Ivanka Trump, who was recently threatened in an alleged terrorist assassination plot, has revealed in a podcast interview why she has stepped away from public service.
The First Daughter served as senior adviser to her father during his first term but now prioritizes family time and private business ventures.
‘Now I’m in a new section of my life,’ she told podcaster David Senra. ‘I know for me that the first time around, I could theoretically imagine [public service] would be intense.’
‘But now I know how intense it is,’ she added. ‘I know that you can’t dabble, and I know that my children really need me there for them.
‘And I’m not willing to make them bear the sacrifice of serving again.’
In her father’s first term, Ivanka supported legislation combatting human trafficking and developing paid family leave, among other things.
Now she says she wants to focus on bringing change from the private sector.
In 2023, she helped launch a for-profit organization called Planet Harvest with her friend Melissa Ackerman.
Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, and family
Ivanka and her daughter Arabella
Mohammad Baqer Saad Darwood Al-Saadi held a grudge against the Trump family as a result of the 2020 US strike that killed IRGC general Qasem Soleimani
Planet Harvest seeks to ‘maximize the amount of fresh produce that moves from farms to families’ by connecting farmers and retailers, according to its website.
Recently the First Daughter was in the headlines in a way that illustrated the steepest cost of public service.
An alleged international terrorist was arrested in Turkey after threatening to kill Ivanka.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a 32-year-old dual Iraqi-Iranian national, apparently wanted revenge for the 2020 killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qasem Soleimani.
President Trump ordered the strike that killed Soleimani in January of 2020.
In 2021, Al-Saadi posted a picture of a map of Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner’s $24 million house, along with a caption that read in part, ‘Our revenge is a matter of time,’ according to the New York Post.
He now faces charges linked to nearly 20 alleged terror attacks across various countries.
He pled not guilty to his charges in a court hearing on Monday. His next hearing is scheduled for September.
Ivanka at a White House dinner for King Charles and Queen Camilla of England
Unlike his wife, Kushner is heavily involved in public service.
He has served the Trump administration officially and unofficially, including as a special peace envoy helping with negotiations over the wars in Iran and Ukraine, visiting places such as Pakistan and Russia with fellow envoy Steve Witkoff.
Along Witkoff, Kushner helped broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire last year and has attempted to bring an end to his father-in-law’s current war in Iran.
Some critics have complained about the billionaire’s foreign involvements, as he has financial ties to several countries in the Middle East.
