Ivanka Trump Reveals the Real Reason She Won’t Return for Donald Trump’s Second Presidency | E! News

It's a very dark, negative business and some people love like the gladiator aspect of it, you know, the fight that that was never me. Ivanka Trump is opening up about why she's not returning to the White House with her father, President-elect Donald Trump. As Donald Trump is making his way to his second term as President of the United States, his daughter appears on the Him and Her podcast where she reveals her choice for taking a step away this time around. 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. Have people given you pushback for that, for not coming back? Oh, I mean, I get the question a lot and there's also like a lack, there's both people I served alongside of and also people who are just incredulous to how could you not, you know, which to me it's, 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 and my kids were much younger so it was easier to not be present but when you have kids that are teenagers, about to be teenagers, your physical presence matters so much. Ivanka, who served as an advisor during Trump's first term, then goes on to share that she, quote, hates politics. I love policy and impact, I hate politics and unfortunately the two are not separable, you know, there is a darkness to that world that I don't really want to welcome into mine, to some degree I'm, you know, at the center of the storm because my father is about to be president but it's a very, it's a very dark, negative business and some people love like the gladiator aspect of it, you know, the fight that that was never me. And finally, the 43-year-old gives her perspective on what people can expect from her father and his next presidency. He's got so much energy and support and excitement and I think the four years has really allowed him to calibrate, you know, how he wants to spend this next four years and he's incredibly excited and enthusiastic and I think about, you know, my role the first time was very different, we were like the pioneers, nobody, nobody was, really knew what to do with him as a political figure and now there's so many capable people around him, many of whom we've worked with in the past, almost all of whom we know very well but he's excited, we're excited, I think there's a general excitement in this country that has been catalyzed and I think it will be a great four years. Donald Trump is gearing up to take office on January 20th where he will serve as the 47th president of the United States. His inauguration celebration will kick off with a firework display at Trump National Sterling on January 19th followed by a series of inaugural balls. It also has been announced that country singer Carrie Underwood will perform America the Beautiful on inauguration day as Trump takes the official swearing in.