Donald Trump wanted to name his daughter, Ivanka Trump, as his running mate in 2016, according to a new book by former campaign deputy Rick Gates, reported by Bloomberg News. “I think it should be Ivanka,” Trump is quoted as saying in Wicked Game: An Insider’s Story on How Trump Won, Mueller Failed and America Lost, which will be published on 13 October. She’s bright, she’s smart, she’s beautiful, and the people would love her! He went on: ‘She’s bright, she’s smart, she’s beautiful, and the people would love her!”’Ivanka Trump reportedly told her father it wasn’t a good idea. Melania Trump, she writes, called aides to her stepdaughter “snakes”.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2020 11:42 UTC