Ivanka Trump has made it clear that she has no intention of returning to the White House to assist her father during his second term. In a candid statement, she said, “I hate politics.”

The 43-year-old daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, who had a prominent role as one of his main advisors in his first administration, shared with the Skinny Confidential’s “Him & Her Show” podcast on Tuesday that she is not planning to re-enter the political sphere this time around.

“I love policy and impact. I hate politics. And unfortunately, the two are not separable,” she explained, describing the political world as “a very dark, negative business.”

“There is a darkness to that world that I don’t really want to welcome into mine,” Ivanka added.

She also expressed that, while she finds herself in the eye of the storm due to her father’s upcoming presidency, she has no interest in the harsh realities of political life. “To some degree, I’m at the center of the storm because my father is about to be president, but it’s a very dark, negative business. And some people love the gladiator aspect of it — the fight. That was never me,” she said.

Ivanka, who relocated to Florida with her husband, Jared Kushner, and their three children after Trump’s 2020 election loss, revealed that she still intends to be there for her father when he returns to office next week.

“I think I’m most looking forward to just being able to show up for him as a daughter and be there for him to take his mind off things, to watch a movie with him, or watch a sports game,” Ivanka shared.

She continued, “To know that he can be with me, and be himself and just relax and for me to be able to provide that for him in a very loving way as his daughter.”

“It’s the world’s loneliest position — the enormity of the decisions you’re making on a daily basis, how transactional everyone is with you,” she added.

Ivanka, who played a key role in her father’s first administration, said she truly valued the impact she had as an advisor. However, she explained that her decision not to return was driven by her desire to prioritize her family.

“The main reason I am not going back to serve now is I know the cost, and it’s a price that I’m not willing to make my kids bear,” she said.

“My primary goals were just to like, be the best freaking mom,” she said in another part of the interview. “It’s hard. I mean, I did the best I could — and I think I was there for all the really critical moments — but you don’t want to miss the small ones either.”

“Every time I had to miss something, I’m like, ‘I will never let this happen again in the minute I leave the White House’,” she added.

When asked if she faced any backlash for her decision not to rejoin her father’s administration, Ivanka replied, “It really feels like it’s very easy to make a decision when it aligns around your core values. And my highest, most core value is family.”

Her sister-in-law, Lara Trump, recently spoke about Ivanka’s decision, addressing the challenges Ivanka and her family faced during Trump’s first term. Lara, who is married to Eric Trump, commented, “Jared and Ivanka obviously were very, very much involved during the first term and it was really tough on them.”

“You know, every time we saw them, that was the constant — it was tough on them. It was tough on their family,” Lara added. “I think they actually did some really incredible things, things for which they may never get credit, but they definitely deserve some.”

In the broader context of her interview, Ivanka reflected on her time in the White House as being filled with intense emotions.

“You become a little bit calloused,” she remarked.

However, she also saw it as a period of significant personal growth. “Still, Ivanka said her time in the White House was a time of ‘extraordinary personal growth for me and learning.’”

Looking back, she noted that her White House experience helped her break free from her previous life, which she described as being in a “bubble” of the Upper East Side in New York. “In retrospect I was able to break free of a bubble that I didn’t even know that I was in of the sort of Upper East Side of New York,” she recalled.

She continued, “I went through years of craziness, and I’ve never become cynical about I think the fundamental goodness of people.”

“Hopefully I’ll live a life that continues to be impactful, regardless of where I do it,” Ivanka concluded.

{Matzav.com}