the truth about Mr. Trump's worsening dementia.
Use this tweet below and its thread to see what Joseph is saying:
Mr. Trump's fantasy world of being in power 4eva might include Ivanka's taking over the presidency in 2020 or would it have to be 2024? Could she run in 2020 if Trump couldn't? I don't know. I've only studied a few of Barron's AP U.S. Government and Politics, 11th Edition, flashcards. Am sure that if there is a Constitutional problem with 2020, AG Bob Barr and/or Senate Majority Leader McConnell and/or Mr. Roberts's apolitcal SCOTUS could help.
But President Trump, who calls Ms. Trump "baby” at sit-down meetings, thinks she would win if she were to run for president; he even thinks she could have run the World Bank or have been UN Ambassador. At the very least, Mr. Joseph gives us a not unreasonable reason why the president's daughter was behaving so strangely on the world stage just days ago.
(Note: I have tried to find out who Tom Joseph is. I can't find anything about him on Google except that he has a Twitter account. I'm sure I will find out all about him in the ensuing Comments!! He has being describing Trump's dementia for a while, and he notes and delineates Trump's deterioration seriously, convincingly, and systematically. He is persuasive, and I think his Twitter thread is important to share. I guess you'll have to make up your own mind as to the validity of his comments as we will never have a White House doctor tell the truth about Trump's condition.)