UPDATE:
OK. To be fair to Ivanka, it appears the money is going to the World Bank for a fund she supports. It’s not going to her in any way. It’s more like someone making a gift to charity in her name.
Good Lord. All these reporters/pundits just read the tweet rather than the WSJ story. The funds go to the *World Bank* not to any Trump org. pic.twitter.com/Nz1Mx0C4V9
— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) May 21, 2017
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It’s almost a daily occurrence now that something happens in Trumpworld that someone is able to find a previous tweet from Trump that showcases perfect hypocrisy. I mean it’s seriously becoming eerie at this point.
This time it’s this tweet criticizing Hillary for receiving money from a misogynistic country and demanding she return the cashola:
Saudi Arabia and many of the countries that gave vast amounts of money to the Clinton Foundation- cont'd: https://t.co/t31ReRSzzy
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2016
Here’s the whole message:
And it was just reported yesterday that Ivanka’s Women Entrepreneurs Fund is getting $100 million from Saudia Aarabia and the UAE:
The World Bank plans to announce Sunday at an event with Ivanka Trump, the U.S. president’s daughter and senior White House adviser, that Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have pledged $100 million collectively toward a fund for women who own or want to start businesses, according to people familiar with the announcement.
The money for the bank’s proposed Women Entrepreneurs Fund would be aimed at women in the Middle East, these people said. They described the fund’s goal as helping women start and run successful businesses by easing their access to finance, markets and networks.
“This facility has clear alignment with our broader work to advance women’s economic empowerment,” World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said in a statement thanking Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Ms. Trump. “We look forward to launching the facility later this year.”
That is amaaaazing. Go forth and seek ye a trumper, and find ye every possible excuse for this glaring hypocrisy, yea verily.
Trump criticizing Hillary for accepting $ from Saudi Arabia. Ivanka's proposed foundation will be taking $100 mill from S.A. and U.A.E. pic.twitter.com/Wt301oZ3Tn
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) May 21, 2017
Ivanka Fund got $100MM pledge from Saudis & UAE.
But oops! Trump is like Hallmark cards. There's an old tweet to celebrate every occasion. pic.twitter.com/ONZzpG5hRM
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) May 21, 2017
Good lord. Trumps do Literal Pay-to-Play. This is grounds for immediate dismissal fm government. https://t.co/qKx3mR4L1g
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 21, 2017
Uh no it’s not. Malcolm Nance has been absolutely insane in the Trump age. There is a definitely a certain hypocrisy here, but it won’t matter. Trump realized a long time ago that accepting, affirming and expounding Americans’ hypocrisy is a political winner. He is stoking the worst angels of our nature….