John Oliver Gives Ivanka Trump a Serious Reality Check: You Got Nothing on 'Merit'
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John Oliver Gives Ivanka Trump a Serious Reality Check: You Got Nothing on Merit
The Last Week Tonight host had some choice words for the presidents daughter (and senior adviser), who got every job shes ever had because shes Donald Trumps daughter.
Marlow Stern
03.03.19 11:42 PM ET
HBO
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But the HBO host was most riled up by the revelation that President Trump is said to have ordered his former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to grant Jared Kushner top-secret security clearancedespite the protestations of Kelly and national security officials.
One major issue with Jared having access to state secrets is, you know, its Jareda guy who, even among Jareds, stands out as the Jared of the group, joked Oliver. But the other issue with his top secret clearance concerns national security, said Oliver, pointing to a Washington Post report stating that
officials from Israel, China, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates saw Kushner as exploitable and hoped to manipulate himnot to mention how Kushner, as Oliver noted, initially failed to disclose meetings with Russian agents to the FBI, and there have been concerns over his dealings with foreign businessmen and officials.
Of course, both President Trump and his daughterand senior adviserIvanka have repeatedly denied on the record that Kushner received any sort of special treatment.
The president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husbands clearance, Ivanka told Abby Huntsman on The View.
Oh, please, said Oliver. I honestly dont know whats sadder there: either Ivanka is knowingly lying about her Dad forcing her and Jareds security clearance through, or she genuinely thinks they got it on merit on their own. And if it is the latter, Ivanka, there are some things that you really should know.
He continued: You only became an executive vice president of the Trump Organization at 24 because youre Donald Trumps daughter, not because you are a 24-year-old business prodigy. You only got a book deal because youre Donald Trumps daughter, not because youre a brilliant author and wordsmith. And you only hosted the Miss Teen USA pageant because your Dad owned the contest, not for your sparkling on-camera presence.