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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Ivanka Trump says she passed on World Bank job
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWhite House senior adviser Ivanka Trump says her father asked her if she was interested in taking the job of World Bank chief but she passed on it.
In an Associated Press interview, US President Donald Trump’s daughter says she was happy with her current role in the administration. She was speaking during a trip to Africa to promote a global women’s initiative.
Trump says her father raised the job with her as “a question” and she told him she was “happy with the work” she’s doing.
Ivanka Trump worked on the selection process for the new head of the 189-nation World Bank, economist David Malpass. She says he’ll do an “incredible job.”
Asked if her father had approached her about other top jobs, Trump says she’d “keep that between” them. She said she doesn’t see a run for office in her future.
— AP
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