Image by twitter

White House adviser Ivanka Trump was captured bumbling through a conversation with world leaders at the 2019 G20 summit in Japan, Business Insider reported.

The French government released a video of the awkward meeting, which featured President Trump’s daughter looking out of place alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and the International Monetary Fund’s chairwoman, Christine Lagarde. It was later tweeted by the BBC’s Parham Ghobadi.

Ivanka Trump appears to be trying to get involved in a talk among Macron, May, Trudeau and Lagarde (IMF head).
The video is released by French Presidential palace. pic.twitter.com/TJ0LULCzyQ

Forwarding the News

Thoughtful, balanced reporting from the Forward and around the web, bringing you updated news and analysis each day.

Terms(Required)

I agree to the Forward's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Email(Required)

— Parham Ghobadi (@ParhamGhobadi) June 29, 2019

In the short clip, the leaders seem to be talking about female representation. They weren’t paying Trump much mind, but she smiled and nodded along. She also managed to slip in a few comments.

“And it’s the same with the defense side,” Trump is heard saying. “In terms of the whole ecosystem, it’s been very male-dominated.”

Trump is not an elected leader and has been criticized for attending important events, such as the Group of 20 summit, and for making inappropriate seat choices.

Alyssa Fisher is a writer at the Forward. Email her at [email protected], or follow her on Twitter at @alyssalfisher

The Forward is free to read, but it isn’t free to produce

I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward.

Now more than ever, American Jews need independent news they can trust, with reporting driven by truth, not ideology. We serve you, not any ideological agenda.

At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse.

Readers like you make it all possible. We’ve started our Passover Fundraising Drive, and we need 1,800 readers like you to step up to support the Forward by April 21. Members of the Forward board are even matching the first 1,000 gifts, up to $70,000.

This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism, because every dollar goes twice as far.

—  Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO

2X match on all Passover gifts!

$90 → $180 $180 → $360

$360 → $720

Other amount