{"id":1298,"date":"2017-04-26T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/26\/for-trump-every-day-is-take-your-kids-to-work-day\/"},"modified":"2017-04-26T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:44:00","slug":"for-trump-every-day-is-take-your-kids-to-work-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/for-trump-every-day-is-take-your-kids-to-work-day\/","title":{"rendered":"For Trump, Every Day is \u201cTake Your Kids To Work Day\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div lang=\"EN-US\" link=\"blue\" vlink=\"#954F72\">\n<div class=\"m_7438968207570421436WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">For many Americans, &ldquo;Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day&rdquo; is a fun holiday. For Donald Trump, costing taxpayers millions and making our democracy look more like a monarchy is almost an everyday occurrence.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">From agency personnel decisions, to meetings with foreign leaders, to Middle East peace and beyond, it feels like Trump&rsquo;s children are omnipresent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"color:black\">All three adult Trump children joined a meeting with tech executives and President Trump:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span style=\"color:black\">&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/310498-critics-bash-trump-childrens-presence-at-tech-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"color:#0563c1\">The Hill<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;Three of Donald Trump&rsquo;s adult children attended a Wednesday meeting the president-elect convened with top Silicon Valley executives, prompting backlash from critics with questions about conflicts of interests. [&hellip;] It was held the same week the president-elect said his two adult sons, Eric and Donald Jr., would take over his business interests when he takes office in January.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"color:black\">Donald Trump, Jr. helped President Trump pick out an Interior Secretary and other agency personnel &ndash; an involvement &ldquo;blurring the lines&rdquo; between Trump Organization and the White House. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.75in\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black\"><span>&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/03\/jason-hairston-interior-donald-trump-jr-236166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:blue\">Politico<\/span><\/a>:&nbsp;&ldquo;Donald Trump, Jr., the president elect&#39;s eldest son, was involved with the interview process for interior secretary, according to sources familiar with the discussions, blurring the lines between the incoming Trump administration and Trump&#39;s business empire. He sat in on interviews and made calls to candidates, according to sources familiar with the process.&rdquo; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"color:black\">Ivanka Trump has joined President Trump to greet many foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping for an official state dinner.&nbsp; The same day, she was issued valuable trademarks by the Chinese government for her brand.&nbsp; <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7438968207570421436MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left:.75in\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;color:black\"><span>&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/ivanka-trump-trademarks-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#0563c1\">AP<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;On April 6, Ivanka Trump&rsquo;s company <u>won provisional approval<\/u> from the Chinese government for three new trademarks, giving it monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services in the world&rsquo;s second-largest economy. That night, the first daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, sat next to the president of China and his wife for a steak and Dover sole dinner at Mar-a-Lago.&rdquo; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"color:black\">Eric Trump, who manages Trump Organization, now plans to update President Trump quarterly on its financials, after initially denying it.&nbsp; Eric also admitted that nepotism is &ldquo;beautiful.&rdquo;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7438968207570421436MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left:.75in\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;color:black\"><span>&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2017\/03\/24\/eric-trump-president-business-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#0563c1\">Fortune<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;The President&rsquo;s son, who now runs the Trump Organization with his brother, Donald Jr., <u>told Forbes about his plans to communicate with President Donald Trump about the financial status of the business immediately after denying he would do so<\/u>. Trump told Forbes he would update the president &lsquo;on the bottom line, profitability reports and stuff like that,&rsquo; likely &lsquo;quarterly.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.25in\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7438968207570421436MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left:.75in\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;color:black\"><span>&middot;<span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font:7.0pt \" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/04\/10\/eric-trump-nepotism-beautiful-thing-says-us-presidents-children\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#0563c1\">ERIC TRUMP<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;Is that nepotism? Absolutely. <u>Is that also a beautiful thing? Absolutely<\/u>&hellip;<b>&rdquo;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"color:black\">Don&rsquo;t get us started on Trump&rsquo;s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who works on, well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/04\/03\/politics\/jared-kushner-donald-trump-foreign-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"color:#0563c1\">everything<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"color:black\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many Americans, &ldquo;Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day&rdquo; is a fun holiday. For Donald Trump, costing taxpayers millions and making our democracy look more like a monarchy is almost an everyday occurrence.&nbsp; &nbsp; From agency personnel decisions, to meetings with foreign leaders, to Middle East peace and beyond, it feels like Trump&rsquo;s <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>For Trump, Every Day is \u201cTake Your Kids To Work Day\u201d - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/for-trump-every-day-is-take-your-kids-to-work-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-26T20:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/for-trump-every-day-is-take-your-kids-to-work-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/for-trump-every-day-is-take-your-kids-to-work-day\/\",\"name\":\"For Trump, Every Day is \u201cTake Your Kids To Work Day\u201d - 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