Go back

Ivanka Trump’s Awkward Appearance During Trump-Xi Meeting Draws Attention

16m 21s

Ivanka Trump’s Awkward Appearance During Trump-Xi Meeting Draws Attention

Ivanka Trump faced public backlash during Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S., where she was notably excluded from key diplomatic events and seated separately from top leaders, highlighting a perceived lack of respect and inclusion. Her appearance in a Chinese-designed dress and claims of discovering a Mediterranean island with the Rothschilds drew criticism, especially as the island is a protected Albanian territory. The Albanian government, led by Prime Minister Eddie Rama, confronted the land grab, resulting in widespread protests known as the "Flamingo protests," which were misrepresented as an Israeli invasion—a fabricated narrative that exploited antisemitic tropes. The protests revealed deep public anger over foreign interference and the appropriation of national land. Rama faced physical attacks during a UN speech, underscoring the intensity of public outrage. Critics also noted the dramatic contradiction in Trump’s foreign policy: while he once criticized China for economic aggression, he now hosts lavish state dinners for Xi, signaling hypocrisy and diminished U.S. credibility. The incident reflects broader concerns about oligarchic influence, misinformation, and the erosion of democratic norms in U.S. diplomacy.

Transcription

2359 Words, 13070 Characters

English
Ivanka Trump getting a rude awakening on the world stage, getting the karma. She deserves the grifter Ivanka. Let me tell you what went down when Xi Jinping's visit humiliated her, both the state dinner as well as what went down in the White House earlier in the day. Then we'll talk about what happened when the Albanian leader spoke at the United Nations and brought up the Flamingo protest, the massive protest against Jared Kushner and Ivanka, now in day 120 or day 121, protesting Jared Kushner and Ivanka trying to take over the Cezanne Islands, protected islands in Albania, and turn it into their Trumpenstein getaway. Let's break it down and bring out the receipts like we do here at the Midas Touch Network. So Ivanka Trump was at the White House. She was wearing a blue Chinese designer dress for Xi Jinping. She brought her daughter Arabella. She coordinated the matching dress with Caroline Leavitt. You can see right there. And let me show you what went down when Trump and Xi Jinping walked right past J.D. Vance and Ivanka without even saying hi. And you'll see they were like, what? Weren't you supposed to stop by over here? Look what went down. Play this clip. And then you had J.D. Vance go over to Ivanka and say, oh, I guess, I guess we're not going to be at the table with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping tonight. I guess they're going to put us at the kiddie table. Actually, they were going to put you at the kiddie table. Here, play this clip. I do want to show you this footage over here where you could see Ivanka with her daughter Arabella during the earlier proceedings with the Trump Xi visit. You can see this for yourself. Play this clip. This is an important historical moment in the United States. And then there were all these puff pieces that Ivanka planted that were being written. Look, Ivanka Trump's daughter, Arabella, had a special three word greeting for Xi during China's visit. Welcome to America. I mean, we all saw what happened. They just walked right past you guys. Also, look at the table from the state dinner right here. You have. You have Trump and his closest friends at the state dinner sitting all together. You had Trump and the CEO of NVIDIA, the CEO of AMD. You had Elon Musk. You had Xi, Xi's wife. You had Melania and you have Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple. No Ivanka, no J.D. Vance at that table. I mean, doesn't that just tell you all about the oligarchy right there? Then I want to go and talk about what happened at the United Nations where Albania. His prime minister, Eddie Rama. He just brings up the island that Ivanka and Jared Kushner are trying to take over the Cezanne Islands that they're trying to turn into like this Trump and Steen getaway. It's caused 120 days or so of massive protests in Albania. Shout out to the Flamingo protests and the protests are against this guy, Eddie Rama and Kushner and Ivanka for their oligarchical collusion. Then taking over this island. And remember, Ivanka's like, I discovered this island all by myself. I was on the yacht with the Rothschilds. She says, she goes, she goes, honey, she seriously said, I'm on a yacht with the Rothschilds. And I said, ahoy, ahoy. That's an island right there. I want it. I want it, daddy. I want my island, Rothschild. And then she goes that her and Jared said it had to be theirs. Despite it. Being a protected, beautiful, lush, incredible island that belongs to Albania, not them. But this is what Eddie Rama says. And this just has everybody just fuming right now. Eddie Rama says, have you heard about the Flamingo revolution? It is a fabricated narrative of an Israeli invasion of the Albanian coast. What are you doing? An Israeli invasion of the Albanian coast? No, no. The protest is simply because Jared Kushner and Ivanka. Are taking over an island that doesn't belong to them. That's what people are pissed about. That you're giving away your land to turn it into Trump and Steen too. That's what people are. Why are you making it into an Israeli invasion? And what are you talking about? What are you talking? Why are you trying to inject that? The people are protesting most significantly. Ivanka, you, Eddie Rama, as well as Jared Kushner here playing this clip. Albania experienced this directly. I'm sure you must have followed or just known the so-called Flamingo revolution. A fabricated narrative of an Israeli invasion of the Albanian coast. An invasion that never occurred, was manufactured, was personalized, and delivered through voices, pages, and channels. Cities. Citizens already trusted. One citizen received a story of national betrayal. Another received a story of religious provocation. Another received a conspiracy of foreign occupation. Different fabrications entered different emotional worlds. All serving the same strategic lie. The consequences were real. Citizens had their own reasons to protest. Don't take me wrong. But suddenly, they started to protest also against a phantom enemy. Antisemitic tropes entered our public discourse for the first time ever. Don't forget. And then Eddie Rama, while he was there for the United Nations, got an egg thrown at him. Can I show you what that looked like? As he had to dodge an egg. Here goes Linda. Here goes Linda. Mafia! Watch out. Mafia! Mafia! Mafia! Mafia! Mafia! Criminel. Criminel. Criminel! Mafia! Guys, he didn't do anything. He didn't do anything. Yeah, he was throwing stuff. No, it's okay, bro. No, it's not okay. It's friendly. It's friendly. No, it's not okay. I never realized how much I needed a power bank until I actually had one. Now, I don't leave the house without it. Especially with the new phones coming out, your phone isn't the only thing that deserves an upgrade. That's exactly why I've been loving Ridge's 5-in-1 Travel Power Bank. The power bank has MagSafe wireless charging, an Apple Watch charger, lightning, and USB-C. Every way you need to charge, all in one premium device. Built-in cables mean that you can charge your phone in any way you want. And you don't have to pack a bunch of extras every time you leave the house. Think of how much time you'll save and all that clutter that will just go away. No more juggling adapters and wall outlets at the airport just to get you to 20%. With 20 watts of power and a 10,000 mAh battery, you can get up to three full phone charges wherever you go. And because it's MagSafe compatible, you can keep it magnetically attached to the back of your iPhone wherever you need some extra juice. Like everything Ridge makes, it's built to last. With free shipping, a 90% discount. A 99-day risk-free trial and a lifetime warranty. This is the last power bank you will ever need. One thing to pack, five ways to power. You can find Ridge's power bank at Best Buy or our listeners can get 10% off at Ridge.com by using code MIDAS at checkout. Just head to Ridge.com and use code MIDAS and you're all set. After the purchase, they'll ask where you heard about them. Please support our show and let them know that Midas Touch sent you. And then people, of course, were talking about how Ivanka looks, of course, just like Natalie Harp, Donald Trump's human printer, all of the puff pieces Ivanka tried to put in the various right-wing outlets were all backfiring. And everybody was also just talking about just how bad this made the United States, how weak this made the United States look. I mean, you had Ivanka showing up there wearing like the blue Chinese. designer outfit for she while Donald Trump is like, we're so grateful. We respect you so much, Xi. You're such, I just want to let you know how much great respect for you have. Donald Trump creates a shrine for Xi Jinping. I mean, obviously, you know, by now earlier, Trump had our military get on their knees and roll out red carpets for Xi. And basically, they all almost like kiss Xi Jinping's feet. It was freaking crazy to watch, right? They had our Air Force personnel bring the red carpet, our army personnel get on their knees. And then Donald Trump goes to Xi, do you like this shrine? Look, I built you basically a shrine. This has been up for years. So what Trump says here, take a look for yourself. Let's play it. Who is that? I don't recognize. Go ahead. It's great. Well, we have a lot of respect for you. We have these, we've had it up for a year. A lot of respect. I mean, what a phony this guy is. This is the guy who in 2011 said, China owes us money. They don't respect us. China stole our technology. I know China very well. No friend of ours. So they stole our technology. We owe China over a trillion dollars. We should deduct something from China. China owes us money. You can't go in and steal technology like that. We have rights. They treat us like a. Bunch of dopes. They treat us like a bunch of patsies. And they certainly don't respect our leaders who have parties for them at the White House. And they just do nothing but rip us off. That's what he said in 2011. Dude, Xi Jinping went into the White House this past week at the end of the week. And he talked about the Thucydides trap. He said to Donald Trump's face, in essence, by invoking the Thucydides trap, what that means is that the U.S. is a falling power, a descending power. China is the ascending power. That's what the Thucydides trap means. And Donald Trump's like, oh, okay, Thucydides trap, Thucydides trap. And then doing this lavish state dinner. And this is what Trump said, just so you remember, in 2016. This is what Trump said about state dinners from people like Xi Jinping. Play this clip. And I don't say it's going to happen. And probably it won't. But there's nothing. I wouldn't go there. That I can tell you. If he came here, I'd accept him. But I wouldn't give him a state dinner like we do for China and all these other people that rip us off when we give them these big state dinners. We give them state dinners like you've never seen. We shouldn't have dinners at all. We should be eating a hamburger on a conference table. And we should make better deals with China and others. And forget the state dinners. You forget the state dinners. That costs, by the way, a fortune. That costs a fortune. Do you remember? I remember when I saw a state dinner. And it's a tent. And here, this one is also from the 2012 campaign when Donald Trump was attacking former President Obama. This is what Donald Trump said back then. You can see for yourself. Let's play it. Are they stupid? And I say, absolutely, they're stupid. So, you know, I don't blame them. It's like if you make a bad business deal, if you don't know what you're doing, you know, you have to blame yourself. I blame our leaders. Here we have. We have the president of China, ripping this country off like nobody's ever seen before, and we have the president of China come a few months ago to Washington, and we give him a state dinner. Now, when people are screwing you, you don't give them state dinners. You don't do it. So what happens is we send them home. And then you heard my statement, right? I said, no, no, we're not giving dinners. What we do is we sit down in my office for a couple of hours. We're you stop manipulating your currency or not? If we make a deal, you can have a state dinner if you want. If you don't make a deal, you take McDonald's and you go home. That's it. That's it. And this is when Ivanka announced that she and her husband, Jared Kushner, were going to be building the Trump and Steen Island on the Cezanne. I'm working on an incredible project with my husband in the Mediterranean. It's it's massive in scale. I think. That's an understatement. Can you explain? It is. It is. There's no power on this island. You're building you're building everything from scratch, correct? It's an unbelievable, beautiful 1400 hectare private island in the middle of the Mediterranean. We were on a friend's boat and we stopped for a swim. Effectively, that's how we found it. We swam to the islands. We went on a hike barefoot all the way up to the top. And we were just captivated. Now, I'll also remind you that during the first term. Remember, Ivanka got all of those trademarks for her clothing line fast tracked. Remember that this was in 2020 was reported how the Chinese government granted a total of 41 trademarks for companies linked to Ivanka Trump by April of 2019. And the trademark she applied for after her father became president got approved about 40 percent faster than those she requested before Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 election. Let me show you what some of the protests look like over here in Albania as of yesterday. Let's play this clip. Well, there you have it, everybody. Let me know what you think right there. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching, everybody. Appreciate you. Breaking news right now. My brother's in prison. I wrote a book. It's called WTF America. And well, doesn't that just say it all? It comes out officially this October. But you can preorder your copy today. Just scan the QR code or click the link in the description below.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Ivanka Trump was excluded from the state dinner with Xi Jinping, sitting at a separate table while top U.S. allies and business leaders were invited.
  2. During the visit, Ivanka and her daughter Arabella wore a blue Chinese designer dress, and footage shows her and J.D. Vance being overlooked by Trump and Xi, signaling a lack of diplomatic inclusion.
  3. The Albanian prime minister, Eddie Rama, publicly challenged Ivanka and Jared Kushner’s plan to seize the protected Cezanne Islands, sparking over 120 days of protests known as the "Flamingo protests."
  4. The protests were not about an Israeli invasion, as falsely claimed, but over the illegitimate appropriation of Albanian sovereign land for a Trump-owned "Trumpenstein" resort.
  5. Critics argue that the narrative of an "Israeli invasion" is a fabricated conspiracy that weaponized antisemitic tropes and manipulated public sentiment in Albania.
  6. Eddie Rama was physically targeted when an egg was thrown at him during a UN speech, reflecting the public outrage against the land grab.
  7. Ivanka’s earlier claims of discovering the island on a yacht with the Rothschilds, and her assertion of claiming it for Trump, were dismissed as boastful and unethical.
  8. The episode highlights a stark contrast between Trump’s lavish state dinners for foreign leaders and his earlier criticisms of China’s treatment of the U.S., revealing hypocrisy and weakened U.S. diplomatic credibility.

Summary:

, where she was notably excluded from key diplomatic events and seated separately from top leaders, highlighting a perceived lack of respect and inclusion. Her appearance in a Chinese-designed dress and claims of discovering a Mediterranean island with the Rothschilds drew criticism, especially as the island is a protected Albanian territory. The Albanian government, led by Prime Minister Eddie Rama, confronted the land grab, resulting in widespread protests known as the "Flamingo protests," which were misrepresented as an Israeli invasion—a fabricated narrative that exploited antisemitic tropes.

The protests revealed deep public anger over foreign interference and the appropriation of national land. Rama faced physical attacks during a UN speech, underscoring the intensity of public outrage. S.

credibility. S. diplomacy.

FAQs

Ivanka Trump was at the White House wearing a blue Chinese designer dress during Xi's visit, and she and her daughter Arabella were not invited to the state dinner table where Trump and Xi hosted elite figures like Elon Musk and Tim Cook. Ivanka and J.D. Vance were left out, leading to criticism of the event as being exclusive and politically disingenuous.

The protests, known as the 'Flamingo protests,' were sparked by allegations that Ivanka and Jared Kushner planned to take over the protected Cezanne Islands in Albania and develop it into a private Trump estate, which locals saw as a violation of national sovereignty and environmental integrity.

Ivanka claimed she discovered the island while swimming on a yacht with the Rothschilds, stating she said, 'I want it, daddy,' and that she and Jared Kushner decided it should be theirs, despite it being a protected national asset belonging to Albania.

Critics viewed the state dinner as excessive and hypocritical, given that Donald Trump had previously criticized China in 2011, calling it a 'theft' of technology and a 'falling power,' yet now he hosted a lavish dinner for Xi, which many saw as a sign of diplomatic weakness.

In past campaigns, Trump claimed he would not give state dinners to foreign leaders like Xi Jinping, saying he would only have a 'hamburger on a conference table' and that such dinners were expensive and inappropriate when dealing with countries he viewed as exploitative.

No, the so-called 'Flamingo revolution' was described as a fabricated narrative, with Albanian officials stating it was a strategic lie promoting antisemitic tropes and falsely claiming an Israeli invasion, which never occurred and was used to distract from real protests over land ownership.

Chat with AI

Loading...

Pro features

Go deeper with this episode

Unlock creator-grade tools that turn any transcript into show notes and subtitle files.