German crowd boos Ivanka Trump for calling her father a ‘champion’ for families

German crowd boos Ivanka Trump for calling her father a ‘champion’ for families

A German crowd booed Ivanka Trump on Tuesday after she called her father a “ a tremendous champion of supporting families . ”
Trump was taking her first crack at diplomacy abroad in her new role as assistant to the president , vowing at an economic conference in Berlin to create “positive change ” for women in the United States .
“ He encouraged me and enabled me to thrive, ” she said on a panel with German Chancellor Angela Merkel . “ I grew up in a house where there was no barrier to what I could accomplish beyond my own perseverance and my own tenacity. ”
Miriam Meckel, editor of the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche , noted the audience ’ s response of groaning and hissing and asked Ivanka Trump whether her father is actually an “ empowerer” of women .
“ I ’ ve certainly heard the criticism from the media and that ’ s been perpetuated , ” Ivanka Trump said on the panel , “ but I know from personal experience , and I think the thousands of women who have worked with and for my father for decades when he was in the private sector are a testament to his belief and solid conviction in the potential of women . ”
President Trump was caught on tape in 2005 talking about grabbing women ’ s genitals without their permission and , in a 2004 interview , called pregnancy an “ inconvenience ” to employers .
Ivanka Trump, who moved into her own West Wing office last month , advocated for gender equality during the campaign and is now working to reform the nation ’ s child - care system . Her Germany appearance comes a week before the release of her advice book , “ Women Who Work . ”
Her father has called her the mastermind behind his paid maternity leave proposal , unveiled last September , but the White House has made no moves on the family leave front since Trump took office .