Ivanka Trump has officially joined her father's administration as an unpaid assistant and it's entirely unsurprising. What is a shock, however, is how Trump has attempted to ambiguously defend her position and criticisms [1] about her inaction with lackadaisical rationale. Enter Samantha Bee, whose most recent evisceration of the president's daughter pulls absolutely zero punches.
Bee opens the diatribe by drawing on a quite apropos storyline that many will be familiar with: the Lannisters in HBO's Game of Thrones. "Her father already gave the hand of the king job to her husband Jared [2], right after he took President's Landing," Bee jokes. "So what king's body part will Ivanka be?"
Bee also takes a jab at those banking on Trump's Democratic voting history [3] proving beneficial in pushing policies on her less moderate father. "Wishful thinkers are hoping that's code for 'your secret progressive buddy,'" but as Bee so aptly emphasizes: evidence suggests that fantasy will remain a fantasy. "Meeting with Leonardo DiCaprio [4] is not a sign that you care about climate change," Bee adds.
Despite the meeting Trump reportedly coordinated between the president and former Vice President Al Gore, the newly elected president nominated a climate change denier to run the Environmental Protection Agency [6].
"At most, Ivanka has stopped one out of 24 appalling executive orders," Bee concludes after conceding that Trump allegedly helped scrap a bill which would roll back LGBTQ protections [7].
Bee's slam dunk of the segment? "People are comforted by the thought of a progressive feminist in the White House," she rips. "To which I say: if you wanted that, you should have voted for it."
The entire segment is a gleeful must watch, especially if you're in the camp hoping Trump's new role will somehow turn the president's ultraconservative ship around.