Here are some photos of Ivanka Trump leaving Trump Tower Monday night. I hate myself for saying this, but I love her coat. I would never buy it, because I would never buy anything Ivanka-branded or anything by a designer who gives clothes to Ivanka, but still. Pretty coat. Anyway, Ivanka is still a walking conflict of interest, as always. She has yet to step down from any of her business positions with her father’s company or her own company. And yet she’s “advising” her father’s transition team, planning a move to Washington, and the PEOTUS wants his daughter to have some kind of role in the administration. In an interview on Sunday with Chris Wallace, Donald Trump said:

Trying to keep it in the family. Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday, December 11, that he’d ‘love’ to have his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, involved in his administration.

“We’re working that out right now,” the president-elect told Fox News’ Chris Wallace on Sunday. “They’re both very talented people. I think we’ll have to see how the laws read. I would love to be able to have them involved. If you look at Ivanka, you take a look, she’s so strong, as you know, to the women’s issue and childcare, and so many things she’d be so good. Nobody can do better than her. I’d just have to see whether or not we can do that. She’d like to do that.”

As for Kushner, 35, who served as a close adviser to the Republican candidate during his campaign, the real estate mogul added, “I’d love to have Jared helping us on deals with other nations and see if we can do peace in the Middle East and other things. He’s very talented. He’s a very talented guy. So, we’re looking at that from a legal standpoint right now.”

[From Us Weekly]

“I’d love to have Jared helping us on deals with other nations and see if we can do peace in the Middle East.” Horrific. Trump thinks he can just send Jared to Israel and Jared will hammer out a peace deal over breakfast. *shudder*

Meanwhile, did you hear about this? Ivanka auctioned off a $50,000 “private coffee date” with herself, all to benefit her brother’s foundation.

Ivanka Trump is auctioning a private meeting over coffee for two people willing to pony up a huge contribution to her brother’s foundation. The “meet and greet” on a mutually agreeable date next year at either Trump Tower in Manhattan or the Trump International Hotel in Washington will last up to 45 minutes, according to a description on Charitybuzz, which values the auction at $50,000.

The winning bid is good for two people, who must pass criminal background checks and be approved by the Secret Service. They’re also expected to “conduct themselves appropriately” with “polite manners” and “respect,” the description says. Proceeds will go to the Eric Trump Foundation, run by Ivanka’s brother, which supports St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. As of Monday, bidding had reached $23,000. The auction closes Dec. 20.

The auction appears to veer perilously close to the same kind of situation President-elect Donald Trump claimed existed at the Clinton Foundation. Trump lashed the foundation during his campaign, arguing that it was a way the wealthy could curry favor with Hillary Clinton through “pay to play” contributions while she was secretary of state. In Ivanka Trump’s case, the winning bidders could curry favor with a daughter who has the ear of a president-elect — and is active herself in his incoming administration.

[From HuffPo]

What could go wrong? Selling access to the First Daughter at a Trump-branded hotel… for charity. We’ll see. I honestly forgot that the Trump kids have their own individual foundations too, and those foundations are likely as shady and self-dealing as their father’s foundation. Ugh.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.